Gratitude

To Live With Grace means you live and love with an Attitude of Gratitude. To recover from loss and grief — or to turn your Time, Talent, and Treasure into Legendary Wealth – you become all you are meant to be when you choose to be actively appreciative.

Definition: Gratitude is a warm feeling of thankfulness toward the world or specific individuals. The person who feels gratitude is thankful for who and what they have in their lives. The quality of being thankful; a readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.

Zoom Conference ~ 2/8/23

Zoom Conference ~ 2/8/23

"I probably wouldn't do anything differently if I had to do it again. Every little thing that happens to you, good and bad, becomes a little piece of the puzzle of who you become. Every successful person you read about - Warren Buffett, Bill Gates — they all say...

A Word of Grace From Cindy

A Word of Grace From Cindy

"Mom was so funny and loving to us kids. She was our first audience. When my dad died, I was suddenly alone in the house with her because my two older brothers were away at college. I was the man of the house, and she was the grieving woman." ~ Billy Crystal A thought...

Love With Grace: The Future

Love With Grace: The Future

"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy." ~...

Zoom Conference ~ 2/1/23

Zoom Conference ~ 2/1/23

"What patients seek is not scientific knowledge that doctors hide, but existential authenticity each person must find on her own... the angst of facing mortality has no remedy in probability." ~ Paul Kalanithi Yesterday's Session... Yesterday, we had a wonderful time...

The Hope: Resilience

The Hope: Resilience

"Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going." ~ Yasmin Mogahed Jumping Out Of a Perfectly Good Airplane... Have you ever wanted to just jump out of a plane... Do some...

Gratitude: Savoring Life

Gratitude: Savoring Life

"I want to tell everybody to celebrate every day, to savor the day and be good to yourself, love yourself, and then you can be good to others and be of service to others." ~ Charlotte Rae Be Grateful ~ Savor Life... When we think of being grateful or thankful for what...

Movement Then Momentum

Movement Then Momentum

"The bigger goal of giving all parents more choices is one that will have to be discussed and undoubtedly roundly debated, but we are going to have to continue to build the case. The momentum is there on the state level in many states. That's where the energy needs to...

Zoom Conference ~ 1/9/23

Zoom Conference ~ 1/9/23

A 2023 Toast to all of us here now... From my old friend Steve Jobs when he returned to save Apple... “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of...

My First Rememberance

My First Rememberance

"A long time ago there was an enchanted princess who lived and loved and then loved even more... until one day when she was called home to heaven. She left our Earthly bounds but still shines her soul upon us even now. This beautiful woman was named Princess Janice...

Grief, Grieving & Grace: A Huge Difference

Grief, Grieving & Grace: A Huge Difference

"Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories." – Ronald Reagan My Beautiful Memory... On November 4th, what would have been Jan's 80th birthday, we had a wonderful memorial up at the top of "our mountain", Mt. San Jacinto where her...

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The Real You
Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world. ~ Adam Grant Being you, in an authentic manner, can be difficult when your world has been overturned.  When we are first in grief, our brains are...
Resilience. Really?
Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive. ~ Jamais Cascio I like this thought: “Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. The goal of resilience is to...
Why Gratitude?
I am happy because I'm grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy. ~ Will Arnett My Gratitude Story... Over the course of my life, I’ve seen how easy it is to be overwhelmed and literally unable to function when faced with a life-altering...
Resiliently Grateful
"Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good." ~ Elizabeth Edwards...
Gratitude: Savoring Life

Gratitude: Savoring Life

"I want to tell everybody to celebrate every day, to savor the day and be good to yourself, love yourself, and then you can be good to others and be of service to others." ~ Charlotte Rae Be Grateful ~ Savor Life... When we think of being grateful or thankful for what...

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