Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Inspirational

Inspirational

This is where I babble about my silly epiphanies, my random thoughts and my aha moments.

A Quiet Moment- Sunday Mass

Saint Stephen's collegiate Church in Capestang, Languedoc-Rousillon France, was built in the 14th century but never completed. Gothic architecture has the feel of a cathedral, with a large open ceiling, and beautiful stain glass windows. The Collegiate Church of St. Etienne, started in the 13th century has remains of an older church thought from the 11th century underneath it. If the...

Adults Dealing With Loss

dealing with loss
How do people deal with their emotions when someone close to them is dying? Some of us hide at home, drink too much, over eat, go to therapy, call friends, run away or as many different people there are in the world, are as many different solutions we can come up with when dealing with death and illness. After a...

Erwana’s Story – ESL & Dyslexia

ESL classes in France
IF A CHILD CAN’T LEARN THE WAY WE TEACH, MAYBE WE SHOULD TEACH THE WAY THEY LEARN. MICHAEL J. FOX Our family has been hosting French kids in our home for four year now between private lessons with the kids in our village and as a Linguistic Sejour. We have had nearly 200 students through our home in that time. We...

Where’s My Happy Ever After?

Where is my, and they live happily ever after?
https://youtu.be/L0MK7qz13bU Do we expect our lives to turn out like a Disney movie? Think about it. We watch these very entertaining stories, set to energetic musical scores with women with the sweetest voices belting out inspirations messages. In these stories good always prevails over evil, and the main characters pull themselves out of a life less desired to find true...

Days of Reflection – Coming into the Light

How far is the journey? As deep as it is long! My layers have shed, my true self exposed. There is a heeling process when experiencing so much change. I say goodbye to my former self. The other person was here for so long, and to realise that it wasn't the authentic me, makes me wonder why I held on...

Top 13 Inspirational Quotes

My inner mantra of inspirational thoughts keep me on track pursuing happiness.  These are the top quotes that inspire me. #13 If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten - Tony Robbins #12 Go take on the day - Dr. Laura Schlesinger #11 I want you to get excited about your life - Dr. Phil McGraw #10 Success...

A note to my nemesis…

"The measure of a superhero is always his nemesis." David Lyons This morning, like most mornings I woke up and went directly downstairs to find the sun. I placed my yoga mat vertically like a person in prayer, and started my daily stretches. It is here that my little epiphanies find me; those reflective moments where the 'aha' chant makes perfect...

The Future Teaching Paradigm

Some teachers taught the curriculum today. Other teachers taught students today. And there's a big difference. I didn't go to school to become a teacher. Nope! I was scouted out in high school for a business management training program to work in a large retail grocery chain in British Columbia, CANADA where I grew up. A union job that paid...

21 Day Pursuing Happiness List

Do one thing off this list each day, and see if you feel happier after 3 weeks. Or try to keep as many up as you can and check in at the end to see if it makes a difference to your happiness level. #1 Drink A Glass Of Wine In The Afternoon Obviously make sure you don't have to get...