Fulfilling a wish and a goal
A couple of years ago when I started working on my first book, “Mother Knows Best – Wit and Wisdom from Idaho Moms,” one of my main goals was to be able to donate...
Category: Inspire
Letting the universe work for us
Have you ever had the amazing experience of everything falling into place, unexpectedly, just the way it was supposed to? When it happens, we are filled with gratefulness. Because we never know when we’ll...
Rescuing your dreams from the “place that never was”
(source) I recently read a delightful book called “The Traveler’s Gift,”by Andy Andrews. It is about David Ponder, a former executive in a Fortune 500 company who now works a part-time minimum wage job...
Are you a leader? Do you know it?
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams Do you consider yourself a leader? Leaders don’t necessarily have...
Lessons from a dad on Father’s Day
In honor of Father’s Day, I’d like to share some of the ‘dadisms’ from my father, Pat Murphy, a journalist, writer, political commentator and one of the most interesting people I’ve ever known. Throughout...
5 thoughts on winning from an Olympic Gold Medalist
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Olympic Gold winning cyclist Kristin Armstrong for a magazine article. Armstrong lives in my home town of Boise, Idaho, and has been called America’s most decorated professional...
5 meditations to soothe the unemployed
Losing a job can be a grief-filled experience, rating high on the list of stress producers. The emotions you feel may be crazy as you pick your way through each unemployed moment of...
13 things I learned in 2011
I don’t know about you, but 2011 has probably been the most difficult, bittersweet year I can recall. It was a year in which I excitedly published my first book, and then lost my...
A job loss doesn’t mean a loss of identity
“All the world is a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances; Each man in his time plays many parts.” ~ William Shakespeare (photo source) Often...
I write, thanks to those who believed in me along the way
Those of us who become writers likely have a zillion people to whom we can be thankful. Teachers, parents, bosses, all the editors who have rejected our submissions – each of them have pushed...
5 quotes that could change your attitude – and your life
Several years ago when I lost my job a good friend took to sending me inspirational quotes via email each day. Every morning when I turned on my computer, up popped an email from...
5 questions that have helped redirect my life
Here are a few questions I’ve been thinking about over the past year or so. I admit, the older I get the deeper I go, but I think it is good to sometimes take...
Following the Yellow Brick Road into 2011
“The road to success is always under construction.” ~ Lily Tomlin I’ve always felt there is a “path” that I am destined to follow in my life and if I just found that path...
Reverb 10: Achieve
Today’s prompt is from Tara Sophia Mohr: Achieve. What’s the thing you most want to achieve next year? How do you imagine you’ll feel when you get it? Free? Happy? Complete? Blissful? Write...
Marshmallows and the meaning of life
The campfire crackles and spits sparks into the black night sky and I watch as the tiny orange dots float up, up, toward the silvery moon and stars, like little fireflies lilting and meandering...
Reverb 10: The power of friendship & family
“Friendship is a sheltering tree.” ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge I’m participating in a month-long blogging challenge called Reverb10 during which I am posting a response to a writing prompt from 31 different authors. The goal of the...
Reverb 10 : 5 minutes to remember a year
“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.” ~ James Matthew Barrie, creator of Peter Pan I’m participating in a month-long blogging challenge called Reverb10 during which I am posting a response...
26 expressions of gratefulness
One of my favorite movies is the 1946 holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The movie centers on George Bailey, a kind man who has always been there to help others, but has grown...
The meaning of success
“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will be become the person you believe you were meant to be.” George Sheehan Success… Is it a place we arrive at, or is it made...
20 things I learned from digging in the garden
You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry, and stop to smell the flowers along the way.” ~Walter Hagen This past summer I was puttering around in my garden — pulling weeds, snipping...
