by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 11, 2021 | Character, Giving, Happiness, Hard Work, Success
Last Friday I attended a viewing for one of our dearest friend’s dad. In addition to being an amazing husband for 62 years, a great dad to his four sons, and a great grandfather, he was also a volunteer firefighter for his local fire department for over 50...
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 10, 2021 | Burdens, Happiness, Health, Inner Peace, Love, Peace, Priorities, Purpose, Self-Care, Stress, Work-Life Balance
I’m sure you’ve heard of the classic “wants versus needs” question when it comes to budgeting. It becomes a lot easier to make difficult financial decisions when we break down our line items into wants and needs. It doesn’t always feel...
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 6, 2021 | Dreams, Friday Quote, Happiness, Passion, Purpose, Success
“Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and keep it lit.” ~Mary Lou Retton I believe Mary Lou Retton is 100% correct, but the sad part is that I see a lot of people living their life without acknowledging that...
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 3, 2021 | Happiness, Health, Inner Peace, Self Improvement, Self-Care, Stress, Uncategorized, Work-Life Balance
If I asked you, “What project are you currently working on at work (or at home),” would you have an answer? Is it a big project? Have you been working on it for a while? Or is it a smaller project, but really consuming a lot of your time? Are you exhausted...
by Beth FItzgerald | Jul 30, 2021 | acceptance, Blessings, Gratitude, Happiness, Inner Peace, Obstacles, Perspective, Uncategorized
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ~ Wayne Dyer This is actually a picture of my 3-bay garage as it stands this very morning! Beautiful, huh? Oh, my, it’s a lot. We really can’t even get in without moving...
by Beth FItzgerald | Jul 15, 2021 | Blessings, Burdens, Happiness, Health, Thinking
There is a great quote by Hamlet that I love: “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” As an all encompassing statement, we would have to shoot holes through Hamlet’s axiom because bad things do happen like the death of a loved...