SheilaScribbles
my thoughts on life
What tone will I choose to set for myself this year? This month? This week? This day? This moment? The circumstances around us definitely influence us – but I am mindful of the great privilege I have in being able to CHOOSE the tone I live in/with. My goals for personal “tone”? This year – …
A phrase we hear a lot is “dig deep”. We hear it from coaches telling their players to pull out all the stops when they don’t think they have any more to give. We hear it from television detectives asking to investigate into the nooks and crannies of someone’s life in order to solve the …
What’s the difference? We are living in a season unlike anything I’ve ever known. I’ve seen flu epidemics, measles and mumps outbreaks, and terrorist attacks. But never in my lifetime has our country just “stopped”. Even the shock and fear from the 9-11 attacks did not shut down everything like COVID-19 has. Emotions and opinions …
According to Miriam-Webster.com – Kindness is defined as: the quality or state of being kind a kind deed :FAVOR archaic: AFFECTION Synonyms are: benevolence, boon, courtesy, favor, grace, indulgence, mercy, service, turn In life kindness is sometimes viewed as being manipulative (“If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, …