Growing with gratitude for life's challenges
I’m back at the restaurant where I worked throughout university and beyond. There is no organization in staffing, and the customers are smoking at the table by the entrance, and I’m allergic. I try to find someone in charge, but find only cooks smoking in the kitchen. Coming back to work here is obviously a […]
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When 13-year-old Alina first arrived at our house, she shared with me that she had a dream to join Cirque de Soleil. We’d had a student at one of my former schools who trained for cirque, so I told her I thought it was possible to find a trainer. I had no idea, really. When […]
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Go for your dreams:apply for those jobs that you think are beyond your reach;take risks –Don’t reject yourself; let the world reject you.There is no shame or blame in trying. (Image mine)
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“What do you see?” The child stood before his mother, eyes wide and staring as if through her. His small body trembled. It was just past midnight, and he’d risen from his bed in a panic, disoriented by the darkness. “God” he answered, breathlessly, the urgency in him rising. “What does he look like?” “I […]
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Oh to soar above the clouds, for just one day… free-floating, empowered… what perspective would flight bring? The illusion of civilization? The fragility of our walls? And yet we aspire to ascend… no regard for the fall.. (In response to The Daily Post photo prompt: ascend )
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One Woman's Quest II 