Over the summer I have been flying through the books – rekindling my love of reading which was, for several years, a bit stifled or limited — relating only to my studies or my work. I was determined that over the summer months I would expand my horizons once again and I have found myself pouring through books of many different genres from fiction to memoir, fable-based to mystery, historical to enlightening. I am pretty pleased with my picks! I wanted to take just a moment to recommend one of the books that I brought home mid-summer that I had been considering for a few months (not sure when or…
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Sleep.
I haven’t been sleeping well over the past few days — perhaps week. There’s a connection, I am certain, to feeling off my game – distracted – worried – and derailed. The irony is that I know (based on much experience) that when I am on my game and keeping life (and it’s challenges) all in the proper perspective – when I prioritize correctly – everything else, including sleep, falls into place. Knowing and doing, however, are two completely different things. Therein lies the challenge. I have to wonder and thus ask, why is it so difficult to just keep everything on track? Is it a reminder (a ‘humbler’, if…
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Deliberate Derailment
Just when I get on a roll and feel like everything is falling into place and a good routine is established, I get derailed. I have often thought of this as a flaw of my nature, being unable to continually follow through with whatever I know should be a practice in my life – whether that’s praying the rosary each day, publishing a blog post, exercising, or daily meditation. Perhaps you find this to be an issue as well. As the days, months, and even years roll by, you can’t help but notice the cycle of ‘having your act together’ and then not. Or maybe you view it as a…