By In high school I struggled through 3 years of Latin under the guidance of Mr. Ralph Gavett. He was an exceptional teacher. Under his tutelage, my brothers and sister soared. I was not an exceptional student – at least not as it pertains to Latin. The greatest benefit of these years of studies is mostly …
Gratitude challenge – letters
Last year I was visiting my Aunt, my mom’s sister. She showed me a letter and photo album that my mom had given her. My mom must have realized her mind was starting to go and wrote her sister a long letter full of family stories…full of love. Today’s challenge is to take action. Write …
Gratitude challenge – grateful for scissors
This challenge is a tad on the random side…but to be successful at gratitude means we need to be grateful for seemingly mundane/meaningless things. More eloquently said… It’s easy to be grateful for the good things in your life, but you stretch yourself when you be grateful for the every day items. I don’t know …
Replacing negative with positive
I read an article online about becoming more efficient by using text replacement functionality. As an example, you type ‘brb’ and the words ‘be right back’ magically appear instead. It reminded me of the time that a colleague pulled a prank on me that replaced Mary with ‘old hag’. It was hilarious as I carefully …