Category Archives: #mystyle

My New Favorite Song…

While I was at the local cafe’ for breakfast yesterday morning, I heard a somewhat familiar song playing on the intercom. I use the Shazam app on my phone to identify its title and artist and then proceeded to listen to it. The song and its lyrics really struck a chord with me. I sharedContinue reading “My New Favorite Song…”

Daily Readings….

Meditation for the DayBe calm, be true, be quiet. Do not get emotionally upset by anything that happens around you. Feel a deep, inner security in the goodness and purpose in the universe. Be true to your highest ideals. Do not let yourself slip back into the old ways of reacting. Stick to your spiritualContinue reading “Daily Readings….”

There Comes a Time….

For forty-three years, I have been a classroom teacher in some sort or fashion. I spent twenty-nine years as a full-time teacher, most of which were in middle school classrooms. For the past fourteen years, since my retirement in 2010, I’ve been substitute teaching and filling in for teachers on an interim basis. There haveContinue reading “There Comes a Time….”

Twenty-Four Hours a Day Reading for Saturday, March 23rd – Day Thirty Nine

Thought for the DayStrength comes from the fellowship you find when you come into A.A. Just being with men and women who have found the way out gives you a feeling of security. You listen to the speakers, you talk with other members, and you absorb the atmosphere of confidence and hope that you findContinue reading “Twenty-Four Hours a Day Reading for Saturday, March 23rd – Day Thirty Nine”

Hiatus from Social Media – Day Thirty-Nine

I realized just yesterday that I’m closing in on the end of my sabbatical from social media. A week from tomorrow is Easter Sunday, the time I designated to end my hiatus from social media. It will be a definite change to go back to perusing those sites, especially Facebook, and to make daily postings.Continue reading “Hiatus from Social Media – Day Thirty-Nine”

Day Thirty of Hiatus – It’s been one month

Today marks the one month mark of my sabbatical from social media. While the first days were a real challenge, it’s gotten easier with the passage of time. During the past month, I’ve experienced a lot and I’m working from a stance of “the world goes on around me without my social media presence.” IContinue reading “Day Thirty of Hiatus – It’s been one month”

Each Day Unfolds…

Each day unfolds as it will. Although we may have the most-detailed of plans, there are those events that can and will occur that are unforeseen. Then we do the best that we can to deal with those and if necessary, modify our plans. There are many aspects of our daily lives that we doContinue reading “Each Day Unfolds…”