This morning I made a new cover photo for my Facebook page, based on an infographic I saw someone else had posted. The infographic in question was this: It hit me smack in the face with its truth. And when things hit me like that, I tend to try and repeat the experience. Not because [...]
Weighing the Risks (6 months later)
11-11-11 Today is a day full of significance. It is my nephews birthday. It is also the birthday of my mother-in-law, who passed away several years ago. Just when she and I were getting to know one another. This missive is for you, Mimi. The anniversary of her birth, gives me reason to pause [...]
Trudging through Anxiety
I am anxious these days. I know from experience that the feeling will pass. Oddly enough, in parts of my life I’m having fun and feeling productive, even as I feel anxious in other areas. I’m rehearsing a play, and I always feel a generalized anxiety until I really know what I’m doing. It’s frustrating to [...]
Taking On A Risk For A Loved One
Whenever we take a risk, we take along those we love and care about. Our risks involve some degree of risk for them also. Sometimes, we have to take on a “risk” for a loved one, and we go along for the ride. I’m sure there are many of you walking in my shoes. I’ve heard [...]
One Voice, One Vote – and the Sticker to Prove It!
When I got up this morning, it was my intention to vote in the primaries here in Georgia. (The risk in that? Making oneself heard at the risk of being unheard.)
Recognizing and Celebrating Past Risks
Before I started reading the Risk A Day Blogs, I never really thought about the choices and decisions I was making within the concept of “risk”. I guess if I thought at all about those choices and decisions, I thought of them as getting something done, a means to get from point A to point B, but as a risk? Risk never [...]
Daring to Date
I don’t really buy into New Year’s resolutions in the traditional sense. But, I do often establish a “theme” to focus on in the coming year; this year, part of my theme is “commitment”. Commitment to myself to keep trying, remain conscious, finish what I’ve started, follow through on what I’ve said I’ll do – [...]
Today: Being at the Crossroad
Risk – (December’s time is here) There is a wonderful verse in the sixth chapter of Jeremiah that begins, “Stand at the crossroads and look…” Every day we are actually doing the ‘’ standing at the crossroads,” and when I am awake enough to remember this fact, I feel more alive. The truth is there [...]
