Blessings

GPS For The Soul

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor June 11, 2013

A little GPS for the soul might be in order these days. With as much stress, business, here – and – there, running around, and anxiety as there is in the world, we may benefit from a few guideposts to keep us centered. To keep us calm. To keep us healthy and happy.

What helps you calm down and breathe more easily? If you have any tips, please send them in. We can share with everyone else. And all be better for it.

Here are …

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Joy

A Few Good Words

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor June 6, 2013

A few good words can make all the difference in my day. I dig through books sometimes, or scour the Internet, looking for an upper in the form of happy words. It’s awesome how inspiration can come, and make a difference for good in my day, when I seek for them.

Here are three of my favorite quotes:

1. Whatever you are, be a good one.

Abraham Lincoln is credited with that sentence. I love it. Too often, in my opinion. this world revolves around …

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Joy

Step Outside Your Comfort Zone

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 29, 2013

We are invited to step outside our comfort zone. In under three minutes you can get inspired to see the world with different eyes; to feel and to hear and to see in better ways.

I came across this video and want to share it. It is not one of the inspiring, emotion-evoking videos that tug at the heart strings. This one engages the mind, inviting us to open up and enjoy life more fully. Take a look:

A Responsilibity to Feel Awe

I love …

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Goodness

Heart Warming: More Good Deeds

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 22, 2013

Like last time I posted, this week we get a bird’s eye view of even more good deeds. It’s heart warming to be reminded of how simply we can impact a person – or a large group of people – by offering the simplest kindness.

Here we go with the pictures!

1. A couple pays it forward with buying a meal for a young family with children. This not only helped the wallet of the husband/ dad. It also helped imbed a lesson in kindness …

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Goodness

Goodness: A lesson Through Real Pictures!

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 15, 2013

A friend sent me some beautiful pictures that show, in real ways, how people share goodness. It was another sweet lesson in the goodness of people, and how something seemingly tiny can make the day – not just for the receiver and the giver of the deed, but for all who find out about it.

Here is today’s Story In Goodness, simply shared via photographs!

1. A man sees a young woman walking the hot streets, with no shoes. He promptly takes off his …

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Goodness

Love Generously!

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor April 23, 2013

People who love generously have happier lives. They’re less concerned with getting hurt or being burned. They simply open their heart and pay attention to other people. And they find a lot more joy.

I found a great video, a short one, that made me feel instantly better. So I’m sharing it with you. It’s a reminder to pay attention to the seemingly little things. I have all ideas that, when all is said and done, those aren’t the little things, at all. They’re among …

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Love

Make Someone Happy!

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor April 2, 2013

Guess what I just learned? Another good way to make someone happy! Found out about it through Pauley Perrette. She works with lots of homeless organizations in ways that help on a grassroots level….

Wait – let me back up.

Pauley is the woman who plays the role of Abbi on NCIS. I love the show. Maybe because my dad and my son were in the Navy, and my son-in-law still serves. Maybe because it has fabulous writing and direction. It really doesn’t matter. I”m …

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Happy

Good And Cold

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor January 29, 2013

Brrr. It’s cold. Again. Good and cold. Gotta love it.

After being almost – warm – enough – to – sit – outside – for – a – few – minutes – in – the – sun. But it’s all good.

I think I finally figured out that, like Mark Twain once said:

Climate is what we expect. Weather is what we get.

It’s a lot like life. What we want and what we get are often very different. Sometimes because we make poor …

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Goodness

When Things Don’t Work Right

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor January 9, 2013

Sometimes things just don’t work right. Big or small, we can roll with it or let it turn us on our heads.

Technology, for instance. I know almost nothing about it. When technical things don’t work right, I have no idea what to do in order to fix it. I rely on the charitable goodness of my friend Misty to fix most things that go wrong with the website. When she can’t [and I don’t know she ever finds time with her large family …

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Hope

My New, Good Year

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor January 3, 2013

Even though I’m a few days late, today I’ve made a decision to make 2013 my new, good year. I kind of make this decision every New Year, but this time – it’s different.

If you don’t want to read my short philosophising, please skip right down to Reason Number One for why I’m set to make my new year a good one.