Have you avoided doing something because you thought you were Not smart enough? Not thin enough? Not rich enough? Not talented enough? Not athletic enough? Not________(fill the blank) enough? How often have you sold yourself short? Afraid to try a new...
It got me thinking. That recent New York Times article by Frank Bruni (April 11, 2015). …teenage suicides in Palo Alto, California…pressures to succeed among young people…Center for Disease Control data showing an increase in suicides among young...
I have writer’s block. I really want to write a blog. I enjoy writing. I have lots of ideas swirling in my mind. I can’t get traction with any of them. So I am going to write about my block and just see what comes up. Maybe some thought will emerge and unblock me as...
Thanksgiving 2014 is now over. It is my favorite holiday. Thanksgiving marks the end of the heat of summer, the arrival of the crisp days and cold nights of fall, leaves turning radiant colors, and often a dusting of November snow. Work has been going full steam...
World and national news has been horrific especially in the last couple of days. The lone-wolf terror attack in Ottawa and the ax attack on four policemen in New York just hours later put more atrocities in national news. Scenes from Ottawa were replayed and...
What I dreaded would happen actually happened today. I had put off the inevitable. Today I could not avoid it any longer. Several months ago I received a notice from my cable provider that customers needed to install a new modem. This device had to be ordered directly...
My piano teacher at Juilliard used to tell me “don’t worry about it” when I complained about my stage fright. This brilliant and sensitive man who cared very much about me would add, “I’m not worried about you so don’t you worry about you”. Even Bobby McFerrin sang...
Robin Williams is dead. Depression is alive. He made us laugh. Now he makes us cry. Robin Williams must have been crying too before he ended his life. We are fascinated with celebrity. We live in the fantasy worlds created on stage and screen. We identify with famous...
Have you ever done something you thought you could not do? I did yesterday. On March 18, 2013 our beloved cat, Cadenza, had to be euthanized. All of us knew it was “time” – even Cadenza knew. He had put up a brave and long battle with his final illness. He never...
For many months, my husband and I had been planning a a special vacation. Due to unforeseen circumstances, not illness, we were forced to cancel the trip. We plan to reschedule it. When this became apparent, I needed to cancel our flight reservations. This meant...
