Fantastic Friday - it is fantastic to know that you are a friend and that you have a friend.

Thrilling Thursday - it is thrilling to be able to think like anything is possible.



Throughout the month of August the Thrilling Thursday posts have been about thinking differently. This Thrilling Thursday the post is about thinking as if anything was possible. Imagine a world where anything is possible. Living a life where if your mind thinks of it and your heart believes it, you accomplish it. There are no limits on what you can do. Isn't that a wonderful world?



When…

Wonderful Wednesday - it is wonderful to know your place in the universe, and mine is phenomenal!



In today's edition of Wonderful Wednesday - Wonderful Words from Others I am sharing Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal Woman."

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. …

Terrific Tuesday - it is terrific to find just the right amount of freedom to give your children.



All August long, the Terrific Tuesday posts have been about taking chances. Today's post will be perhaps, the most risky chance taking opportunity of all, giving your children…

Serene Sunday - positive thinking has the power to change the circumstances in which we find ourselves.

There are some people who have a good attitude no matter what situation they encounter. Other people are miserable no matter how wonderful the world around them…

Sensational Saturday - it is sensational to celebrate the gift of whimsy.

Fantastic Friday - it is fantastic to be able to help a friend.

Throughout the month of August, the Fantastic Friday posts have been about improving our friendships. This week's post deals with helping friends.  I think most of us have been in a situation where a friend has called upon us for help. Friends ask for all kinds of help: money, babysitting, a…

Wonderful Wednesday - sometimes it is wonderful to keep our true feelings hidden so that we can accomplish the mission.



In today's edition of Wonderful Wednesday - Wonderful Words from Others will highlight my favorite poem from Paul Lawrence Dunbar, "We Wear the Mask."



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We Wear the Mask…

Terrific Tuesday - this is a terrific day to take a chance and trust someone.



The Terrific Tuesday posts throughout the month of August have been about taking chances and doing things that are good for us, but perhaps a little scary. Today's post is about a scary chance taking opportunity. That is taking a chance by trusting someone in a relationship.…

Terrific Tuesday - this is a terrific day to take a chance and trust someone.



The Terrific Tuesday posts throughout the month of August have been about taking chances and doing things that are good for us, but perhaps a little scary. Today's post is about a scary chance taking opportunity. That is taking a chance by trusting someone in a relationship.…

Magnificent Monday - it is magnificent to know that you are never too old to learn a new trick.

Every Magnificent Monday throughout the month of August I am embarking upon a new area of magnificent improvement. I have already started improving my attitude and my appearance. This week I am doing some academic improvement. I…

Serene Sunday - sometimes you can find serenity by keeping a journal and using it on a regular basis.



Many young girls have kept diaries and have written their secrets on pretty pastel pages. Young girls often find comfort in writing down their secret thoughts an dreams for the future. As those young girls become young women they read books on journaling and begin to write journals instead of diaries.…

Sensational Saturday - it is always sensational to celebrate the gift of children.

Anyone who ever looked at the upper right corner of my blog would know that I define myself as a Superwoman because I am a wife and mother of four children. I think I know better than most people what a blessing children are. When my husband and I were married two years we decided to make a baby. It didn't happen. We went to see specialists, took tests and took medications. We did not have a baby. Five…

Fantastic Friday - sometimes the most fantastic thing you can do for a friend is to speak frankly.



 In this, the third in our Fantastic Friday friendship celebration series, I am writing about the importance of being frank with a friend. It is important to be frank when dealing with friends because sometimes our friends do things that are inappropriate, unacceptable or wrong. When our friends begin traveling of onto the wrong path we need to have a frank discussion and tell…

Thrilling Thursday - sometimes it is thrilling to think inside someone else's shoes.



Every Thursday throughout the month of August the Thrilling Thursday posts have been about thinking differently. Today's post is about thinking inside someone else's shoes.



Many of us never spend time thinking about how others see a situation. We look at things from our own perspectives and cannot imagine why we would ever look at things from someone else's…

Wonderful Wednesday - it is wonderful to stand tall and proud in the face of unfair opposition.



In this entry we are continuing the Wonderful Wednesday - Wonderful Words from Other series. Today I am going to share Claude McKay's "If We Must Die." As a young child, I remember wanting to be a black panther. I liked the idea of fighting against oppression and making the world a better place for my people. My career as a panther was cut short before it even began. I…

Terrific Tuesday - it is terrific to take a chance and start a business.



The Terrific Tuesday posts throughout the month of August are abut taking chances. Today I am writing about taking a chance by starting your own business.



There are many people who are working for other people every day and every night dream about owning…

Throughout the month of August I am working on magnificent self improvements. Last week I started work on my attitude and this week I a looking at ways to kick my physical appearance up a few notches. I have been a wife for more than twenty-two years and a mother for more than sixteen. I am not proud to admit it, but over the years I have stopped paying attention to my appearance. I used to think I was too busy to worry about what I looked like. My husband loves me and thinks I am a major…

Serene Sunday - sometimes a few moments of quiet meditation can bring serenity.

Meditation is commonly thought of as continued or extended thought or contemplation. In most of our lives we could do with more thinking, more continued or extended thought. The problem is that we often don't have the time or chose not to find the time to do the thinking that…