Emotional cleansing

"Just as we wash our bodies and our clothes, we need to cleanse our emotional outlook....Many of us act as psychic garbage collectors, vacuuming in other people's negativity. Since we have more than enough of our own baggage to deal with, we must have the courage to let go of that which is not ours to carry." ~Sue Patton Thoele, The Woman's Book of Courage

Sunset in Mexico / Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Your authentic self

“When you stop living your life based on what others think of you, your real life begins. At that moment, you'll finally see the door of self-acceptance opened.” ~ Shannon L. Alder

Cranbrook House & Gardens / Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

The whole truth and nothing but the truth

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, 

when first we practice to deceive." 

~Sir Walter Scott, from the poem "Marmion"

Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Funny Friday: Cooking lesson

"If an architect makes a mistake, he grows ivy to cover it. If a doctor makes a mistake, he covers it with soil. If a cook makes a mistake, he covers it with some sauce and says it is a new recipe." ~Paul Bocuse

Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Energy conservation

"If you're always pouring your energy into others but aren't getting energy back, eventually you will run dry. Seek out healthy relationships that lift your spirit and give you more energy, not less." ~Viktor Sanders

Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends. 

The dangers of over-sharing

"If you reveal all of your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees." ~Khalil Gibran on gossip

Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Living with intention

"Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something meaningful." ~Martin Yan

Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Finding the way back

"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves." 

~Henry David Thoreau

Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Banishing bitterness

"The evidence is clear and mounting. Bitterness is a dangerous drug, and your very health is at risk if you stubbornly persist in being unforgiving." ~Lee Strobel

Apothecary bottles from Henry Ford Museum shop / Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Funny Friday: Where's your flock?

“If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly.” ~Steve Maraboli

Farm breakfast / Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Closing the complaint department

"When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation, or accept it. All else is madness." ~Eckhart Tolle

Mr. Grumpy / Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Useful feedback

"If you're not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I'm not interested in your feedback." ~Brene Brown, Daring Greatly

Kick-ass boots / Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Believing in yourself

"Because you believe in yourself, you don't try to convince others. Because you are content with yourself, you don't need others' approval. Because you accept yourself, the world accepts you." ~Lao Tzu

Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Carpe diem

"Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored." ~Earl Nightingale

Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

This week, I'm taking my time as I find the way back to "normal" after a scary four-day emergency stay at the hospital. The sudden health crisis that took me to the edge and back -- starting last Monday night -- is too complex to explain in a few blog paragraphs. But I can tell you that my prognosis is positive, and I'm feeling like myself again.

At the risk of sounding dramatic, my condition was life-threatening, as one doctor put it. It required a series of X-rays, blood tests, round-the-clock monitoring, and watchful waiting. Meanwhile, I was lucky enough to have an attending physician and a specialist who were incredibly attentive, compassionate, and willing to spend time explaining what was going on throughout the process. I rarely meet a doctor that I don't like, but these two were exceptionally kind and articulate.

At one point, during a long conversation with the attending physician, we discussed what could have happened had I not come to the ER by ambulance when I did. I was on the verge of slipping into a coma. My particular case, he told me, was one of the most extreme he'd ever seen. On record.

"When you get back home after something like this," the doctor told me, "you'll find that you appreciate the simplest things more than you ever did. Your favorite foods will taste even better, and everything will seem more vivid than before."   

And oh, he was so right. The morning after I arrived home, I looked out the window of my home office and burst into tears of gratitude and relief. The day was beautiful, and everything outside shimmered in sunlight. I was keenly aware of all that was important to me, and all that no longer mattered. I felt as if I'd been given another chance, and that I'd never look at anything or anyone the same way again. ~Cindy La Ferle

Facing our truth

"The most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves is to remain ignorant by not having the courage to look at ourselves honestly and gently." ~Pema Chodron

Late bloomers / Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Not to worry

"There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem." ~Harold Stephens

Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

The company we keep

"A mirror reflects our faces, but our true character is shown by the kind of friends we choose." ~Colin Powell

 Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Listening skill

"Never allow your ego to diminish your ability to listen." 

~Gary Hopkins

Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Illumination

"If you eliminate what no longer works, 

you illuminate what does." 

~Cheryl Richardson

Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Funny Friday: Morning coffee

"I want someone to look at me 

the way I look at my coffee." 

~quote from GoodHousekeeping.com

Morning mug / Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Originality

“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” 
~ Shannon L. Alder

Bayside Gallery in Suttons Bay / Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Ways of the heart

"Most people who act heartless have a good heart. They just act heartless to protect themselves from getting hurt again." ~Sonya Parker

Heart of stones / Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

Sharing

"The quality of any social interaction depends on the ability of those involved to share attention. Competition develops when people want to focus attention mainly on themselves; cooperation occurs when the participants are willing and able to give it." ~Dr. Charles Derber

Cookie's garden / Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.

The last days of summer

“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” 

~William Shakespeare

Cindy La Ferle

______

For social media sharing buttons and more content, please visit the home page. 

Please share with your friends.