Generational Change

As we pass through life, there are seasons of change that occur for each of us. I've been having a 'mini-season' I think over the last week. Our children our growing up and taking on adult life. It is a change that I thought would pass through like a 'normal day'.

Yet I am finding that all of these years of raising and teaching my children is passing in to a new phase. The teaching and worrying doesn't stop, it just changes. With two still in high school and all others carrying on with their adult lives, it is a strange adjustment for me. But I feel assured that each will survive.

With the events of the past few weeks, I think how each of us endured the hardships and joy of early adult life. Each of us were passed down knowledge from previous generations. They were the ones to raise our own generation. And so it is with us, passing of our knowledge to the next generation...in other words the raising of the next generation.

Enjoy the change, enjoy what comes next.

Goodness in Autumn

As you get your dose of negative news, know that there is a tremendous amount of goodness that exists all around. If you look, you can find the good that is out there.

So take a seat and enjoy the goodness that surrounds us. The picture shown can also be seen along with others at PhotoChart.Com.

Power to Change

"You have the power to change your world and environment." - Dean Sweetman

There is so much that happens in our lives that we forget that change is possible. We get wrapped up in the fury of so much bearing down upon us at any given time. Yet the amount of pressure that is in our lives is in large part put there by our ownselves. We demand too much of ourselves in many ways.

It may be attempting to always look perfect or to work harder then the next individual. Maybe it is the career woman also wanting to be the perfect mother with children. Could it be that we should stop and take a breath, stop to think what is important in our lives?

Take time to evaluate what it is you want to accomplish in life. Measure your time to determine what you can devote attention to. Discard or lower your expectations of those things that only serve to complicate your life. Change is possible, change is yours to make. Make it a good change.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month - please take a moment to follow the contributions link for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. This is the month to help women in their fight against the leading cause of death in women between the ages of 40 and 55. It is the most common cancer among women other than skin cancer. It is also the second leading cause of cancer death among women, second only to lung cancer.

For the men out there, did you know that nearly 1,600 men are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and that 400 are predicted to die. So this effects more women, but we men are not immune.

There are many health causes out there and I have those that are important to me. These include Breast Cancer, Diabetes, Crohns Disease along with a few others. Look inside yourself to see what matters to you, then begin helping those causes. This is another key to a full life, to helping others, to impacting others.

"Give time for a worthy cause (with eagerness) and you will be worthy and richly rewarded." - W. Clement Stone