Week 253

Positive post Sunday, December 26, 2021- Week 253.  I hope everyone had a blessed, healthy and safe Christmas with family and friends.  I began writing this post yesterday morning before all the festivities and gift giving began because I wanted to take some quiet time to reflect on our greatest gift of all, Jesus. Our…

Week 252

Positive post Sunday, December 19, 2021- Week 252.  Are you like me and lack patience for waiting, especially standing in lines or waiting in traffic?  I find it especially challenging this time of year when it “Tis the season” for waiting in lines, being on hold on the phone and sitting in traffic.  All of…

Week 251

Positive post Sunday, December 12, 2021- Week 251.  Can you believe that there are only 13 days until Christmas?!  I’m guessing that I’ve raised your anxiety about the holiday decorating you haven’t finished, all the shopping you still need to do and the parties you need to prepare to host or attend. STOP, take a…

Week 250

Positive post Sunday, December 5, 2021- Week 250.  As we light the next candle on our Advent wreaths and I read my daily Advent reflection from Loyola Press, I thought I’d share a thoughtful and insightful writing by Gretchen Crowder the Director of Campus Ministry at Jesuit Dallas from one of this week’s readings.  It’s…

Week 249

Positive post Sunday, November 28, 2021- Week 249.  I hope everyone had a safe and relaxing Thanksgiving with family and friends.  I continue to be thankful for my Faith, Family and Fitness.  After all the eating over the past few days, I will really need to focus on my Fitness and ride a few extra…

Week 248

Positive post Sunday, November 21, 2021- Week 248.  For this week’s PPS, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, I decided to research my own writing and went back into my PPS archives for the last 3 Sundays before Thanksgiving (Weeks 92, 145 and 196 in years 2018, 2019 and 2020 respectively). As you might expect, what I…

Week 247

Positive post Sunday, December 8, 2019- Week 147.  For those of us who have been around for a while, at some point in our careers, or lives, we have likely been told that we need to venture outside of our comfort zone to learn and experience growth.  As well-known author David Cottrell says, “Comfort Zone…

Week 246

Positive post Sunday, November 7, 2021- Week 246.   Good morning!  Did you remember to turn your clock back last night?  If not, you have an extra hour this morning that you didn’t expect to give thanks to the Lord! Thinking about day light savings time reminded me about how precious time is and how…

Week 245

Positive post Sunday, October 31, 2021- Week 245.  Happy “all hallows’ eve” or “all saints’ eve.”!  As we dust off those boxes of costumes in the attic or go online to find new costumes for our little ones as they prepare to go out and Trick or Treat this evening, let’s not forget the origin…

Week 244

Positive post Sunday, October 24, 2021- Week 244.  I’m so blessed to be a part of a leadership team at SoCalGas, an innovative company that values and embraces diversity and leads change.  In our effort to inform and educate our employees, we’ve created an “Agents of Change” interview series featuring interviews with extraordinary guests who…