by Lauren Rosenfeld | Jun 8, 2012 | be courageous, be grateful, be happy, be wise, be yourself, Uncategorized
I turned fifty this past summer. Which means if I live to be one-hundred (which is an actual goal) I am squarely and undeniably smack dab in the middle of my life. Middle age has its petty annoyances. It also has its perks. I may not be able to see the dosage...
by Lauren Rosenfeld | Mar 31, 2012 | be compassionate, be courageous, be healed, be healing, be strong, Uncategorized
The path to peace begins with unrest. The path to wisdom begins with unknowing. The path to love begins with loneliness. The path to a new life begins with the old. If we want to get to where we are going, we must first compassionately accept where we are. Then take...
by Lauren Rosenfeld | Feb 21, 2011 | be courageous
If fear tells you not to step onto a pond that has just frozen over, it is a good idea to listen to fear. But if fear tells you not to set foot outside your door in the winter because there may be frozen ponds out there, it’s best to overcome the voice of fear,...
by Lauren Rosenfeld | Dec 27, 2010 | be courageous
My parents collected coffee mugs. Lots of them. For decades, everywhere they went in the world, from Topeka, Kansas to the Topkapi Palace they found a mug emblazoned with the name of their point of destination and brought it home, where it sat on a shelf, testament...
by Lauren Rosenfeld | Dec 13, 2010 | be courageous, be strong, be wise
The December 11th Reverb 10 prompt is from Sam Davidson, author of 50 Things Your Life Doesn’t Need. He asks: “What are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your...
by Lauren Rosenfeld | Aug 24, 2010 | be courageous, be focused, be happy, be light, be strong
These past few months I have been working madly to de-clutter our home. Actually, not madly. Mindfully. Or maybe it is a bit of both. I have been trying to find some breathing room within it, both literally and figuratively. It has been a real period of reckoning...
