Somethin’ Bout a Truck
I have passed this old pickup truck many times. One day it was just too compelling to pass. Sun shining through the muddy yellow under a blue sky; the timing was perfect. I don’t know the old Dodge...
View ArticleAge 50 – It’s a good thing
Old at 50 something? What? No way! Most people my age would tell you they feel at least 10 to 15 years younger. Mass media says – 50 is the new – ? You fill in the blank. In my…Read more →The post Age...
View ArticleOn Sh*t My Dad Says
I curse more than I’d liked to admit. This is probably why I appreciate the book that I just finished – Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern. I can’t really relate to his father’s habit of using a...
View ArticlePlay Us a Song You’re a Piano Woman
My Mom had high expectations of me. She didn’t exert the typical pressure to become the middle class parents’ dream of a doctor or lawyer . . . she always wanted me to be a piano player in a bar.…Read...
View ArticleOnward! 5 Ideas for a Rainy Day
Sometimes you just have to get on your shark and holler “Onward”! It is a cold and rainy Spring day here in the Charlotte, NC area. Some places on the East Coast are getting a blizzard! Everyone is...
View ArticleThis Is Your Life
Enjoy this life manifesto from www.HOLSTEE.com Holstee is a Brooklyn-based design studio offering sustainably made posters, cards, and frames that inspire people to live mindfully. I couldn’t say it...
View ArticleWhatever You Are Be a Good One-Quotes
I love www.Brainpickings.org. It is the brain child of Maria Popova. She is known as an “interestingness hunter-gatherer and curious mind at large”. Maria is all of that and a bag of potato chips! As...
View ArticleHow To Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love
Quite often, the work of Maria Popova in her blog Brain Pickings makes my mind and heart sing. Here is an example where she features creative expressions of how to find your purpose and do what you...
View ArticleThe Journey
The Journey One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice– though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your...
View ArticleRepack Your Life with Wonder
After five tries of trying to log into my blog – forgetting both my user name and password – I almost gave up. I recently heard a whole comedy routine about emails and passwords that I know everyone in...
View Article“She Chose Honor, Dr. Lili Johnson”
“She chose honor.” Dr. Lili Johnson lived and walked on this earth and she died yesterday. She died at an age that was way too young and too soon for all who knew and loved her. Her life was filled...
View ArticleHoliday Madness; Getting Back to Grounded
Writer Anne LaMott recently wrote about the craziness we feel during this time of year. I had to laugh when I read her brain is so”on fire”. when she wakes up that before her coffee has finished...
View ArticlePower of One; Do What You Love
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Helen Keller This curious power of one, often seen only...
View ArticleHome Again for the Holidays
It is the morning of Christmas Eve Day. From my bed I hear the early comforting chime of my mother’s clock reminding me that I am home again. I walk into the kitchen and light a pine-scented holiday...
View ArticleNot Your Old Fashioned Love Song
Stop and listen to a different type of love song. While a tired barrage of media messages urge us to express our love this Valentines Day with fuzzy pajamas, $99 larger-than-life teddy bears or sexy...
View ArticleBeauty of Dreams
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt The post Beauty of Dreams appeared first on repack your life.
View ArticleAstonishing Spring
“Each leaf, each blade of grass vies for attention. Even weeds carry tiny blossoms to astonish us.” – Marianne Poloskey, Sunday in Spring The post Astonishing Spring appeared first on repack your life.
View ArticleDamn You David Foster Wallace
This morning I listened to a commencement address given by David Foster Wallace to Kenyon College’s graduating class entitled “This Is Water”. It starts with a story. “There are these two young fish...
View Articleyour life is waiting for you
life is waiting We must be willing to relinquish the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ~Joseph Campbell The post your life is waiting for you appeared first on repack your...
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