Bright-Sided {A Book a Day 16}
Do you see the glass half-full or half-empty? I can’t vouch for other countries, but in the U.S., our culture tends to celebrate the half-full crowd and feel sorry for…
Read moreNo Time Like the Present {A Book a Day 15}
I struggle to stay present in this moment. My mind drifts forward to things I want to do tomorrow. Or floats backward to a conversation I had last week. Of…
Read moreThe Lives We Actually Have {A Book a Day 14}
Is your day going perfectly as planned? Is today all blue skies and rainbows? Is today your happiest day ever? I can answer for you. No, no, and no. (But…
Read moreHow to Keep House While Drowning {A Book a Day 13}
Mop the floors or read a book? Start the laundry or take a walk? Dust the furniture or eat a cookie? I’d rather eat the cookie. But I also thrive…
Read moreGod Can’t {A Book a Day 12}
I ask you to do something for me. You’d like to do it. But you don’t do it. Not because you don’t want to, but because you can’t. I wouldn’t…
Read moreThe Light We Carry {A Book a Day 11}
As much as I loved her first memoir Becoming, I also love this second one by former First Lady Michelle Obama. In The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times,…
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