Living a Balanced Life in an Unbalanced World (Day 2)

Living a Balanced Life in an Unbalanced World (Day 2)

Our lives may be off-balance, out of balance or even hang in the balance. We may be overworked, overwrought, and overcommited. Still we slide into the pew on Sunday, paste on our best imitation-of-an-I’ve-got-it-together-grin and pretend everything about our...
Living a Balanced Life in an Unbalanced World (Day 2)

Living a Balanced Life in an Unbalanced World (Day 1)

As a little girl, I was enthralled by tight rope walkers. The thrum, thrum, thrum in my ears nearly matched the staccato of the drum roll as the circus performer scampered with seeming ease from one end of the wire other to the other. There, a woman climbed upon the...
Living a Balanced Life in an Unbalanced World (Day 2)

What the Pain in My Neck Taught Me About Rest

I didn’t meet a single writing goal this week. Am I disappointed? Definitely. Frustrated? Yes. Rested? Refreshingly so. My dog’s sharp Feed me! yelp and a painful twinge in my neck greeted me Monday morning. Sighing, I slipped from bed into the regular morning...