Currents July 2023
As I write this, I am sitting out on my covered patio listening to the thunder roll, watching the rain fall, and breathing deeply the rejuvenating smell of a summer…
As I write this, I am sitting out on my covered patio listening to the thunder roll, watching the rain fall, and breathing deeply the rejuvenating smell of a summer…
Images from pixabay.com Life presents many choices; the choices we make determine our future. – Catherine Pulsifer Someone asked me recently to talk about a significant choice I made in…
Lead Photo by Kari Shea on Unsplash There are some stories that may be seasonal because of the setting, but are applicable all the time. One such story was brought…
At a recent meeting with our Big Ocean Women communication team, Emily asked, “What is a choice you made in your life that greatly influenced your life trajectory?” The first…
Lead Photo by David Matos on Unsplash I’ve always been fascinated about the human brain and why we do what we do. Recently, I have been delving into studying more…
With several landmark decisions having recently come from the Supreme Court of the United States of America, the word “choice” is pulsating in headlines, social media posts, conversations, commentaries, and…
I am training my tree. I have this vision of how it will look many years from now. It will be different from the other trees in my new-construction neighborhood…
This month we celebrate our freedom to choose. An important facet of this gift is that it opens the door for us to choose to change. I am grateful that…
Over the past few years, I’ve been coming across more and more information and resources that teach the fact that our thoughts carry power — for good or for bad.…
What does it mean when we say, “We are free to choose, and willingly accept responsibility for our choices?” Today, I’ll share some of my thoughts on this subject, but…
There certainly are times in my life when I have NOT felt free to choose. At times, when circumstances seemed bigger than me or when I felt like a victim,…
Of the almost innumerable choices we make daily, perhaps the most consequential are the ones that impact those around us. The words we choose to use, our tone of voice,…