October 2015 Blog Posts (22)

There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.

Robert Brault,

Good morning, I am off early for more tests and hopefully today will include as much improvement in my…

Without the rain there will be no rainbow

I ventured out yesterday and discovered that lifting even a moderately heavy package to a counter created enough pain that a slight female cashier came and did it for me. They also had someone…

It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.

Hans Selye

Yesterday I found a way to take my mind off my lingering back ache. I went to my dentist for a…

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about."

Charles Kingsley

Wouldn’t you know it, I acted like I had completely recovered from my…

Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life.

Avril Lavigne

Hi everybody. I am pleased to let you know that I am on the way to my new normal,…

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Voltaire

This last week and a half has reminded me again of how much I appreciate my wife and lifelong companion. I…

“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow”

Orison Swett Marden

Hi everyone, sorry I have been out of the loop lately but I find the road to…

“Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.”

Lemony Snicket

How are you doing this morning? I hope you are going to have a…

Praise the bridge that carried you over.

George Colman

Things are looking up for me, my back pain is almost tolerable and I get to finally see my dentist this…

“We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”

Carlos Castenada

I am still home bound with spinal pain. It is more tolerable but I am finishing the steroid pills and still need…

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”

William Shakespeare

Here we go again. I will spend another day waiting for the steroids and pain pills to let me cross the bridge to a…

A good laugh heals a lot of hurts.

Madeleine L’Engle

Good morning everyone, I am semi-back after my medical day yesterday. After a series of tests in the hospital…

“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”

Buddha

Yesterday was one of those good and bad days. The good was a CNN…

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

William Arthur Ward

I have been struggling a little lately as I have had to adjust to a less active life style. Some has been due to aging and some due to my…

“So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”

E.A. Bucchianeri

As the years have gone by I have learned that I am not very good at providing solace to those who are grieving either from the loss…

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Helen Keller

Yesterday morning, as I often do on Thursday’s, I met a former colleague…

Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.

John Harrigan

Here I go again, running behind with a series of early meetings this…

If today was perfect there would be no need for tomorrow.

Good morning. I hope you’re having a good day. I expect I will even though I have another trip to my dentist and a few other distractions. We have been talking a lot lately about not getting…

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

William Arthur Ward

I am going to share an article with you that got…

It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis.

Margaret Bonnano

As we begin another day and another week I am thinking about the many friends and relatives that are facing some trials and tribulations. Some…