Suddenly I was whirling; things and people were jumping out at me with every turn. “Focus on the horizon”, I silently thought amid incessant gyrations. “Get me off this ride” I thought, while clutching the safety bar. These feelings rushed back last week when I found myself on yet another roller coaster: one of emotions. Smack …
Looking up at the startled women around me, I cheerfully utter “I’m good” while quickly stumbling to my feet. During a warm-up jumping jack, I’ve fallen to the ground for no apparent reason. My knee hurts but I push on, realizing weeks later I’ve torn my ACL. My plan to be well in any scenario …
We …Living the life you’ve always wanted, you look around and think “is this all there is?” Maybe life’s achievements and checking items off a to-do list aren’t as fulfilling as anticipated. Or we wonder why God allows bad circumstances to happen to good people. As we continue with wellness scenarios, it seems like we’re seeking …
Life is good-you are living la dolce vita as the Italians say when wham-you are unexpectedly smacked in the face, literally or figuratively. You can’t stop thinking about what has happened. Your mind is preoccupied and scattered, even though the situation is largely out of your control. Let’s explore some wellness scenarios part 1. Or …
A prosperous lawyer invested a sizable amount of his hard earned money in real estate in the growing city of Chicago, then lost most of it in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Despite their loss, the man and his wife spend countless hours assisting the survivors of the tragedy. Two years later, his wife and …