by Kate | Feb 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
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...
by Kate | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
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....
by Kate | Feb 8, 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 call...
by Kate | Feb 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
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...
by Kate | Feb 1, 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 call...
by Kate | Jan 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
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...