I've been putting my thoughts into Ann's Lace for over four years now. I've enjoyed writing the pieces, which have given my a chance to organize my ideas and beliefs on a great many subjects. Often I've found that I don't have clear, black and white opinions on the topics, which I suppose is one reason I like musing over them. If you already ( Read more... )

"Be both the dream and the dreamer." I read this in a horoscope recently. Not even my horoscope, but my theory is that it's just as useful (or meaningless) to glance at the list of horoscopes and see which one jumps out at you. You know, resonate outside the box, don't always read the same horoscope month ( Read more... )

There are a lot of philosophies out there about whether we matter. Whether anything matters. Some say that we are all part of a grand design and so everything we do is important. Others say that it makes little of no difference if we exist at all. We're just random dots in a big cold universe. And both sides seem to believe their version deeply ( Read more... )

I heard a talk recently in which it was mentioned that when we meet someone new, we automatically place them in one of two categories: Friend or Foe. And it's not hard to guess which is the default choice: Foe ( Read more... )

Since we are almost at the end of this year, I am in a reminiscent state. Mulling over things from my past (people too, but that's a different story.) In particular, things that used to be a "normal" part of life but don't even seem to exist anymore. Whatever purpose they served is either done in some other, (perhaps better or perhaps not better at ( Read more... )

Or you can be home for any other winter holiday you prefer. Most of us delight in having a safe haven, a place to relax and unwind, a cave with a fire, a HOME to return to when we're ready to get away from the rest of the world, especially on these dark winter nights. We may live on our own or with family or friends or just room-mates. We may have ( Read more... )

What is the best thing about you? I hope you'll think about this question for a while before you answer. The first answer most of us come up with reflects something the world has told us we're good at. But with longer consideration, you might want to name something deeper within you instead.

We often associate "best" with something we do well that ( Read more... )

We're well into December, which means the winter holidays are here. Some may have a religious tone, while others are pure merriment. Businesses often have a year end party or dinner, as do many civic clubs and hobby-related groups. And then there's actual friends and relatives. Christmas music bombards us almost anyplace we go, and stores are in ( Read more... )

Why do people work? I mean, seriously, what is going on with work ( Read more... )

I saw a poster this week for a charity raising money for kids for the holidays. The headline read, "Don't these kids deserve Christmas gifts too?"

"Well no," I immediately thought, "why would they deserve gifts? Maybe they want gifts and maybe getting gifts would help make them happy. But deserve? No way! Nobody deserves gifts."

Then I began to think ( Read more... )