SHIFT HAPPENS PONDERINGS

For Pondering: For Pondering: "This winter's night stars shine like silver bells. This winter's night the mistletoe, kiss and tell. Snowflakes fall like frosting and I sit on the street. Strangers look like neighbors with every smile that you meet." Lady Antebellum,...

For Pondering: There is a book comprising all of the stories of your life. Some of those stories are still true, some are old, some propel you forward and some hold you back. What is the next interesting chapter you will write for your life as we begin 2023?

For Pondering: "Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room." ~ Nora Roberts

For Pondering: "Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home." ~ G. K. Chesterson

For Pondering: Annually, there are over a quarter million new cases of breast cancer diagnosed in women, and about 2,400 in men, with a disproportionally higher death rate for black women. We all know a friend or loved one who has been diagnosed. October is Breast...

For Pondering: When is the last time you stopped to dance, just 'cause you needed to? Maybe now is the time.

For Pondering: When it comes to helping others, what is your superpower?

For Pondering: "If you don't have wrinkles, you haven't laughed enough." ~ Phyllis Diller

For Pondering: "The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress." - Martin Luther King

For Pondering: Choosing has never been easy, but luckily you have been at it since childhood. Saying yes to a Dreamsicle meant saying no to a Chocolate Nutty Buddy. Make your grown up choices with confidence and without regret (and of course....always choose...