What do you do when you first open your eyes in the morning? What are your first thoughts? How do you begin your day? I attend St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin. The minister is Dr. Jim Rigby. Some of you may have heard of him or read a quote from him. He is often [...]
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This Will Be The Year
First let me say Happy Holidays to all! About a month ago I purchased Susan Boyle’s newest CD. I love it! There are lots of old (but good) songs and there are a few I’ve never heard before. Since between this post to the blog and the next, we’ll experience the celebration of a new [...]
Thoughtful and Aware?
How many “slaves” work for you? Of course you don’t have slaves! But, do you purchase or use things that have come to you through the slavery (working long hours and not being paid a living wage) of someone else? I recently was sent a web site where I could take a survey and see [...]
Nothing
When I write for this RiskADay blog, I want to write something useful. I don’t try for brilliant or even good — just useful. I don’t know that I’ve always succeeded but that’s been my goal — useful. Well, this month, I have to tell you, there’s nothing here that is useful. I have no [...]
Water, Water, Everywhere???
I live in Central Texas and we have been experiencing a terrible drought AND temperatures which have been over 100 degrees for 85 days this summer. It has been brutal for everyone but especially for farmers whose crops are ruined and for ranchers who have had to sell their cattle because there was no grass [...]
Risks Taken
I’ve have written before about my son’s wife who, in February, had a massive stroke at age 49. She is making progress. It’s slow but it’s progress and for that we are thankful. The risks I recently took had to do with being with them for an extended stay. I had been wanting – needing [...]
Arms or Fins?
I want to share something with you that I read a few days ago. I know you must be saying, “Oh, here she goes again -quoting Mark Nepo!” Yep. That’s just what I’m going to do. You see I read Mark Nepo every morning from his book “The Book of Awakening.” What a way to [...]
At the Last Minute
I have no idea where the time went between my last post and this one. I know we went to Atlanta to attend the graduation of a granddaughter. Maybe that was it. Time flew. Suddenly, today I was aware that I have to write, for my turn on the blog is tomorrow!!! Yikes! So, I [...]
Risking Living Simply
This morning I had some free time and I cleaned out my pantry. I threw away SO many things that were past their date. I remember going to my mother’s house many years ago and she’d have me go through her shelves looking for dates. She couldn’t do this very easily anymore. I remember laughing [...]
Risk Gratefulness
So much has happened in the lives of my son and his wife since she had a massive stroke in February. Their lives were ideal for them. They had a good life, a happy life, a life filled with plans and hopes and dreams as well as good realities they had created for themselves. Then [...]
