by pattyptakkogutek | Jan 19, 2016 | inspiration
Everyone seeks perfection. The score of the perfect 10, the perfect attendance award, and the perfect football season act as carrots in front of our noses motivating us to be our best. After an almost perfect unbeaten season, the Carolina Panthers finally lost…their...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jan 11, 2016 | inspiration
All time favorite song by Simon and Garfunkel tells us how to enjoy life and “feel groovy”. Slow down, you’re moving too fast…You gotta make the moment last! One of Gandhi’s observations is in total agreement with this great advice: “There is more to life...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jan 5, 2016 | inspiration
“He just needs a little patience”, the television football analyst chimed in as the sideline coach pulled his new inexperienced quarterback out of the game for throwing an interception. Who could guess that we could learn one of life’s most important lessons from one...
by pattyptakkogutek | Dec 29, 2015 | inspiration
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 22, 2015 | inspiration
During this season, I think we need a double shot…a double shot of reflection time centering on peace…peace within…and peace “without”…. My gift and prayer for each of you today is two fold: Vince Gill singing “Let There Be Peace on Earth” and St. Francis’s Prayer for...
by pattyptakkogutek | Dec 15, 2015 | inspiration
‘Tis the Season for WOW! The magical season, not only for children, but for all those pure of heart. It’s a religious celebration that is skewed with commercial demands, pulling us sometimes “apart at the seams.” Last year I shared a book that my dear friend,...
