- You have to watch this: My Last Days: Meet Zach Sobiech
- Celebrating while being honest about disappointments
- Rebecca—A 1,000 Mile Journey, Because She Can!
- Tuesday’s Treat — Avocado, Vegetable & Feta Wrap
- The Video: Janet Oberholtzer’s Inspiring Story — Running, Because I Can!
- Remembering the lives lost at the Boston Marathon
- Do we need to find hope while others are devastated?
- Thinking about drawing our own lines
- Thinking about how we look for reasons when we hear tragic news
- Because I Can & I Think I Can, I Think I Can
Category Archives: Thankful
Thankful Thursday – Post 21
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. – Cicero Being thankful can almost act like a window into a better world. The actual world around you won’t change, but you’ll see different things …
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Thankful Thursday – Post 20
Last summer I posted an interview with Rachel Held Evans, blogger and author of a spiritual memoir, Evolving in Monkey Town. Rachel is now working on a new book project called the Biblical Womanhood Project. For that, she is following many of the Biblical …
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Thankful Thursday – Post 19
This past weekend the earth saw a ‘supermoon’ … that is, if people paused long enough from their daily routine and looked upwards. This larger, fuller view of the moon happened because it was closer to earth than it’s been …
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Thankful Thursday – Post 18
This Thursday … it seems almost trite to be thankful for when there is so much suffering in Japan. The numbers as of today … over 5,000 people have died and almost 10,000 still missing. Seeing those numbers made me …
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Thankful Thursday – Post 17
Sometimes we complicate life more than we would need to. I’m leaning more and more towards a simplistic lifestyle. This goes hand-in-hand with being thankful. By simplifying I appreciate what I have more … which in turn makes me more thankful … …
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Thankful Thursday – Post 16
Be thankful for what you got. . photo © 2008 Nick Saltmarsh | more info (via: Wylio) . People in every century and in every walk of life have recognized the value of pausing, of taking deep breaths, of being thankful. Life …
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Thankful Thursday – Post 15
Every time we remember to say “thank you”, we experience nothing less than heaven on earth. – Sarah Ban Breathnach I am thankful for: A chance to connect with my neighbors at our neighborhood bookclub. A day spent in New …
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Thankful Thursday – Post 14
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Mother Theresa photo © 2010 Cheryl | more info (via: Wylio) . I am …
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Thankful Thursday – Post 13
“It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.” -Anon photo © 2007 Christine K | more info (via: Wylio) . I am thankful for: Thursday: YOU. Not just on …
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Thankful Thursday – Post 12
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton photo © 2010 woodley wonderworks | more info (via: Wylio) , This week I am thankful for: Thursday: An …
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