One summer, my husband I bought a Kayak. I’d done a lot of research and found an inflatable one with excellent reviews that fit our budget and space constraints. We had both canoed before, and Jack had once owned a sailboat. A kayak is a little different, and an inflatable differs from a hard body….
Category: Lessons Learned
The Tale of Two Dogs
Once upon a time there were two dogs. One dog was small, super friendly, but very sick. The other was bigger, more guarded and very old. Both dogs needed to take medication twice a day which was fine, until the dog owners needed to go out of town for the weekend. Soon, they found a…
The Astounding Effect of Little Changes
As bored summer kids in Sterling, Ohio, my brother and I used to set pennies on the railroad tracks. The train came by with dozens of cars which flattened and stretched them. The grownups who learned of our adventure discouraged us because of the possibility that anything on a track — even a penny — could…
True North
What happens when the beliefs we’ve carried around our whole lives turn out to be untrue?
The Tail of A Year
I’m not big into new year resolutions. I find that turning over a new leaf does hold a lot of promise, but without an actionable plan, most new endeavors fall flat fairly fast. I think about the recently passed NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) as an example. While a great many people are able to…
Beautiful Things
There are times I’ve looked at my life and seen only lost opportunities, broken relationships, and devastating mistakes. My attempts to move forward in different careers or straighten out finances were tripped up by numerous setbacks and delays. Even now, I can point to others who raised their children better, found their perfect mate and lived…
Setbacks and Silver Linings
Do you have the perspective that we don’t always get what we want in this life and that’s just the way it is? What if there’s really more to it than that? I seem to find a lot more silver linings these days. Maybe because I’m always watching for them. While reading Dean Graziosi’s book, Millionaire…
What Time in a Clay Studio Taught Me
Have you ever had something that was a big part of your life? You could be in it every day for so many months or even years. And then something changes. One day you realize it’s in the past, buried under a bunch of time. You might not think about it for so long that…
Nurturing Your Dreams
Up until I read Millionaire Success Habits, by Dean Graziosi, an underlying belief I carried was that that life constantly fought against me. Since reading his book, and taking the above quote to heart, the tumblers of life have begun falling into place more and more. Since changing circles of influence several times over the…
Are You On the Road to Success?
While driving back from an appointment, I got trapped in a pocket of cars going slightly under the speed limit. If I stayed with it, I would not be able to move over and would miss my exit. If I missed my turn off, it would be two more exits before I could turn around,…
What I Learned from Crossing the Chicken Line
A bold and beautiful friend of mine said an angel spoke to her when she was just a little girl and laid out the divine call on her life. She feels led to share God’s love with people who don’t know it and prays to change the course of their lives. It might be the…
Juli Ocean 