Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
A charming person has a natural talent, a gift for elevating others from the inside out.
Do you have someone like that in your life?
Archive | February, 2012
When Everything Is New
8 Feb
Moving away from your home, your state, your work, your friends, and your family isn’t easy.
Everything is new.
The excitement of change comes with a price: stress.
I am taking some lessons from the trees in this new climate.
In the first photograph you can see a skinny tree standing beside a house on the right. On the day I took these photographs I watched that skinny little tree — standing taller than the house — bear more and more snow as the day went on, gradually bowing under the increasing weight until the tip dragged on the ground. I thought the trunk might break. The homeowner soon tramped out and whip-lashed the flexible branches, freeing the snow and allowing the tree to spring back to its original posture. I noticed that the tree stayed upright after that, regardless of the continuing snowfall.
The first wet snow sticks and pulls everything down. If this initial weight is released, further snow slips off more easily.
I might need some help shaking off that first snow, but I will stand tall again.
