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April 8, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 8th – Day 21
Did you see the full moon last night? It reminded me that while we humans may be challenged right now, the rest of the universe is going along as it always has. I find this reassuring. At the same time, I am seeing more of the moon than I intend to these days, as I have had some sleep disruptions. Are you getting enough...
April 7, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 7th – Day 20
Here’s a message from Queenie Temple, one of the main characters in the Temple Secrets Series. Book One is Temple Secrets. Book Two is Gullah Secrets.
Of all the novels I’ve written, Queenie is my favorite character to write dialogue for. Her expressions are a bit over the top and bigger than life, but offered with a full...
April 6, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 6th – Day 19
Encouraging each other matters. I am doing a daily resilience dispatch because I care about you, as you encourage people you care about. We are all in new territory. In fact, the entire world is on the same journey right now as we battle this beastly virus. It is a lot to wrap our heads around. In my lifetime, I have never...
April 5, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 5th – Day 18
Over the last week, I have watched Spring slowly climb up the mountain and finally arrive to where I am at an altitude of around 2200 feet. After living for a while in Colorado a number of years ago, I know this is a piddly altitude compared to the Rockies, but in the ancient Appalachian mountains of western North Carolina,...
April 4, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 4th – Day 17
Laughter builds resilience. While research shows that watching violence on television and movies causes our immune systems to take a hit (pun intended!), laughter is said to build our immune systems. Laughter helps us stay positive and survive tough times.
Recently, I rewatched the movie Tootsie with Dustin Hoffman. (It’s streaming on Netflix...
April 3, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 3rd – Day 16
Imagine walking up to this door and knocking. Who answers? What does this person look like? What is their story? Is it an ancient healer with sacred medicines to give? An artist? A musician? Someone from your past?
As someone who has written novels for the last 25 years, I make my living from using my imagination. I create characters and tell their...
April 2, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 2nd – Day 15
Kindness builds resilience. Even the smallest acts of kindness can change lives. Genuine kindness often involves sacrifice. Keeping ourselves and others safe by staying at home during a pandemic, is an act of kindness. Treating ourselves with kindness and compassion while our world turns upside down is an expression of resilience.
Here are 22 of my...
April 1, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 1st – Day 14
Yesterday, I asked you to write three things you are grateful for, and suggested that you didn’t have to limit yourself to three. Last night, after watching the latest news about Covid-19, I sat alone with my journal open at the kitchen table and made my own gratitude list in an effort to head off my despair about all the people who will die from...
March 31, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – March 31st – Day 13
Name three things you are grateful for. Gratitude builds resilience. Not only does it create good mojo, but it pushes away depression, fear, and anger. When things get tough, I make a list of what I’m grateful for, and I feel better. Here’s one of my lists from years ago. Here’s another one.
By the way, don’t feel like you have to stop at...
March 30, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – March 30th – Day 12
Many of us are like astronauts right now, floating in our own space stations. I found this article helpful, and I wanted to pass it on to you in case it might be helpful to you, as well. I especially liked the part about going outside. More thoughts to you are at the end of the article.
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I Spent a Year in Space, and I Have Tips on...
