Good Ideas, Keen Minds, and Harnessing Power

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor November 13, 2012
Good Ideas, Keen Minds, and Harnessing Power

Hard times often bring out the best in people. When you gather a few girls with good ideas, keen minds, and imagination — You figure ways of harnessing power in unique ways.  This is such a cool piece of news!

What these girls did, after Superstorm Sandy ripped New Jersey, New York, and so much of the Eastern seaboard of the USA apart, is amazing.  Weird. Out of the box thinking. And really good!

This information came from a site called good.is.  Check this out …

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Goodness Matters

Simple 1, 2, 3′s For a More Joyful Day

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor September 18, 2012
Simple 1, 2, 3's For a More Joyful Day

Some days don’t feel joyful. And they don’t feel simple. But here is a plan with simple 1, 2, 3′s to, on many occasions, build a more joyful day.

They’re not hard to do. [Which is a nice little extra.]  They require attitude adjustment, some carry-through of action, or both. But not in exhausting ways. One is, actually, really fun!

They’re freeing. And who doesn’t want a little more freedom? At least, from tiresome, heavy, bothersome issues?

Here are today’s 1, 2, 3′s:

1.  Throw

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Joy

Writing to Get the Hurt Out – Who Knew?

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 30, 2012
Writing to Get the Hurt Out - Who Knew?

A few years ago, I got this itching to write words. Not for songs. Not for any particular reason…. As it turned out, I was writing to get the hurt out. Who knew?

When my mom died, I felt like an orphan. That’s because my dad had passed away nine years before her. I knew what to expect in the grieving process because I’d done it before. But it didn’t make it easier. Not at all…. except that I knew healing would eventually come. But …

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Faith