Inigo Montoya said it best. I hate waiting. Which is odd, really, because our whole modern life is built around providing us with “down time.” We have developed so much technology meant to stream line our life and give us more free time. Yet when faced with this mythical free time, most of us, myself…
Tag: Gratitude
Grateful Anyway
Two years ago, I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy at home. Two days after his birth, we ended up in the hospital for him to undergo surgery to repair a congenital malformation. You can read the full story of that adventure here. Today marks the second anniversary of his life-saving surgery. Yesterday evening…
Taking Thoughts Captive
Much more surprising things can happen to any one who, when a disagreeable or discouraged thought comes into his mind, just has the sense to remember in time and push it out by putting in an agreeable determinedly courageous one. Two things cannot be in one place. “Where you tend a rose, my lad, a…