Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Positive”
“When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.” ~Sean O’Casey Dear Universe, In just a couple of weeks, it feels as if our entire world has turned upside down. The coronavirus is officially a worldwide pandemic and we are living in times we have never seen before. Every day we are experiencing a new normal—from …
“Stress is not what happens to us. It’s our response to what happens, and response is something we can choose.” ~Maureen Killoran Dear Universe, The holidays can be a warm, happy, joyous time. They can also be a trying time: bringing out the stress, anxiety and impatience in all of us. I thought of this a couple of weeks ago …
“We often want it so badly that we ruin it before it begins. Overthinking. Fantasizing. Imagining. Expecting. Worrying. Doubting. Just let it naturally evolve.” ~Unknown Dear Universe, Lately I’ve been thinking about how easy it is for our natural train of thought to default to the negative automatically. This idea keeps coming up in my own life and in conversations …
“Let’s commit to seeing the truth of who we are. We are the only ones who can define what that is and what we believe is what will be.” Dear Universe, Isn’t it amazing how when our loved ones are going through a struggle, we can still see the best in them? No matter how rough of a day they …
“Without challenges, we would never grow or learn. Without suffering, we would never recognize joy.” Dear Universe, Life is hard. That’s all I heard the other day when I was talking to a group of my writing students. There they were, slouched in their seats, looking worn and weary, venting about the hard things they are dealing with right now. …
“You can be happy every day. There is no secret formula. You simple have to do this one very simple and very difficult thing: choose.” Dear Universe, I love being around happy, positive people. I think most of us do. Happy people have an aura about them that radiates even from a distance. You see it in their smiles or …
“It’s an unfortunate truth, but a lesson to learn. While your intentions may be pure and true, not everyone has the same heart as you.” Dear Universe, When we were little kids, it was pretty easy to spot a bully. Usually, it was the kid in class whose daily mission was a relentless pursuit in the misery of others. On …
“Sometimes you go through things that seem huge at the time, like a mysterious glowing cloud devouring your entire community. While they’re happening, they feel like the only thing that matters and you can hardly imagine that there’s a world out there that might have anything else going on. And then the glow cloud moves on. And you move on. …