by pattyptakkogutek | Jul 23, 2018 | inspiration
As I walked down the pier in San Diego I related to this hand painted wooden sign: “Kinda Pissed At Not Being a Mermaid”. Now I’ve always loved the water, its peace, its immensity and the many lessons that can be learned by the ocean. Guess I’m a “Mermaid Wanna Be”....
by pattyptakkogutek | Jul 16, 2018 | inspiration
Do you ever think about going somewhere where nobody knows you and starting a new life? I found this question posed on the Internet. The question initiated a lot of conversation with almost 2,000 comments. I didn’t have time to read all the comments but the bulk being...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jul 7, 2018 | inspiration
They say with age comes wisdom….not necessarily! Nothing will supply the want of sunshine to peaches unless you have the cheerfulness of wisdom. – Ralph Waldo Emerson One of the surest signs of wisdom is not the number of years you’ve counted but a display...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jul 2, 2018 | inspiration
Have you ever been deemed with “having great potential” or voted the “most likely to succeed”? Most people would look on these comments as compliments, a vote of confidence in someone’s abilities. OK, so we’ve been given many gifts. But now what? What if we don’t...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jun 25, 2018 | inspiration
We are not who we think we are! We are not defined by what we do for a living, where we live, what is in our bank account or who people think we are. “When we’re growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do, when what we really need is space to work...
