| “Each morning we are born again. What we do today matters most.” ~Buddha~ The week doesn’t start Monday. It starts right here, in the quiet before it all kicks off again. The Dude uses Sunday to get right — not busy, not productive. Just right. It’s a work in progress, like everything else. Set the table for the week you actually want. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the Day What’s one thing you can do today to make next week a little easier? |
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”~Anonymous~ Before you list what’s missing, list what’s already here. The coffee that was hot. The sun came up. The knees that still bend. Small stuff, easy to skip past on the way to the big complaint. Gratitude isn’t pretending everything’s fine. It’s just refusing to let the little…good…
“Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.”~Sicilian Proverb~ My brain is the perfect business. One half manufactures nonsense, while the other half buys it all. We all do it. We spin our own story, sell it to ourselves, and then wonder why nothing changes. That’s where Mama Bear comes in….
“Sometimes love is not in the echo — it’s in the anchor.”~Marcus Viveiro~ Without Mama, the raft would have sunk long ago. She didn’t make a big announcement about it. Didn’t need the credit. She just showed up — quietly, steadily — and kept the whole thing afloat when The Dude couldn’t always suit up…
“It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.”~ Senator John McCain ~ Today we pause. Twenty-five years ago, everything changed in a single morning. Nearly 3,000 lives lost. Countless more forever altered. We remember them… A moment of silence and reflection …never forget. The…
“Always do your best.”~ Don Miguel Ruiz ~ This is The Fourth Agreement. Your best changes every day. Some days your best is moving mountains. Other days your best is getting out of bed. Both count. Neither one is wrong. The agreement isn’t to be perfect. It’s to show up fully with what you have…
“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”~ Albert Camus ~ Look up. Before you order. Before you ask for anything. Before you even think about what you need — look up and find the person standing in front of you. Ask that person how their day is going. That’s it…that’s…