Delight in Simple Pleasures. Also, The Innkeeper Will Talk About Emotions Soon

 An Alameda home

      I'm squeezing in this post before the day changes its name.  Today was a good day.  I even cried.  It feels good when I let my feelings flow.  Of course, discretion is necessary.  I don't just

A Demanding But Fulfilling Day .........1/4/13

     Good evening everyone,

I had a long and busy day.  It was inspiring seeing I could manage such a day. I met with six clients,  in two different towns, each session was

Overcoming Inertia, The Value of Discipline and Having a Vision

     Our new assistant inn-keeper had surgery Wednesday morning.  I heard from his son that he's doing well.  He had a knee replaced.

      Carl, I wish you a speedy recovery!


My Gratitudes for Wednesday:

1.  I had a first session with a client today.  The time was intensely good.  I marvel how others sometimes are able to open up the first time. We hit the ground running.  I appreciated his honesty and his transparency.

Overcoming Inertia
      I made business calls.  Most people would think I'm

Enjoying LIfe, Knowing Fulfillment and An Overview of the Past Year ...........1/1/13

      It's great feeling good, elated, even.  Many want that experience.  Unfortunately, depression is the lot for many.  As I've written before, all negative feelings are a result of an unmet need.

      Doing what we love and expressing our voice are two ways that allow us to meet our need for meaning, celebration of life and participating in the quest for fulfillment.

     I have the good fortune of being in a profession that

An Antidote for Depression: Learn Less, Apply What We Know. 12/30/12

Adulthood: enjoying equality with others.
No, neither of these women is me. 

         Good evening everyone,

It truly is a great evening.  It looks like my illness may have turned a corner, for the better.  I did not fill up two tall waste baskets with tissues today, while blowing my nose.  That has been the case, for the past seven days.

        I'm not hacking and sneezing as much, either.  Ya ay!  With the following, as always, I ask you to take what you like and

Taking It Easy ........12/29/12

    I cancelled all plans for today.  I slept.  I wrote a former friend.  I rested; slept some more, blowing my nose every fifteen seconds, when I wasn't

Still Ill, Reveries Upon Friendship---Avoiding Emotional Vampires and Those Who Only Live From the Neck Up ............................ 12/28/12

Saturday, I'll cycle beneath similar clouds and terrain. 

      Good late evening everyone,

How was your day?  Ill, I am.  I worked today, just barely.  Someone new, I met.

      We had a two hour lunch at Jim's in Alameda, a good place to eat.  The conversation was

Boundaries, the Antidote to Chaos, And the Definition Of "No"

   Hello everyone,

How are you?  I'm still sick.  I should have invested in Kleenex tissues, I'm using so many of them.  Oh, brother, a runny nose is annoying.  Nonetheless, I met with clients and cycled twenty-four miles in cold weather.

Re-introducing a Dear Former Friend 12/26/12

       Good evening everyone,

I'm happy about today's post.  You might want to grab a cup of coffee, this post is way longer than most.  I'm reprising a series of posts I wrote last year about Alexander and me.  Over the past few months, I've woven four posts into what lies before you, tonight.

      Included is a new chapter, "A Loyalty Lesson," that I wrote last week.  I unashamedly love

My Favorite Christmas Story ........12/25/12

Taken from my favorite Christmas book,
The Christ Child, Iilustrated by Miska and
 Maud Petersham 

    Merry Christmas everyone!

Good morning.  This day will be busy.  I'm dashing this off before preparing for today's guests.  I hope each of you have a lovely day.  I know I will.

    I'm a bit under the weather.  Yesterday, I met