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The secret to multitasking is that it isn’t actually multitasking. It’s just extreme focus and organization. Joss Whedon Meditation: As a working Mom my life is very full. Today I had gone to work, driven my daughter to the doctor afterwards, then gone to Aldi (a German grocery store) and on my way out IContinue reading “Multitasking- Evil or Abundant Living?…”

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela Meditation: How do we triumph over and conquer our fear? This is easier said than done. One of the first stepsContinue reading “Conquering Fear…”

Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don’t listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won’t tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff. Catherine M. Wallace Meditation: When children growContinue reading “The Power Of Being Listened To…”

You can talk yourself into a good emotional state. I stop for a second, take a deep breath, and think about something that’s beautiful. A beautiful thought for me is cutting the umbilical cord for my child. I can guarantee you that your emotional state will change. Montel Williams Meditation: Life can be very stressful.Continue reading “Take A Deep Breath…”

If our children are becoming teenagers who are abusive, have mental health issues, and are committing heinous crime, it only means that we have failed them as a society. We have failed to give them a safe, nurturing environment to ensure that they are well-balanced, useful persons in the society. Vikram Patel Meditation: We areContinue reading “Mental Health Issues in Children…”

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos. Will Durant Meditation: “Chaos” is captured within the Hebrew expression ”Tohu-wa-bohu”. This term describes the condition of the earth immediately before the creation of light. The kind of chaos that Genesis describes here is creative and generative chaos. It is the chaos during theContinue reading ““Tohu-wa-bohu”- The Power of Creative Chaos…”

I’ve learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I’m looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be. Otis Williams Meditation: Being human means having mood swings. Some of us experience them everyContinue reading “Mood Swings…”

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn’t done it. Evan Esar Meditation: This quote is by a man who was born in 1899 and died in 1995. It is interesting how he (as a representative of the 20th century) assumes three things in one sentence, namely first that a womanContinue reading “Housework Is What?…”

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Melody Beattie Meditation: Melody Beattie is the author of “Co-dependent noContinue reading “Gratitude Turns Things Around…”

You cannot find peace by avoiding life. Virginia Woolf Meditation: Today I found one of my teenage daughters sobbing while sitting in a corner in the library. She had watched videos about the recent Florida school shooting for her Social Studies class. Experiencing herself in a public space doing her homework, she experienced an anxietyContinue reading “Pursuing Peace In The Midst Of Chaos…”