by Kate | Mar 29, 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 | Mar 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Years ago, I spoke with the director of a resource center for people with life-threatening illness. One of the criticisms of his work, he told me, was that it gave people a false hope. “False hope?” he asked. “I don’t think any hope is false.” I’ve been writing...
by Kate | Mar 22, 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 | Mar 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will experience this moment. Yesterday, I watched an interview with artist Ann Rea, whom I admire because she does beautiful work and markets her work creatively. By the end of the interview, however, I found myself blowing a raspberry in her...
by Kate | Mar 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Welcome to Creativity Cookies, your monthly invitation to creative action! The BIG IDEA for this month is My daughter was less than two years old. We were visiting family who were building a house, so I put her in a playpen to keep her away from the...
by Kate | Mar 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will experience this moment. If you have ever experienced the “eating a raisin” mindfulness exercise, you will know what I had in mind when I sat down to paint this morning. I chose a smaller brush than I often use and tried to be...
