I follow the Kindness lifestyle as closely as I can. Kindness is a gentle teacher who forgives our blunders and always gives us another chance to prove ourselves. Kindness doesn't judge, but it provides our conscience with a clear foundation for guiding us. I feel that gentle tug
Right now, it feels like my life is starting over while I recover from last month when I had to ration my medications due to an insurance screw-up. I made it through without any significant complications, at least none that I know of so far, and I can feel
I was recovering from my recent medical travails when I browsed through YouTube one evening and saw a post involving two of my favorite Medium personalities: Robin Wilding who interviewed Jason Provencio. I have interacted with both of those people in my time on Medium, and I highly recommend subscribing
I am so glad that September is here at last. I usually don't have any problems with August. It is the month of Hal's birthday, which we always celebrate. The dog days of summer seem to go on forever, and in the far distance, we can
I honestly thought I would write more on Friday. I felt great after we visited the chiropractor and then stocked up on necessities at Costco. We had a lovely Chinese lunch and came home. Then I made the mistake of lying on the bed. The next thing I knew, our
There is so much to experience in life. We always rush to do something to get somewhere for some important reason. I am guilty like everyone else; I wanted so much of my life and health, running like a chicken with its head cut off, that I forgot the importance
Writing can be overpowering at times. Inspiration took an unscheduled holiday and is on a tropical beach, nursing a Corona or a Daquiri in the recesses of my mind with his cell phone turned off. I'm left to cope with the world solely as it exists while secretly
The month of August has been interesting, to say the least, because of an administrative error that delayed my Medicaid renewal. I pushed my appointments back into September, and thankfully I filled almost all my prescriptions before August except for one of my anxiety medications. That particular medicine wasn’t
A new friend on Medium recently made my day when he sent me the following message. "Don't say you're "not the best writer." You're the writer you need to be right now. You're adding value to my day."
How important is it to re-evaluate priorities and change them? Is it something we do to break up the monotony of life? Is it an obligation we have to someone else? Or do we find a new interest or rediscover an old one? Do we pay lip service to
August is a rough month for me this year. I’m still fighting about my health insurance renewal, and no matter how hard I push, it looks like nothing changes until the first of September. This problem has passed beyond my control, so I do my best to focus on
Writing always came naturally to me, if not always easily. As a child, my parents taught me to read and write before kindergarten. I fell in love with books and started reading well beyond my age group. Unlike the overbearing atmosphere of today, my parents never told me a book