by Kate | Mar 12, 2018 | kind promises, Well-being
Last week I explored the Greater Good Science Center’s 9 keys to well-being. I have 12 Kind Practices. Greater Good has quizzes to help you figure out where you might want to concentrate, but even that can be overwhelming. Each morning, I remind myself of four...
by Kate | Feb 16, 2018 | kind promises
Newly returned from the hospital/transitional care, I look around me and attempt to gather the scraps of my life. When I went into the hospital, I was focusing on the kind promise “I will be joyful for no apparent reason.” I remember contemplating that, as I lay with...
by Kate | Dec 22, 2017 | kind promises
by Kate | Dec 12, 2017 | Forgiveness, kind promises
The folks at Greater Good Magazine have identified forgiveness as one of the keys to well-being. They offer a lovely, succinct definition: a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who has harmed you,...
by Kate | Dec 5, 2017 | Chronic healing, chronic illness, kind promises, Surrender
Living with an illness, there may be times when the ice cracks and you fall through. Plans need to be released. What worked before no longer works. For a while, you may flounder. Be there, in the depths. Know that you will probably resurface. If you don’t, you get to...
by Kate | Nov 9, 2017 | Chronic healing, chronic illness, Disability, kind promises, Love, Vulnerability
As someone with significant disabilities, I worry that I am a burden on people around me. I tell myself monster-stories about how much better the lives of my loved ones would be if they didn’t have to sacrifice on my behalf. I imagine that such thoughts are noble,...
