by pattyptakkogutek | Nov 23, 2019 | inspiration
The coming weeks are filled with traditions that bind us together as a family, friends, neighborhood and/ or people “walking each other home”. Many of these traditions, are created around the dinner table sharing memories, laughs and love while enjoying the fruits of...
by pattyptakkogutek | Nov 18, 2019 | inspiration
Gratitude, being the lynchpin for a happy life, is the official celebration kicking off this holiday season. We should take a page out of the Pilgrims playbook. They understood the power of gratitude. If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank...
by pattyptakkogutek | Nov 9, 2019 | inspiration
I’ve never looked to Dennis the Menace for spiritual inspiration, but in this cartoon, he nails it! Dennis is with his friend looking up at the starry night sky, pointing upward he ponders, “If heaven is that pretty on the bottom, think how it must look on TOP!”. We...
by pattyptakkogutek | Nov 4, 2019 | inspiration
“This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use, as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever. In its...
by pattyptakkogutek | Oct 28, 2019 | inspiration
“It’s faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Yes, we need faith and enthusiasm to get the most out of this journey called life. We are here to delight in the world finding joy in daily life, no matter...