by Kate | Jul 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
On Sunday, I ate my last great grapefruit. This week, I am making my way through my last carton of grapefruit juice, savoring every sip. When I am finished, I will never eat grapefruit again. In my mid-30s, I bought 8-ounce glass grapefruit juice bottles by the carton...
by Kate | Jul 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve been practicing what I call The Delight of the Day. Each day I watch for moments that inspire a strong feeling of gratitude and joy within me. I mentally label the strongest such moment The Delight of the Day. The practice encourages what psychologists...
by Kate | Jul 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
“It’s kind of ridiculous,” said Jenny, my personal care attendant, as she tucked me into bed. “She can’t even lift her water bottle and yet she keeps these brushes around as if she’s going to paint again.” She was speaking of another client. I thought of the jar of...
by Kate | Jul 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Welcome to Creativity Cookies, your monthly invitation to creative action! The BIG IDEA for this month is Okay, I realize this is not an amazingly original idea. But without time, creativity doesn’t happen. Ideally, we need to take s p a c i o u s amounts of...
by Kate | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve been practicing what I call The Delight of the Day. Each day I watch for moments that inspire a strong feeling of gratitude and joy within me. I mentally label the strongest such moment The Delight of the Day. The practice encourages what psychologists...
by Kate | Jul 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
They did not say the choice was between pain and fuzzy thinking but that’s what they meant. Weary, she fled the pain and now wonders if she will be able to remember there was a choice.
