Positive Thinking & Affirmations

  • Encouragement & Inspiration,  Positive Thinking & Affirmations

    Don’t Stop Believin’

    Just for the record, I don’t believe in coincidence — everything happens for a reason and in the perfect timing of the universe (yes, our CHOICES have an effect on events). I heard two “believe” songs (Don’t Stop Believing, I’m a Believer) on the radio this morning as I drove to work and it’s a pretty quick drive.  Gee, maybe I need to pay attention and “get it”.  I discovered a few years ago that I’d ditched my dreams so long ago that I really didn’t know what they were anymore.  I’d simply “existed” for so many years that I wasn’t hoping for anything other than some tranquility in my…

  • Encouragement & Inspiration,  Positive Thinking & Affirmations

    Verbal Thorns

    On my desk sits an ink drawing that was drawn for me on the inside of a Valentine’s Day card. The young man, who is so talented, is a friend of my daughter’s and is in jail awaiting a court date for some mistakes he’s made. He regularly sends me his artwork and yet doesn’t realize how gifted he is. This card has drawn me into its very core since the day I first received it. Without ever speaking to me or seeing me, this young man has drawn a picture representing part of my life. The heart would definitely be me. My heart is “out there” for most to…