Wake Up!

The Daily Love via Visual Inspiration: Wake Up!.

Winter Beach Morning

Too funny! I just posted a picture from almost the same spot on my bike ride yesterday and I told Jaz, one of the commenters, that the beautiful view almost makes up for 4 months earlier! Lo and behold, my favorite Wisconsin photographer posts one of his own beautiful images of exactly what I mean…

Pops Digital via Winter Beach Morning – sepia.

The Heart in Our Homes

Tiny Buddha: Wisdom Quotes, Letting Go, Letting Happiness In via Tiny Wisdom: The Heart in Our Homes.

How to Control Your Emotions in Any Situation

English: Emotions

“If you’ve ever blown your top, flown off the handle, lost it or stewed about anything, you know how you felt afterward. No matter who was at fault, no matter the outcome, you are still left with a very unpleasant feeling because of the outburst. And if you’ve ever been on the receiving end of a tantrum, you aren’t left feeling exactly happy either.” Read more: How to Control Your Emotions in Any Situation | Love or Above.

Love Yourself First!

“Do you ever feel like you haven’t loved or been loved enough in your life, and you desire more? Do you ever think, “When I find my true love then I’ll be complete?” Or perhaps you are already in a long-term relationship and you’d like it to be more loving?

As long as you search for love outside of yourself, you will never find it.”  via Love Yourself First | FinerMinds.

Remember…

It’s a great day to be a ‘gomer…

‘Gomer. That’s what they call people from Algoma. This was the treat that awaited me on my morning bike commute into the office…

Click image to enlarge… I <3 Algoma!

Just in case you missed this for 5/22/2012

A daily roundup of interesting stuff that didn’t quite make it as a blog post on its own.

  1. A massive wagon train, made up of 1,000 settlers and 1,000 head of cattle, sets off down the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri. Known as the “Great Emigration,” the expedition came two years after the first modest party of settlers made the long, overland journey to Oregon.After leaving Independence, the giant wagon train followed the Sante Fe Trail for some 40 miles and then turned northwest to the Platte River, which it followed along its northern route to Fort Laramie, Wyoming. From there, it traveled on to the Rocky Mountains, which it passed through by way of the broad, level South Pass that led to the basin of the Colorado River. The travelers then went southwest to Fort Bridger, northwest across a divide to Fort Hall on the Snake River, and on to Fort Boise, where they gained supplies for the difficult journey over the Blue Mountains and into Oregon. The Great Emigration finally arrived in October, completing the 2,000-mile journey from Independence in five months.In the next year, four more wagon trains made the journey, and in 1845 the number of emigrants who used the Oregon Trail exceeded 3,000. Travel along the trail gradually declined with the advent of the railroads, and the route was finally abandoned in the 1870s.
    Mon, May 21 2012 16:47:52
  2. The current season of Springtime and it varied holidays that have themes of new beginnings, new life, freedom from old bondages and the potential for resurected aspirations provide the external prompts for each of us to self-reflect and re-work our life plans.
    Sun, May 20 2012 13:06:16
  3. I’ve always found it easy to start my day healthy. Greek yogurt and fresh fruit are incredibly satisfying at 8 a.m., punctuated by a carefully crafted cup of black coffee that revs my brain. But by 8 p.m., everything changes. I’m a ravenous satyr, craving the flesh of fatty charred meats and the comforting toasty bite of calorie-laden IPAs. Melted cheese has a particular flare that would nauseate my 8-a.m. self, and the same could be said about anything fried or coated in buffalo sauce.
    Sun, May 20 2012 13:02:29
  4. Top Tweets…

  5. toddlohenry
    I just ousted Lain S. as the mayor of Algoma High School on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/csmBZH
    Mon, May 21 2012 18:28:17
  6. toddlohenry
    ““Have you ever felt at a loss when you needed to draw the line with someone?Have you put yourself at a disadvantage w… http://bit.ly/KgdyzW
    Mon, May 21 2012 15:40:23

The state of social media 2012

Holy Kaw! via The state of social media 2012 [infographic].

Dear graduate

Holy Kaw! via Dear graduate [comic].

Art Break: The Skyscraper Artist

Execupundit.com via Art Break: The Skyscraper Artist.

Forgiveness: When and Why do We Forgive

In a recent dissertation, Kirsten Acker found that we’re willing to forgive those who harm us when they feel guilt and regret…

Read more via Forgiveness: When and Why do We Forgive.

Kindergarten, St. Louis, 1905

Incredible pictures from Retronaut via Kindergarten, St. Louis, 1905.

Want to Live Longer? Cook at Home, Says New Study

Alltop Organic RSS via Want to Live Longer? Cook at Home, Says New Study. We’re doing more and more live foods every day…

Poppy’s Purple Passion

Pops Digital via Poppy’s Purple Passion.

Celebrate Your Empowerment!

The Daily Love via Visual Inspiration: Celebrate Your Empowerment!.

I love the WordPress community; through it I meet great bloggers like Tracie Louise…

Your working habits before a deadline?

To this add blogging! Lead.Learn.Live. via Your working habits before a deadline?.

Why It’s Easier Than You Think

Nicholas Bate says “Your brain has a WCSG: a Worst Case Scenario Generator. And it’s cool; it saves your life several times a week by assuming that cars won’t slow down, those mushrooms are not edible and that it’s worth paying for insurance. But it does kick-in at awkward times. It truly doesn’t crave change. It tends to assume the staus quo has worked so is a good place to be. That’s why you need to remember that many situations are a whole lot easier than the WCSG is projecting in your mind. It is easier to get a new job, start a business, get super healthy, write a book, end that crappy relationship, than you think. Literally. Ahhh…but…how do you know the valid difference between a real WCS and just an unhelpful one? Down time. You’ve got to have some down time. Not TV, not a glass of wine. Not even five-a-side football. These are all fun but they are not the down down time we need here: real data deprivation time so what is important can really surface. And when you get into that zone, some call it meditation, you’ll know. Absolutely simultaneously in heart and gut that it is absolutely easier than (you were) thinking. Bring it on.” via Why It’s Easier Than You Think.

Getting Needs Met

“I want to change careers . . .  I need a friend . . . I’m ready to be in a relationship . . .

Regularly, we become aware of new needs. We may need to change our behavior with our children. We may need a new couch, love and nurturing, a dollar, or help.

Do not be afraid to recognize a want or need. The birth of a want or need, the temporary frustration from acknowledging a need before it’s met, is the start of the cycle of receiving what we want. We follow this by letting go, then receiving that which we want and need. Identifying our needs is preparation for good things to come.

Acknowledging our needs means we are being prepared and drawn to that which will meet them. We can have faith to stand in that place in between.

Today, I will let go of my belief that my needs never get met. I will acknowledge my wants and needs, and then turn them over to my Higher Power. My Higher Power cares, sometimes about the silliest little things, if I do. My wants and needs are not an accident. God created me and all my desires.” via Daily Meditation ~ Getting Needs Met – Miracles In Progress Codependents Anonymous Group.

How to Draw the Line When You Have No Idea Where to Put It

“Have you ever felt at a loss when you needed to draw the line with someone?

Have you put yourself at a disadvantage when you failed to draw the line because you couldn’t think of a way to do it ?

Have you ever felt mistreated when someone drew a line to your disadvantage?

Setting boundaries is one of the most important parts of relationships. It is more important to satisfactory relationships that just about everything else, since without agreeable boundaries, most relationships cannot function well. The expression, “Good fences make good neighbors,” is true.

At the same time we all have had experience with poor boundaries, boundaries that are too loose or too strict, boundaries that are self-serving and boundaries that feel abusive.

So what can we do about this?” Go to the source: Setting Boundaries: How to Draw the Line When You Have No Idea Where to Put It.

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