Susan Gabriel's Blog, page 3
July 20, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – July 20th – Day 71
Be creative. Once a day. Always. There has never been a better time than now.
Find a way to express the potential inside you. Journal. Draw. Sing. Dance. Photograph. Doodle. Paint. When you do these creative acts, the little girl or little boy inside will perk up and take notice. She will be more content as a result. Less...
July 17, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – July 17th – Day 70
Have you heard of doomscrolling? It’s a new word for me, and if I’m not careful, I can find myself doing it. According to Merriam-Webster:
”Doomscrolling and doomsurfing are new terms referring to the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening, disheartening, or...
July 13, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – July 13th – Day 69
It’s okay to have limits. It’s okay to tell people what your limits are. This is a healthy and good thing, especially during difficult times. Women are not always good at saying no. We’ve been trained to be the ‘yes’ people. This often costs us more than we care to admit.
It’s okay to say ‘no.’
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July 10, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – July 10th – Day 68
What do you love? Here are a few things that come to mind for me:
I love to see lightning bugs at dusk.
I love the coo of mourning doves when they take flight.
I love the soft moan of my sweet dog Jack when I hug him.
I love sincere praise—when someone I care about tells me I’ve done a good job.
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July 6, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – July 6th – Day 67
As a girl, I would hear the sound of the ice cream truck turning into our neighborhood from far away. Then it seemed to take forever before it finally made it to my house. Did you have ice cream trucks when you were growing up?
The song was a light, faraway jingle at first, a mere hint of what was to come, causing a...
July 3, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – July 3rd – Day 66
Here in the States, we are celebrating Independence Day tomorrow. But it is a very different kind of Independence Day. With Covid-19 in our midst, health authorities are urging us to stay home and stay safe. That is my plan.
Perhaps this is the year that we consider our freedom in a deeper way. A way that isn’t the...
June 29, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – June 29th – Day 65
Are you still sheltering in place? Sometimes I wonder if I’m the only one. It feels wise to remain careful here in the South, where cases are rising. Of course, I go to the grocery store when I need to, and the post office, and run other errands while wearing a mask. But mainly, I am still spending a lot of time at...
June 26, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – June 25th – Day 64
We’ve all got issues, my friends. We’ve all got things we are struggling with. We’re all rescues in that sense. Not to mention that we are in the midst of a global pandemic, as well as an economic crisis, and uncertain and stressful times heighten our issues.
If we’re lucky, we have family and friends who love...
June 22, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – June 22nd – Day 63
Today, I offer you words much wiser than anything I might have to offer. If you are feeling alone or lonely, let this poem speak to you. May we all open to the conversation around us. xo
EVERYTHING IS WAITING FOR YOU
by David Whyte
Your great mistake is to act the drama
as if you were alone. As if life
were a...
June 19, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – June 19th – Day 62
For those of you who may be experiencing coronavirus fatigue or politics fatigue, I offer a way to get away from what tires you.
Imagine sitting overlooking a vast ocean. Smell the salt air. Feel the warm breeze blowing in your hair and the chair underneath you. Hear the sounds of the waves breaking in the distance, followed...
