Get a thick skin. If you take risks, sometimes you’ll get a standing ovation, and sometimes, people will throw tomatoes. Can you think of any leader or innovator whom you admire who doesn’t have enthusiastic fans and harsh critics? Get used to wins and losses, praise and pans, getting a call back and being ignored. . . . → Read More: Thick Skin
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I got the alert on my phone at work that it was delivered. I couldn't wait to get home. There it was by the door. I brought it in and put the box on the counter. Then I texted my family: Merry Xmas! I'm opening my present now! My husband and daughter gave me the . . . → Read More: Merry Christmas! The day after retuning from a weekend writer’s conference I find my inbox full of invitations to connect with the wonderful people I interacted with throughout the weekend. While this is wonderful, it also causes a tiny bit of fear – as in Oh dear, I’ve been slacking in my social media obligations and I . . . → Read More: Being Social To me, Reba McEntire has always been not only an extraordinary artist, but a deeply caring, humble, and thankful person. She never placed value on her fame and fortune. She clearly communicates God has given her all she has and she is to use it to help others. Reba is clear proof that when you . . . → Read More: Pray For Peace “Because I’m happy…” ring the words of Pharrell Williams’ latest hit to run across all forms of media. He has everyone from 2 to 102 dancing and clapping their hands. Just watching the video on my iPad after it was shared on Facebook this morning was enough to get me out of my chair and . . . → Read More: Go Be Happy Today is the fun Friday A-Z blog hop day, except today is not fun. The letter of the week is R. Today, R could only stand for one thing – Remembering. Remembering this day fifty years ago. I feel privileged that I was alive fifty years ago and have real memories of this day. I . . . → Read More: R is for Remembering Me: Dear, can we go to the movies this weekend? There’s a movie coming out Friday I want to see. Husband: Sure. What is it? He agrees even before asking what it is. More zsa zsa zu . Today we went to see About TIME. The movie is two hours long. After the first . . . → Read More: About…TIME This morning I woke up to a blog published in the Huffington Post, placed in my timeline by my daughter. I quickly opened it up and read the article because my daughter never posts to my timeline and when she does, I figure it’s a big deal. I really liked the blog. The name . . . → Read More: Wait But Why? 
This afternoon I got the following text from Boston daughter about the new iPhone 5 coming out tomorrow. I used the link, watched the video, and then went to the website to check out the two phones. They gave me too many choices. (It’s the same reason I can’t shop in an H&M . . . → Read More: Decisions, Decisions! 
Today was just a day of collecting stuff and having fun. Here’s what I have: A little bit o’ blog: This morning, my blogger friend, Christine, and self-proclaimed aspartame addict wrote an excellent post entitled Hello My Name Is Christine And I’m An Aspartame Addict. In it she wrote a line I loved and want . . . → Read More: Day of “Stuff” |
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