[contentblock id=1 img=gcb.png] “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” ― Albert Einstein “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I …
6 Pinnable Quotes about Caring
Last updated on September 5th, 2019[contentblock id=1 img=gcb.png] The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived …
O is for “O Captain! My Captain!” of Course.
Last updated on May 14th, 2017O Captain! My Captain! BY WALT WHITMAN O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I …
Keeping Neighbors Warm with a #Scrapghan
Last updated on October 29th, 2018 As the weather turns colder there is nothing I like more than curling up with a nice warm crochet project, a cup of cocoa, and a good movie. Since I stopped smoking a …
Children are NOT Collateral Damage
Last updated on April 9th, 2017When did it become accepted that children are collateral damage? When did the powers sit down and say children are expendable? In what back room, boardroom, golf course, country club gathering did everyone agree that …
You Don’t Know Me #BehindTheBlogger
Last updated on March 29th, 2018 You don’t know me but reading my blog gives you some insight into who I am right now. Who I was before remains a mystery at least for a little while. My lives are …
Anxiety: The Hardest Part about Being Outside
This is the reality for me and other’s who deal with Anxiety and Agoraphobia. So if you see me out and I don’t respond it’s not because I’m being unfriendly or stuck up. It’s because the voice in my head telling me to run is so loud I can’t hear anything else.
Writing Through Anxiety
Last updated on September 13th, 2019Reading posts on Speak your Truth about living with anxiety has given me the strength to share my own struggle. Not as a means to gain sympathy but in the hopes that someone else will …
What Should I Donate to a Food Pantry?
Unless you have actually had to visit a food pantry, you just don’t think about these things or what items people may actually need. Here is a list of items food pantries often need in addition to the usual canned and boxed non-perishable foods.
5 Ways to Provide Fresh Fruits and Vegetables to Hungry People In Your Community
Last updated on December 1st, 2019I live in a food desert. The only places to purchase food within walking distance are convenience stores, fast food, and drug stores. I also live in what is considered the hood, the poor part …
Conversation with Quan Yin
Last updated on May 14th, 2017Quan Yin is telling me time to show some compassion to myself. What does that mean? Compassion to myself. The definition of compassion “a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken …