by pattyptakkogutek | Jan 27, 2015 | inspiration
Miracles happen all around us, if we pay attention to them or not. As a teacher in San Diego I have taken numerous classes on whale watching field trips, so when Joe and I were planning our itinerary on our Hawaii vacation, the whale watching adventure did not appear...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jan 20, 2015 | Guilt-Free Tips, inspiration
Change your thoughts…change the world! Thoughts are powerful….for the good or not so good. Your thoughts affect your everyday life…how you care for yourself, what you do with your hours during day, how you speak, etc. Your thoughts affect not only you, but others...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jan 12, 2015 | Guilt-Free Tips
Sister Mary Vodka and Pope Francis team up with their tips for happiness. In last week’s blog post I shared the “gratitude jar” strategy with you in order to promote happiness. I found that this daily routine: -builds positivity, – sets up the unconscious mind...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jan 5, 2015 | Guilt-Free Tips
We think when we are happy then we will be grateful; but it works just the opposite. We need to surround ourselves in gratitude and then we will find happiness. I’ll demonstrate. When I first read about making a “Gratitude Jar” on Facebook, I smiled thinking “how...
by pattyptakkogutek | Dec 29, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
As the year winds down, we usually take a quick inventory reflecting on our lives to see where there is room for improvement. With pen in hand we quickly make resolutions to reach some “ideal” in the New Year. Society, also dumps a burden on us to “better ourselves”...
by pattyptakkogutek | Dec 16, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
When talking with the doctor about my next visit, he instructed, “If you have to wait more than 15 minutes, you have my permission to leave!” Have you ever in your lifetime heard that? What a pleasant surprise! I sat in amazement at this unexpected statement. As I...
by pattyptakkogutek | Dec 9, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
‘Tis the season for pleasing and perfecting…. We shop to fulfill every wish. We bake everyone’s favorite dish. We decorate trees and string lights. We sign cards and mail seasonal greetings. We light candles, recite prayers, and attend services. But so much of...
by pattyptakkogutek | Dec 2, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
Do you remember the section in the Readers’ Digest called “Laughter is the Best Medicine”? These humorous quips captured the absurdities of life. The recounting of the ridiculous, the irrational and the illogical of life would push the mind to call “uncle” while the...
by pattyptakkogutek | Nov 24, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
Thanksgiving is my all-time favorite holiday…simply filled with loving family, supportive friends, and abundant gratitude. Every year when I count my blessings, wonderful friends and supporters like you are always at the top of the list. Let’s make EVERY...
by pattyptakkogutek | Nov 19, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
Would you like to have complete control of your life? Although many of us work desperately to orchestrate a plan, and direct our lives, the point is that our situations cannot be scripted or controlled to the extent that some may covet. I recently enjoyed the “Making...
by pattyptakkogutek | Nov 11, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
In life we are given many choices along our journey. We can take the low road or choose the high road. It’s up to each of us. Having recently moved into a new home I confronted these choices – literally. Our new home sits on a hillside, so in venturing out for my...
by pattyptakkogutek | Nov 4, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
From time to time I like to publish a response to one of my blog posts. I met Lisa Pardini at the New England Book Festival in Boston and would like to share her story. I think many of you will relate to her experience. Here’s Lisa….. Last week I was...
by pattyptakkogutek | Oct 28, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
Our lives are filled with ‘wonderful’, but sadly many of us miss it. Happiness is not the end goal, but it is THE PATH filled with everyday choices. We recently moved into a new home with many positive amenities, but lacking of many of my former comforts. As I...
by pattyptakkogutek | Oct 21, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
Angels surround us and are as active in our daily lives as we invite them to be. Since we have a free will, angels wait for our requests to help with almost anything. But we must ask. Joe and I have been busy moving into a new home. You know the drill: disassembling...
by pattyptakkogutek | Oct 15, 2014 | Guilt-Free Tips
I believe that our happiness and spiritual development go hand in hand. When we are on the “right track” fulfilling our destiny of why we are on this earth, our true happiness level rises. Somehow we are “in sync” with the Universe. Is there one person, a particular...
