by pattyptakkogutek | Aug 25, 2018 | inspiration
It’s not WHERE you live; it’s HOW you live. It’s not WHAT you have; it’s HOW you use it. We are all called to be of service, to serve one another. Throughout the ages, wise sages from all walks of life remind us of this important message of service. The Buddha...
by pattyptakkogutek | Aug 19, 2018 | inspiration
“Life is a beautiful thing. Pack a bag, make a playlist. Watch the world. Don’t speak. Just listen.”- John Mayer Life is a beautiful thing, but sometimes we miss it. This call, to “don’t speak, just listen,” is consistently challenged in our daily lives. We can get...
by pattyptakkogutek | Aug 12, 2018 | inspiration
“The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” – William James We are bombarded on a daily basis with small things that can bring great misery, small things causing worry and pain taking over our lives. Kind of like the ant taking over the molehill! A few weeks...
by pattyptakkogutek | Aug 5, 2018 | inspiration
My eyes, drawn to this license plate, read: “Faithup”. Immediately my mind started playing mind games: buckle up, man up, eat up, stand up….. The driver of this car “got it”, and is sharing the important reminder with everyone on the roads. Yes, we need to “faithup”...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jul 30, 2018 | inspiration
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” Marcus Aurelius My carefree days of childhood were weighed with fear. Fear, not so much of death, but of disappointing, fear of getting into trouble, fear of getting hurt, fear of...
