Posts by Pat:
Do you coddiwomple?
I thought this was one of those words used long ago in Ireland or Scotland. Nope, this word is modern English slang. I love it!
(even though as a previous English teacher, I think I should have know it !)
What triggered this post was a friend who posted on Facebook a delightful explanation of his tarot reading business:
“…we specialize in assisting coddiwomplers by catering to their unique coddiwompling needs. If you or anyone you know have experienced recent difficulties coddiwompling, developed the sudden urge to coddiwomple, or simply desire a safe, anxiety-free method of exploring your coddiwompling tendencies, then please reach out and try our services.”
Life is a smorgasbord of many wonderful and messy morsels. It is joyful effervescence, day-to-day mediocrity, and teeth-gritting, eye-wiping emotional challenges. The signage at life’s intersections is often tattered and worn, so, yes, at times our final destination can seem very vague indeed.
Currently I am coddiwompling my way through life, though I didn’t know what to call it until now. Even though it sounds like a fairy tale word, it is how I live.
I do live with purpose. My purpose is to have fun, laugh, explore, learn, share what I’m enjoying!
Purpose yes. Expectations no.
It’s how I can stumble upon unexpected moments and memories.
I know that sometimes in travel and in life, expectations can ruin the experience, just because it is not how I imagined it. For me, this shows why coddiwompling is the best way to travel and live.
Over the years it has given me great pleasure, via my written “coddiwomplings” with this blog, to share with you some of my purposeful and personal introspections and journeys.
So…I invite you to coddiwomple with me!
They said what?!
If you’ve ever had a car accident and then tried to describe it in as few words as possible for the insurance forms, you’ll appreciate the following descriptions as they appeared in the Toronto Sun! “An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my vehicle and vanished.” “Coming home, I drove into the wrong house […]
How you do anything…
It all matters! It’s about acting in alignment with our values and beliefs, whether in the “important” or the “unimportant” things, whether unprepared or uncomfortable. Everything we do is practice for who we are becoming. We are not the product of our dreams, our desires, our potential or what we could be someday, somehow, in […]
Do less, better…
In this age of information abundance and overload, we need to figure out what to leave out so we can concentrate on what’s really important to us. We’re so focused on doing more stuff that we lose sight of what’s really important. We could place some constraints on ourselves. It may seem contradictory, but when […]
Vitamin Z?!
Many of us put a lot of energy toward keeping our bodies healthy by making sure we eat healthy, making sure we get all our vitamins, even exercising regularly! But…what about the health of our minds and (even more importantly) our hearts and our souls? How many of us make sure that each day we […]
They said what?!
These insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words and I can’t deny that I do find them humorous. And since I found these on the Internet, I can’t really be sure if “they” are the folks who really said them. Nevertheless, let’s enjoy their wit! For example: […]
Is anyone average?
If you design a cockpit based on the average pilot body, not a single pilot will fit in it. Just ask the US Air Force. In 1950, they measured 4,063 pilots on over 140 dimensions. Then, they took just the top ten (like height, sleeve length, etc.) and designed a cockpit that would fit anyone […]
Is life complex or complicated?
We live in a world where constant change and disruption is a given. Our current lives may have been turned upside down by a world pandemic, but we know there is always going to be something on which to blame the complexity and complication of our lives. Though we may use the words “complicated” and […]
Stuff can go wrong
It’s a fact of life. We don’t get to choose all that life throws at us, but we do get to choose how we use it! We can choose to see what happens to us as good or bad, pleasant or distasteful, a blessing or a curse. It’s all a matter of how we choose […]
Life lessons from the Wizard…
I’m a big fan of stories from childhood, whether in book or movie form, because I like to glean life lessons from them. And The Wizard of Oz is one of my favorites! Here are six lessons to think about: 1. Never stop dreaming. Dorothy’s trip to Oz was difficult, but she still found a […]