All Entries Tagged With: "Rachel Z. Cornell"

Our NEED to Know

In life there are a lot of lines we have to learn to straddle. There’s the line between acceptance and hope. This is essentially what I’ve been talking about in previous posts. There’s another line however the one I’m addressing here, the line between the known and the unknowable.
I’ve been derailed by the election this [...]

After Shock

3 things to think about and expect to experience after a major life shake- up.
1) When you are handed an unexpected blow, a challenge you are forced to face, you need to also know that your live has forever changed.  
2) Accepting these changes are likely to be painful.  You almost certainly will need to grieve.   
3) If we you ask a bit of your shattered selves, ask that you have awareness. Keep a soft eye open for [...]

Winston Churchill said: “If you are going through hell, keep going.”

The night before my apartment burned down, I was lying in my bed weeping and praying for a less chaotic life. My life was adrift and I was collecting bad habits as I moved aimlessly through it. I was smoking and drinking to excess and was in a bad, on-again, off-again, relationship with a boyfriend. [...]

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The Pain in Positive Thinking

Next Teleconference
THIS SATURDAY!!
Just a reminder, my next teleconference is:

September 27th 
3:00 – 4:00 PM EDT
If you’re interested in participating, please fill out the form on the contact page.  Once I get your email I’ll send you the phone number and access code you’ll need to join in the conversation.  After you have done this once, you’ll [...]

How to Worry: A Primer

I wrote this in the morning and it’s getting moldy just sitting in my draft bin.  So, because I don’t want you to be without some new worrying skills, I offer you…
How To Worry!

My friend Susan recently said to me, ”it seems your thinking in the shower produces good ideas.”  WELL, I DID have some ideas about worrying in the shower this morning, so lets see if [...]

How to be as Limited as Mozart

I was invited to be a guest poster on the blog “Catskill Cottage Seed“.  It came out of a post that Richard, the blog author, wrote about embracing limitors.  I had submitted a comment which developed into the following post on his blog. 

 
Guest Post
by Rachel Z. Cornell of Why Not Rachel
(Rachel is a legally blind blogger, [...]