Changing Direction

Check out this stunning video!   One of my dearest friends shared this with me.  Nature is so very interesting and beautiful to me.

I felt the need to write a post on this topic because I know people who may be currently suffering with this.   As they say, "knowledge is power" and if "you know better, you do better" (hopefully).  Maybe this bit of information that I share here will help. So what is a drama codependent?  This is someone who is so used to having so much constant negative drama in their life that they don't recognize peace when it shows up as a pleasant or desirable place to be and remain. Some people are quite frankly addicted to what's called "excited misery" .  After a while some become so used to involving their emotions with problems and crises that they get and stay involved in situations some of which may not even be or should be their concern.  Some even start making troubles greater than they actually are to create stimulation for themselves.   When the drama codependent DOES detach from the drama situation and their life becomes somewhat peacef...

"Sometimes lost is where you need to be.  Just because you don't know your direction, doesn't mean you don't have one."  ~ Unknown

I just sent this letter out to some of my friends which pretty much expresses my feelings about Google+: Subject:  Come'on in the water is fine Hello, I'm now at Google+ and am preferring it (so far) over Facebook.  I'm not saying that I am totally abandoning Facebook because obviously you still see me posting there and I still have client accounts that I manage there. But the whole thing about everybody being my "friend" in Facebook didn't make sense.  Many are coworkers, some are family, some are acquaintances, and a select few are true friends. I've even had some friends who deactivated their Facebook accounts out of shear frustration over privacy concerns or the clunkiness of it's interface.  Then there are my Twitter folks that I never invited into my Facebook in the first place because I wanted to separate my global contacts with the locals.  I just didn't feel it necessary, nor did I want to send a blanket message to t...

I have been observing quite a few friends, family, and others in how they react to the death of a loved one or of someone they revere.  When someone you love is no longer here physically with you it's understandable to grieve and miss them deeply.  Maybe it's because of my faith but I truly believe that when we leave this Earth it is not final for us.  Death IS the great mystery isn't it?  Where do we go from here?  I am always much more sad for those who are left behind than for those who have passed on.  There is something else that I've often pondered.  If someone has passed on, why do people visit grave sites?  Isn't it the belief of many faiths that they are no longer in that body?  So why visit them there?  In remembrance of someone shouldn't you celebrate their birth date instead of having a somber commemoration on their death date?  Doesn't it make more sense to hang out in places where the person was in life, inste...

I didn't really realize it until this past year just how much of a sci-fi nut I am.   During my career transition (yes I've transitioned...*wink wink) I have been able to find more free time so I decided to seek out a lot of old shows I never watched.  It's amazing that when you have a less stressful existence, you tend to allow yourself the time to enjoy some of life's little pleasures.  So I decided to indulge in my sci-fi pleasures.  I am SO thankful for the internet because it is where I've found all these old episodes that I never saw when they originally aired.  Here are some of my favorites: The only one of these that is still airing right now is "Fringe".  All others came to an end or their seasons were cut extremely short just as they were, in my opinion, starting to pick up steam.  It almost makes me hesitant to get emotionally invested in the new ones that start up for fear of it going aw...

Are you the Oak or the Willow? It’s important to realize that how you deal with life's challenges can determine how you’ll come out on the other side of them.    Will you be stressed out to the point of getting sick or will you ride out the storm virtually unscathed? So let’s look at the Oak and the Willow trees.   The Oak tree is looked upon as a very sturdy tree that can seemingly weather many storms.    But because they are so rigid when winds become too strong branches can break off.   The Willow on the other hand is very flexible.   Their branches can bend and move with the strongest of wind.   However, any tree without its roots firmly planted can completely topple over.   So I ask you to ponder these questions…are you an Oak or a Willow?   Are your roots firmly planted?   Are you taking life’s hits and losing branches and being blown over?   Or are you flexible and able to deal with all of life’s cr...