I love books. I love reading. I’m most often guilty of reading several books at the same time-well, not exactly together but no doubt in the same day or hour.

I own a kindle, it was given to me as a gift and I love it! This brings me to my minor dilemma; when I decide to purchase a new book I often want the paper version. I want to be able to flip pages or have several chapters marked in order to reference back and forth. How do I know which format will make more sense for me? Which format will bring satisfaction and no regrets?

I love technology. I love growing with the times. I also love the simple things in life, I appreciate how things once were and I appreciate advancement; how things can be.

To buy bound or not to buy bound?

Sometimes change is what makes all the difference. Sometimes change is up to you and sometimes it’s out of your hands and you have to accept it. Change occurs in our personal life, our job, with family members and beyond; it’s how we react to it that matters most. 

When change is up to you, take the opportunity to make changes that will help you soar. Change your routine, change your thinking or change your diet for a day and see how it affects you or how it improves you.

Today is earth day, a great day to plant vegetable seeds. The weather has dipped into the thirties at night so I’m only planting cold crop; lettuces, spinach, arugula, etc. I have garlic that I planted in the fall and covered with a warm blanket of hay peeking out of the soil. It’s very exciting to me, especially after a snowy winter. Happy spring, happy planting!

Which Tragedy? On Monday, a bombing at the Boston marathon finish line, on Wednesday night a fertilizer plant explosion in Waco, Texas. Ultimately all of the world’s tragedies included.

This week’s events are always on my mind. It’s difficult to be positive when so many are in devastating emotional and physical pain. The Boston Marathon will never be the same, we will never be the same. Since 9-11-2000 we must always look over our shoulder, we must always be on high alert. We must always stick together in a bond of love, courage and compassion.

Because of the lives lost, limbs lost, hearts broken and pain endured, I feel a sense of guilt if I say or post something positive. On the other hand I feel that we all need to hear and feel a positive thought if only for a moment.

I wasn’t always positive and upbeat, it was something I had to learn, practice and live. It was a decision that I had to make; I had to choose to hold on to my past or to remember it then let it go. I chose the latter. My mission is to help others find the peace and happiness that they have inside them and help them figure out how to remember and let go too.

It’s ok to smile, share a happy thought, or be positive in times of tragedy. Maybe your smile or words is what someone needed at that very moment.

Being positive and sharing your light isn’t a bad thing, it’s not selfish nor uncaring; it’s the very thing that brings unity, that binds us together as a family. We are all family, one nation [or all nations] under God.

I share the love and the light I have in me with you; share yours with someone too.