Nightly Reflections Archives


On Flow, and That Feeling of Freedom and Choice

Today’s been another lovely day for me - it feels so good after the past couple weeks I’ve had of trying to find where my thoughts are (not quite what it sounds like, but I can’t find the words to describe where I’ve been).
I’m seeing my world now on a whole new level. I [...]

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Movie Night

I rarely do the movie night thing these days - I always just seem to have something else that I want to do (usually online). But recently, the kids and I bought Ward (who is very definitely a movie lover) a bunch of movies for his birthday.
Including The Pursuit of Happyness.
Now, don’t ask me why, [...]

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Getting into the Appreciation Space

I’ve just finished writing out my appreciations, and it always amazes me how powerful it is, to simply sit down and list all the things you appreciate in your life.
Today was a great day, so I was already feeling good when I sat down to do this, but I’ve had days when I haven’t [...]

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The Ease of Today

When I woke up today, it was to a surge of … I can’t quite describe it - equal parts appreciation and elation is about as close as I can get.
It was a lazy day - sitting in bed, having my coffee, Dylan playing with his trains in the bedroom. Morning talk with Ward. Dylan [...]

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A State of Grace

I’m geek enough to be sitting here at my computer on a holiday weekend evening - Saturday, no less.
Mind you, I have company. Ward’s on his computer (our desks face each other). He’s being slightly less geeky - he’s watching himself doing a kata. Actually, I don’t hear anymore kiais, so I think he’s uploading [...]

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