Tag: calm

The carnival rides of mortal mind

September 2, 2010 | 2 comments

Last week, my wife and I took our teenagers and a couple of their friends to the county fair. The kids headed for the carnival rides and we strolled through the booths and the animal barns enjoying the different sights

Value those moments of rest

May 4, 2010 | No comments yet

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.     ~ Etty Hillesum     In this busy-busy world, we can get so caught up into heading into our next

Feeling hurried by others?

January 4, 2010 | No comments yet

Are you surrounded by people who are frequently in the rush-rush mode pedaling a hundred miles an hour to get 150 things done and pushing you to keep up with them when you are perfectly fine and productive with your

Learning patience by watching mothers

November 2, 2009 | 5 comments

Sent in by a reader… A man observed a woman in the grocery store with a three-year-old girl in her basket. As they passed the cookie section, the child asked for cookies and her mother told her “No.” The little girl