Creativity Cookies: Connect and Collaborate

Creativity Cookies: Connect and Collaborate

Welcome to Creativity Cookies, your monthly invitation to creative action! The BIG IDEA for this month is   This is an ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT in response to information fatigue. We have so-o-o- much information coming at us from so-o-o- many places. Sometimes, we...
Painting Fear and Joy

Painting Fear and Joy

I have been going nuts lately. This is supposed to be a month where I am exploring the idea of taking joy in each moment. My husband and daughter are leaving on Friday for two weeks in England. I want to be immersed in mudita – lost in joy at their good fortune....
Delights of the Day – Early Warning Signals

Delights of the Day – Early Warning Signals

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 call...
Joy and Celebration

Joy and Celebration

Kind Promise: I will celebrate each moment. Last year, I promised myself to “live joyfully without reason.” This year’s variation is to “celebrate each moment.” One is building on the other. Joy. Delight. Happiness. Pleasure. They cluster together like ducks in a...
Delights of the Day – Early Warning Signals

Delights of the Day – When the Pain Lifts

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 call...

Labels and Openness

Kind promise: I will open to this moment. “Does he have an ADHD diagnosis?” Nellie* asked me about one of the children in our Sunday school class. She went on to describe Tommy*’s tendency not to finish projects along with other behaviors she finds...