Love

We went to visit our new child/adolescent psychiatric unit on Friday after work.

We are moving to a new hospital in about 3 weeks. It is a beautiful unit......everything is new and it is huge and the best part is it only took me thirty minutes to get home :)

I hope you like the words below.

Namaste,

Michele

The majority of us lead quiet,
unheralded lives
as we pass through this world.
There will most likely be
no ticker-tape parades for us,
no monuments created in our honor.
But that does not lessen our possible impact,
for there are scores of people
waiting for someone just like us
to come along;
people who will
appreciate our compassion,
our unique talents.
Someone who will live a happier life
merely because we took the time
to share what we had to give.
Too often we underestimate
the power of a touch,
a smile,
a kind word
a listening ear,
an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have a potential
to turn a life around.
It's overwhelming to consider
the continuous opportunities
there are to make our love felt.

Leo Buscaglia

A crack to let the light back in

Marko's Halloween Costume



My Aunt Nola's Halloween Costume


My dad's Halloween Costume



I hope you enjoy the various Halloween costumes on here.

They were taken last night at trick-or-treat.

I have somehow got myself in a place of fear
and depression over the past month.
I am not at liberty to talk about all of the causes
but some of it has to deal with Mark being laid off from his job
and our financial situation.
I just have not been in a very good place.
Last night, my hardness cracked
and I feel some light coming in....I have been given hope.
An anonymous friend(s) stopped by and left a very,
overly generous gift on our porch.

I am hoping that this note of gratitude
will get out to the people involved.
I cry every time I think about it and
I am having a hard time accepting it.
All I can do is vow to put it back out there
in the universe when I am able.
Here is the note the gift came with:

To The Kuhar Family


The World that you love.


Loves you too.


Keep the Faith.



The note was not signed.

So, Whoever you are, Thank you from the deepest place in my heart.

Please know that the quote below is referring to you!!


Namaste,

Michele

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch,

A smile, a kind word, a listening ear,

An honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring,

All of which have the potential to turn a life around."

Leo Buscaglia

Love, Love, Love

If I could be any bird, I would choose the peacock. I love them.....their beautiful colors,...their feathers look like eyes. They seem wise....but playful. I think my next tatoo will be that color. .....on my lower back.....the "om" sign/symbol in that color.
what bird would you pick if you could be one?
what tatoo would you pick if you were going to get one?
read the quotes below and have a great day!!! Love, Michele



“If you had one phone call to make before you died, who would you call, what would you say, and why are you WAITING?!”- Steven Levine

“The most human thing we have to do in life is to learn to speak our honest convictions and feelings and live with the consequences. This is the first requirement of love, and it makes us vulnerable to other people who may ridicule us. But our vulnerability is the only thing we can give to other people.” – Leo F. Buscaglia

love

Mira meets Dopey.....her favorite Disney character...and mine too!



Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.



The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,

'Nothing, I just helped him cry'

Love is Love is Love

There are not kinds of love, love is love; there are only degrees of love. Love is trusting, accepting and believing, without guarantee. Love is patient and waits, but it's an active waiting, not a passive one. For it is continually offering itself in a mutual revealing, a mutual sharing, Love is spontaneous and craves expression through joy, through beauty, through truth, even through tears. Love lives in the moment; it's neither lost in yesterday nor does it crave for tomorrow. Love is Now!
-Leo Buscaglia

Follow your Bliss!

Below are pictures of Mira on career shadowing day in Marko's kindergarten class. She had a blissful day and wants to go back and do it again. She finds such joy mentoring kids.
I was thinking that if everyone followed their passions then there would really be no "work" would there??? Have a great day!!! Love, Michele








It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.
Leo Buscaglia