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Ducks and Dragons!

Posted by Merrill on Apr 3, 2011 | 0 comments

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 daily it can be hard to sit and accept that there is not a dragon to slay today. Well, that is how I feel this morning. Being a single...

Is it yours to carry?

Posted by Merrill on Mar 7, 2011 | 1 comment

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 could others. He was incredibly brave and humble. In this conversation, my sister brought up something Tyler said to apply to our...

You who?

Posted by Merrill on Mar 1, 2011 | 0 comments

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, challenge the way we have done things in the past and wrestle until we make shifts in thinking and actions to move forward....

Senses…Use them and see the Lord is Good!

Posted by Merrill on Feb 28, 2011 | 0 comments

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 had been given…. The cool breeze blowing across my skin. The new bright green spring leaves for my eyes to take in. The birds...

A New Darn Thing Please

Posted by Merrill on Feb 25, 2011 | 0 comments

“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 “Are you kidding me? Why? Really? I have to walk this path again?” The answer is always …..”Yes, you have...

You Too?

Posted by Merrill on Feb 23, 2011 | 0 comments

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 sing quite often, but recently felt the need to share something with another and was not to sure how it would be received. When we...