Smell The Flowers Along The Way

“A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and then it will go on overload and blow up.”~Erma Bombeck~ Sound familiar? You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re just full — running fourteen tabs your brain never asked to open. Computers get a reboot. You get a porch,…

“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”~ Oprah Winfrey ~ We forget to do it. Not the automatic kind — the real kind. The slow, deep, intentional breath that brings you back to right now. Good news or bad news. A big…

“You already hit the jackpot. You just have to notice it.”~ Anonymous ~ People chase the big win their whole life…the score…the deal…the lucky break. And every once in a while, it’s worth stopping to look around at what’s already sitting in front of you. A roof over your head. Someone who picks up the…

“There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.”~ Don Miguel Ruiz ~ The Dude has a hammock. It’s not fancy. It’s just where he goes when he needs to feed his head instead of empty it. A book somebody mentioned. A film he finally got around to….

“You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one who does what you do.”~Jerry Garcia~ There’s only one you. Not a better version of someone else. Not a polished copy of what the world said you should be. Just you — with…

“Sometimes love is not in the echo — it’s in the anchor.”~Marcus Viveiro~ Without Mama, the raft would have sunk long ago. She didn’t make a big announcement about it. Didn’t need the credit. She just showed up — quietly, steadily — and kept the whole thing afloat when The Dude couldn’t always suit up…