Tag Archives: #lifelessons

Have you flown in a gyrocopter?

“Feel the fear and do it anyway” Susan Jeffers I was watching a show set in a tropical location; there were interesting characters and a good detective plot but it was the natural beauty of the location that stole the show. There was a distinct insect sound in it that reminded me of my childhood,Continue reading “Have you flown in a gyrocopter?”

Busy as a bee?

Have you ever been referred to or referred to yourself as “busy as a bee”? After watching this bee in a garden, I started researching that phrase and got the shock of my life to learn two facts about bees. 1. They don’t multi task!! Bees focus on a specific job at each stage ofContinue reading “Busy as a bee?”

Approval addiction

Do you feel the need for people to like you and approve of what you do, say, wear, think? If you don’t get the approval, are you miserable and unhappy, analyzing what you did wrong? I didn’t know “approval addiction” was a term until reading a book by Joyce Meyer. Now I get it! ThisContinue reading “Approval addiction”

The sodas – an understanding of my Grandmother

I now understand something about one of my grandmothers, years after her death. She lived alone for a while, but she had this habit of buying sodas every week for the young people who lived in the neighbourhood. They knew this and would often come and beg her for the sodas. We would discourage herContinue reading “The sodas – an understanding of my Grandmother”