Author: Michelle Fairchild
-
Mojo Monday ~ Earth the Perfect Place
The above card is one I received from my mom long ago, possibly even 20 years ago. The message is one that really resonated with me, a short and simple list of things that make life sweet, a list of things to make one feel grateful to be living here on planet Earth. Now and…
-
Mojo Monday ~ Music
“The discovery of song and the creation of musical instruments both owed their origin to a human impulse which lies much deeper than conscious intention: the need for rhythm in life… the need is a deep one, transcending thought, and disregarded at our peril.” ~Richard Baker According to Wikipedia “The word music comes from the…
-
Mojo Monday ~ Being Present
“Each today, well-lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope. Look, therefore, to this one day, for it and it alone is life.” ~ Sanskrit poem Excerpt from the novel Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble “I don’t want to die. I’m not ready. I’m…
-
Mojo Monday ~ Blessing
A blessing, (also used to refer to bestowing of such) is the infusion of something with holiness, divine will, or one’s hope or approval. Here is a beautiful blessing I heard for the first time this weekend. Pueblo Blessing Hold on to what is good Even if it is a handful of earth Hold on…
-
Mojo Monday ~ Women’s Equality Day * August 26th
On August 26, 1920 Congress passed the 19th Amendment and women finally obtained the right to vote. The 19th amendment states “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” The passage of the 19th Amendment…
-
Mojo Monday ~ Love
Love may well be one of the most written about, most discussed, most sung about, most pursued experiences of all time. Take a moment to consider what the Beatles thought about love in this video: Or consider what Engelbert Humperdinck has to say about love in the song Love Is A Many Splendored Thing: Even…
-
Mojo Monday ~ Art
All art requires courage. ~Anne Tucker Art is defined as:1. Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.2.a. The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic…
-
Mojo Monday ~ Fear
“Do one thing everyday that scares you.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt“Fear is not…
-
Mojo Monday ~ Family
“The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that…
We Are All Meant to Shine! 