by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 23, 2019 | Friday Quote, Happiness, Inner Peace, Passion, Stress, Uncategorized
“Follow the grain in your own wood.” Howard Thurman The word “grain” refers to the orientation of wood-cell fibers. One of the most fundamental axioms of woodworking is to always cut wood with the grain. The grain follows the natural structure...
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 20, 2019 | Happiness, Inner Peace, Inspirational
Yesterday, we brought our daughter back to James Madison Universityto begin her sophomore year. As we began our 5-hour trek back to NJ, our truck started to ride rough. We pulled over twice to look at the tires but they looked fine. Finally, knowing something was...
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 7, 2019 | Happiness, Inner Peace, Stress
Doug and I spent most of Saturday and Sunday weeding. We had been away almost every weekend since the first of June so the weeds had taken complete advantage of our absence and began to aggressively proliferate throughout the gardens. Neither of of us were looking...
by Beth FItzgerald | Jul 26, 2019 | Happiness, Inspirational, Kindness, Love
“God’s big plan: go love everybody always!” ~ Bob Goff My daughter suggested I read a book that she had just completed, Everybody Always Book. This suggestion carried more weight than most as it came from my daughter who I have not seen read a...
by Beth FItzgerald | Jul 12, 2019 | Beliefs, Friday Quote, Happiness, Health, Power of the Mind
“The body achieves what the mind believes.” ~Unknown At first glance, we all might believe this quote is to motivate the athlete in us, but today I hope to challenge that shortsighted view. The body absolutely achieves what the mind believes, so...
by Beth FItzgerald | Jul 10, 2019 | Happiness, Inner Peace
I am sure you have heard the quote “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear” which can be attributed to Buddha or Karate Kid, depending on who you ask. Recently, I saw a similar quote: When your eyes have seen your teacher, your teacher...
