Dr. Carolyn Coon

  In your world, right now … is survival trumping meaning? I do understand and it is a painful place to find oneself. But, for me, without meaning survival is too numbing, it simply is not on. That’s not a judging comment but it is a judgment for me comment. Bottom line always is that […]

  We all have paths off our main road that we have to take but that we may not want to. However, unscheduled ‘detours’ happen. These ‘detours’ may lead us over difficult terrain or it may add miles and time to the trip. But they can be ‘positive’ by shaking us out of our lethargy. Detours can lead

  I realize that I may harp on this subject a great deal, but it’s because it is so vitally important that we purposely and as fully as possible, comprehend the significance of this view, this mindset. It’s the focal point and the foundation from which we start everything in our day and it can’t be dismissed

  Ohhh wouldn’t that be nice if we could do over? As much as we might like to believe (hope?), we do not get a chance to go back in our life history and savor the times we really enjoyed, or correct mistake(s) – life doesn’t allow us to… do over. Granted, if we find we are

  Actually, that’s a question too. But, really, can there ever be too many questions? I think not. I don’t believe and would argue that there can ever be too many questions. I believe that it is the ability to ask questions that sparks our creativity. Questions spur us onward to find answers which typically evolves into

  When you hear those two words, what do you think? Obviously ‘movement’ from point A to point B but on what level? Movement can be emotional, psychological, intellectual, spiritual, etc. as well as physical. How do you feel about moving on? Many people really dislike having their neat schedule interrupted with a new ‘ingredient’

  It’s those ‘little things’, those minor inconveniences or little irritants in one’s life that can be or become large stumbling stones in our journey’s future. Problem is that they won’t simply fade away. You know they have to be addressed but you continue to put it off. Uninvited, if they aren’t dealt with though, they

  There is no one or ‘expert’ that says that your journey will be easy, that it will be a smooth and effortless, that it will be an uncomplicated trip. And there is no where that indicates your path will be flat with no highs or lows, then again… would you really want it this way? Isn’t

  Do you? When you see a stop sign or lights or other method (like a railroad crossing) do you come to a full and complete stop? Or do you do a quick look and do a rolling through the intersection as your stopping behavior? You do realize, don’t you, that stop signs are not suggestions

  All roads have signs giving information on a whole host of travel related issues and options. Actually signs are designed to assist us, to help us as we move along such as slow down, curve ahead; or men working or they tell us the distance to our ‘destination’ or next pit stop. Some tell us of