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Category Archives: surprise
Day in the life
I was all set to attend a meditation retreat today, yet as I drove to the center where the session was to occur, I encountered road construction. The freeway that was supposed to take me to my desired location was … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, awareness, driving, ease, intuition, meditation, mindfulness, pause, postaday, smile, surprise
Tagged attitude, awareness, driving, ease, intuition, meditation, mindfulness, pause, postaday, smile, surprise
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#32: Complete a ‘thing to do’ that someone else suggests
Two weeks ago I was chatting with one of my co-workers, and asked him about his plans for the upcoming holiday weekend. He said something about bouncing, and I looked at him quizzically. “What about bouncing?” I asked. “Are you … Continue reading
Posted in 101 in 1001, awesome, colleagues, courage, curious, day zero project, experience, fun, generosity, my sweetie, pictures, postaday, smile, surprise
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#37: Visit the Minnesota History Center (a Minnesota Historic Site)
Waking on a Saturday morning and finding no appointments on my calendar or “critical” tasks to complete, I decided to take advantage of the gift of time and experience a 101 list item. The Minnesota History Center was displaying an … Continue reading
Posted in 101 in 1001, art, awesome, clever, day zero project, experience, fun, learning, museum, postaday, relax, smile, surprise
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At least I wasn’t arrested…
It seems that one of the facts I disclosed about myself in this post caused quite a stir among some folks. To hopefully put various minds at ease (and not fuel dangerous rumors), here is a brief telling of how … Continue reading
Posted in coincidence, experience, memories, police, postaday, surprise
Tagged coincidence, experience, memories, police, postaday, surprise
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Appreciative of approbation
Over the past few days three different bloggers have given me different (but similar) awards. If you are a semi-long time reader of this space, you know that a general life rule I follow is “The Rule of Three“. Since … Continue reading
Posted in connection, fun, gift, honored, postaday, rule of 3, smile, support, surprise, thoughtful, writing
Tagged connection, fun, gift, honored, postaday, rule of 3, smile, support, surprise, thoughtful, writing
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The J’s have it
In Outlook, sometimes symbols get mis-translated as a message is sent from one user to another. In particular, the smile emoticon [ :) ] sometimes gets changed into the letter “J”. I therefore find it fitting that over the course … Continue reading
Smile variables
In the early days of psychology (which is a very young science – only 133 years old), humans were thought to be born tabula rasa, or ‘blank slates’. Scientific wisdom of the day stated that babies were born with brains … Continue reading
Talk about ‘sunny side up’
I am always genuinely flattered and sincerely honored when people think of me, then take action to share the experience with me. From a quick note saying, “Hey, I read this article and thought you might be interested in it, … Continue reading
A spirited smile
Monday mornings can be rather rushed for me. (And I’m guessing for many other people as well.) Scrambling to liberate my email inbox from the glut of messages that somehow got stuffed inside it over the weekend, on Mondays I … Continue reading
Posted in awesome, colleagues, fun, pause, pictures, postaday, smile, surprise, thoughtful, work
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