Saturday, December 15, 2012

MAYBE

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MAYBE

It is time to have a discussion about mental health in this country; violence in this country - as I watch the news coverage, even on Fox, an ultra conservative media outlet, when they cut to commercial after talking about psychosis and sociopathy, the immediate commercial is about an upcoming VIOLENT film with the actor having a knife in his hand ready to slash a woman. Face it, we feed off violence. Maybe somewhere people are going to say enough and our images in toys, television, film, books, games will shift; maybe we will also value the lives of countless people who die on our streets in our urban centers - the kids there who don't even ever expect to live past 18; maybe we will talk about the upsurge in hit and run car accidents where people are killed; maybe we will have a discussion about why America seems to have legions without a soul; maybe we will talk about the children we have killed as collateral damage in our wars and defense around the world; maybe we will get around to talking about PEACE - inward, outward, and demonstrated. Maybe we will get to the point of each and every one of us being the STAND that THE VIOLENCE MUST END!

© Dr. Ethel Drayton-Craig, 2012
Living An Exquisite Life ™




Monday, June 18, 2012

LIVING AN EXQUISITE LIFE




Living An Exquisite Life ™

     Exquisite living is for today…not tomorrow.  How are you living today with what you have?  Do you go about your life with exquisiteness?

     To live exquisitely we don’t have to acquire things to get to some other point.  While we have goals and visions for the future, there is no place that we must arrive, nor something we must obtain before we can start to live exquisitely. 

     Tomorrow is not promised.  Are you giving yourself the quality that you deserve today?

     One suggestion is to savor the moment.  Along the road of achievement, savor those moments that allow you to see how far you have come and how many things have been accomplished, even if there is further to go.   More on this topic in my article, Giving Yourself Credit When Credit is Due,  written for BlackLifeCoaches.Net 


     Also, Dr. Ethel Drayton-Craig’s Signature System, Living An Exquisite Life ™, will give you
the keys to living exquisitely.  For more information about how to book Dr. Drayton-Craig for a speaking engagement write, dretheldraytoncraig@gmail.com, or call, 484.695.1453.


© Dr. Ethel Drayton-Craig, 2012
Living An Exquisite Life ™

Monday, April 2, 2012

LOOSE ENDS

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The spring is here and all types of preparation have begun to ready myself for the warm weather.  This has happened sooner, rather than later because the butterflies were roaming in my yard before St. Patrick’s Day this year, and for two weeks in March we went without coats in the northeast.  My tulips bloomed and the trees popped colorful buds way before they were expected.

     As with Spring, I knew this would probably not last.  This weekend proved me right:  So, this past cold, rainy, and dreary Saturday, I cocooned in my house and began to tie up loose ends.  It was a perfect day to put music on, stay put, and tend to all the correspondence, and follow-through items that I had been planning to get to “some day”. 

     I began right after breakfast and kept at it until about 7 p.m., and I was amazed at the papers that got discarded; the letters that got written and put into envelopes with stamps on them; and the small areas of rooms that got cleaned.  At the end of the evening I had such a sense of accomplishment and freedom.  Places where my eyes saw piles; torn-off scraps of paper in my top drawer with contact information for me to get back to someone; pamphlets and letters that I wanted to inquire about; and stick-ums reminding me to do something, all got handled.

     I did not plan to devote the day to these things.  As I said, the day was ideal for it and once I got started, I stuck with it.  While it was not major spring cleaning for the house, it was essential spring cleaning for my mind!

Happy Easter.  Happy Passover.  Happy Spring!

© Dr. Ethel Drayton-Craig, 2012