Ducks and Dragons!
You know the moment when life seems really good, well and balanced. It is when my Dad would say, “All my ducks are in a row…”. Yet you are left wondering if it is okay to exhale, relax and enjoy the moment? For you know that one of those web footed quack-ers will step out of line soon enough. Life happens so daily and at times living within the struggles can be so difficult and constant that the feeling of peace can seem so odd, even feel a bit uncomfortable. When we have been living on the adrenaline of dragon slaying...
read moreIs it yours to carry?
Yesterday my sister and I were sitting at lunch discussing the interview that Oprah did with Tyler Perry. What an emotional and difficult interview, to do and to watch. Here is a handsome, talented, successful and amazingly funny man sharing the most painful events of his life. Totally raw, vulnerable and exposed. What courage that took, not to mention all the lives he touched, moved and encouraged to speak out and find ways to heal their wounds. What was so loudly unspoken is that if he could speak of his hurts and find ways to heal, so...
read moreYou who?
Yesterday I was meeting with a client who is in his early 20’s, it was one of those sessions that I walk away thrilled to the tips of my toes that I do what I am doing, life coaching. I am invited to “Do” life with others, to come along side them and look at what is working and what isn’t. Then through honest, safe and real conversation together we find ways to move them forward to create a life of purpose, meaning, balance, love and joy. We are a team. We laugh, cry, disagree, look at options, beliefs and motives,...
read moreSenses…Use them and see the Lord is Good!
I know I am a big goober but today on my walk I was on a senses JOY overload… You see, as I was heading out for my mandatory walk, quite necessary after a long week in NC eating all that I could, my head was spinning with all the have “to- do’s” of the day. I grabbed the leash and Sunshine and I headed out to walk a few lb’s off. Within the first 20 steps my “to-do’s” were gone. My senses were thrilled with the day and what it presented. As I walked along I unwrapped the beautiful gift that I...
read moreA New Darn Thing Please
“Life might be one darn thing after another, but it does not have to be the same darn thing over and over.” Rick Carson from his book Taming Your Gremlins. This quote made me laugh out loud! How many times do we have to go around the mountain? Be presented with a familiar lesson still not learned? Does wisdom have to hit me on the head a few times before I will take it and run with it? Ouch, So many bumps and bruises! I have found in my humble little life, God tends to repeat the lesson until I learn it. I can fuss, scream and say...
read moreYou Too?
If you read this blog regularly you know I love the C.S. Lewis quote…. “Friendship is born the moment one says to another, ‘What, you too? I thought I was the only one!” How true is that! We walk around thinking and feeling we are the ONLY ONES! When in reality there are many others that have walked our path, carried similar burdens, know how we feel and understand the climb. None of us are immune from suffering, it might look a bit different but we all experience change and challenges. I know this is a familiar song I...
read moreHidden deep in the soil of your heart…..
I had someone say they had some “Feel good transitions going on, like when you are pregnant but no one knows it.” This made me giggle! One, because this someone was a male, and second because I know how this feels having been prego 5 times. It is great to know something is growing inside you and no one knows it yet. The excitement of something new, planted deep beneath the soil, but not knowing what it will grow into…. Boy, Girl, Friendship, Love, Flower, Tree…..The key is to just be quiet and allow it to grow into...
read moresafest conversations of all…..
So, today I was talking to a friend about prayer and how so many are not comfortable with praying. They are not comfortable praying out loud, in front of others or even alone. Then some struggle with the thought of praying to someone they cannot see. “Hello, is anyone out there?” (that’s the faith thing) My friend laughed and said, “Why would prayer be comfortable when we don’t even know how to talk each other.” Ding Ding Ding! And the lady with the correct answer will be leading us in prayer!...
read morelast Friday of January 2011….
TGIF So how much can a Friday hold? Let me see…. It started with bloggin, then meeting 2 new clients who are young and ready to do the work (a life coach’s dream), lunch with a much loved sister, found a lost, very loved dog that brought joy to a young man who’s heart was hurting (biggest high of the day!), a client who might be rubbing his eyes and waking up to the fact that taking ownership of his life is his only option, emails…emails…emails, phone tag with my Mom, smiling kids with report cards in hand...
read moreLOVED
This week I read something that JUMPED OUT AT ME like nothing has in a long time. I read….. “Your problem is not that you don’t love God enough. It’s that you don’t understand how much He loves YOU.” WOW! I loved this so much I felt like shouting it from the roof tops, sharing it with strangers, or at least the “line buddies” I make each week. This is definitely one of the biggest problems I face with the wonderful people I work with day in and day out, and in my life too. We struggle and still...
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Merrill Is a mother of 5 who has found her calling in sharing her experiences from life with others. She can help you break out of your routine to live life to its fullest potential.