I’m not one to watch the news. As a matter of fact, I usually do my level best to avoid it. It is rare indeed to catch me sitting down in front of my TV and flipping the news on. Local news, national news, world news, matter not to me, I just don’t watch. To…… Continue reading My One Minute Mind
There are times I chose the wrong things. More importantly, there are times I chose the wrong attitude. Ever noticed when you start complaining it’s like a small snowball? I can start out complaining about the smallest of things and BAM! before I know it, the whole day has been spent complaining about one thing…… Continue reading My One Minute Mind
This is a conversation I experienced during this past week: Niece: I’m tired of teachers piling work on. We just finished a novel, haven’t taken the test for it yet, and today our teacher gives us a new novel to start. So now, we have to remember what the old novel was about AND not…… Continue reading My One Minute Mind
Do you ever reach a point where you think, I’m going to give just what I get? I can take on this train of thought all too quickly. When someone treats me poorly, it’s not unusual for me to begin giving back to them just what I am getting Why do I not treat people…… Continue reading My One Minute Mind
Kids and jobs Do they go together? Do they benefit anyone? These are the questions plaguing my mind today. I have a son who is a senior in high school. His dad wants him to get a job, in fact is pushing him to fill out applications; he has to get a job. My son…… Continue reading My One Minute Mind
Does part-time parenting bring out the selfishness in us? Our family unit has become a bit isolated. We do many things together and rarely do things with others. There are many facets to our family which can inhibit us from having friend time, social time, card nights, bowling nights, or whatever it is we are…… Continue reading My One Minute Mind
We are becoming calloused. There’s so much and there seems no end in sight. Our hearts are hurting but I don’t think we’re aware. Day after day we are bombarded with horrific things going on in this world. Shootings, terrorism, fires, kidnappings, missing persons, child prostitution rings, slavery, poverty and so much more. It used…… Continue reading My One Minute Mind
Lately, I’ve been thinking about sleep, a lot. That’s probably because there hasn’t been a lot of it going on for me as of late. I feel like I’m always behind the 8-ball when it comes to getting sleep. There are not enough hours in my day allowing me to get the ‘required’ amount of sleep and get…… Continue reading My One Minute Mind
Mindful. It’s meaning is quite simple; adjective conscious or aware of something Notice it’s an adjective – meaning it describes something. That something would be whatever it is your getting ready to spew all over the place in the form of word, thought or action. Are we mindful of the things we say, do…… Continue reading My One Minute Mind
Sometimes I just need to write. Not really think about it, but just allow my thoughts to flow through to my fingers and allow whatever comes out to come. There doesn’t need to be any rhyme or reason to it; just take one minute and allow whatever comes, come. I’ve been seeing a lot of…… Continue reading My One Minute Mind
Just Bits and Pieces 