It is crunch time. I was going to do a second post about The Collapse of Parenting, but we are leaving to go out of town and I haven't written my post this week. I am going to repost about this favorite book, The Obstacle is the Way. This book has helped me see that … Continue reading Turning Obstacles Upside Down
Character Strengths
David Brooks On the Road To Character at BYU
A dear friend tipped me off about this speech given at BYU last week. She said, "Have you heard his talk on character? David Brooks is a conservative columnist at the New York Times (and has a show on PBS) and a friend to BYU and our Church." I was just going to recommend the … Continue reading David Brooks On the Road To Character at BYU
Slimy, Frustrating and Hard
In the fourth month of my son’s mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he was in a courtyard of a building in Mexico City, teaching a lesson to a small group of people. He was sweating profusely because of the heat , and struggling with his Spanish. He felt so inadequate, … Continue reading Slimy, Frustrating and Hard
“My Peace Practice Part 1”
"Joy is a practice we build in a world where we feel pain." Eric Greitins wrote this one line in his book, Resilience, and it really jumped out at me. I have it written and taped to the cup that holds my pens. I think a lot about this sentence when I sit at my … Continue reading “My Peace Practice Part 1”
1-2-3 Magic
My husband and I were on a plane once ten or fifteen years ago. What made that flight memorable for me is the two obnoxious boys seated across the two aisles from us on the other side of the plane. Thankfully. However, we could see and hear everything. "Mister!" they would yell for the stewardess, … Continue reading 1-2-3 Magic
Bearing “What We Know”
Yesterday in church, I watched as an 11-year-old, newly minted deacon got up and bore his tearful testimony with sweet conviction. You could feel his feelings of awe and love for the spiritual experiences he was having. He worked to express what he was feeling, to be clear about what he was trying to say. … Continue reading Bearing “What We Know”
What’s the Difference between Immortality and Eternal Life?
In church a couple of weeks ago, someone raised her hand and said that she taught early morning seminary in another state. Every year at the beginning of the year she would ask her students, "Who here thinks they are going to make it to the celestial kingdom?" Invariably, she said, two or three teenagers … Continue reading What’s the Difference between Immortality and Eternal Life?
Five Sisters
Five sisters. Connie, Ruthie, Elsie Dee, Florence and Mary June Adams. Connie passed away first, at age ninety one, in 2011. Elsie Dee, (above middle) lived to be 96, and died August 22, 2014. Then Florence, (second from the right) died exactly 4 years later on August 22, 2018 at age 96. My mother, June,(far … Continue reading Five Sisters
Teeny Weeny Itsy Bitsy
New Year's Resolution Time! How did you do last year? I will be posting on how I did in the next few posts, but reading this book, Atomic Habits, at the end of December was very inspiring for me. In the book, Atomic Habits, the author, James Clear, talks about making small improvements everyday. He … Continue reading Teeny Weeny Itsy Bitsy
Limitless
The big idea asked in the Limitless trailer: "How many of us ever know what it is to become the perfect version of ourselves?" In the beginning of the movie, Limitless, Bradley Cooper plays Eddie Morra, a wanna-be writer living in a filthy apartment, making no inroads on his novel and recently getting over his girlfriend … Continue reading Limitless
"Peace Like A River…" 