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Chapter 4: Compare yourself to who you were yesterday (not to who someone else is today) I completed this chapter tonight, in the book “12 rules of life” by Jordan Peterson . Aim low (as in, take small steps) , have grace with yourself, set your sights on where you want to go. Instead of […]

Recently, I was visiting a friend who is feeling very defeated and depressed.   In a feeble attempt to help her, I gave my friend a book about living life with intention and setting goals. Apparently, giving her this book was not helpful. At all. Instead of offering inspiration, the pages magnified her feelings of desperation.   Her voice vibrating

Sometimes life can dish up tragedy upon tragedy, heartbreak upon heartbreak. Sadly, there is someone close to me who is presently experiencing intense feelings of hopelessness and despair. Life can be difficult. Life can be trying. Life can be down right full of sorrow. At times, we don’t know how we can continue on. Let this message

If you think about it, we are all story tellers. If I ask you what you did on the weekend, you will most likely share with me a story of the various events that occurred in your life from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening. If I ask about your family, you will tell a tale

My commute to work in the mornings is remarkably uneventful. Passengers board the crammed carts as they groggily travel to their destination. Half the time people are not even awake as they  embark on their journey. Yesterday was different though, yesterday there was a man at the station who stood out. Sorely. This man waited at the station,

Birthdays are an interesting day of the year. People congratulate you for being born and give you presents, when really,  you didn’t do anything to be born. You just kind of showed up more or less around your due date. Why we celebrate the birthees rather than the birthers on the birthdays is beyond me (and

I went to the Chiropractor the other day and found out that my body is out of whack. You see, 5 years ago, I had a big fall and injured my left shoulder and upper back. I also developed a concussion. It took months for me to feel better from this tumble. It wasn’t until

A few days ago I was sitting with a friend, hearing her share her dreams of all she wanted to accomplish. In a moment, a look of defeat swept across her face. Tears in her eyes, she said to me, “Jane,  I have so many things I want to do, but I don’t know where to

Taking transit to work can be interesting. I usually leave at the same time, which means that I often run into the same people. Most individuals are unmemorable to me as they embark on their commute in a sleepy haze. There is one woman though, who I often run into on the train.  I wish

I have a knack for growing things. It’s true! I  grow mold in my desk at work, ( why did I put that container of vegetables in my drawer, anyway?), I breed colonies of fruit flies,  ( who knew they would multiply so quickly when you leave rotten bananas out?) and I generate piles of