Author: Margie Cole

Dear TSJ Friends, Have you had trouble getting traction for your goals and dreams since our pandemic started? Have you noticed that just when you start to feel positive or hopeful again something unwanted happens and you loose your footing causing hope and happiness to slip out from under your feet? Sometimes falling flat on your face (figuratively speaking)? Do you find yourself clinging to what used to work but feel frustrated that it no longer does? Has anything challenged you so much that you have been forced to let go of what you thought you knew and shelve your

Dear TSJ Friends, I started writing to you this morning and ran into an overwhelming sense that I had a longing for something I could not readily identify at first. Something like being hungry but not sure what you are hungry for, But as I sat here in the office and listened, the muse spoke. Solomon  seemed to think I need some time for reflection and renewal. He was so right. So I spent two hours in quiet reflection and prayer. It was honestly like drinking a tall glass of water on a very hot day. So the day unfolded

Dear TSJ Friends, Do you have memories of favorite people in your childhood who simply were special because they were there for you when you needed them (even if you didn’t realize it at the time)?  This is a just for fun memoir story.  So grab your cup of tea! In the midst of all of the serious news our brains filter each day, it seems like a good time to reflect back on positive memories of our personally special people who have positively shaped our hearts and minds and futures. Though names and titles are different in your lives than

Dear TSJ Friends, It is Wednesday – time for us to sit back and spend a few moments together!  It gives me warm feelings to think of you and ponder your notes and think about your lives. Mr. Wisdom Muse, Solomon, likes Wednesdays. Together we decided to keep things pretty upbeat with a bit of review of simple strategies to help in tough times. If there is one thing we know right now it is that we don’t know what the future will bring!  We have always known this of course.  But now we know it experientially from almost any

Happy Wednesday TSJ Friends, OUR STORY . . .  AND YOURS “Human being is more of a verb than a noun. Each of us is unfinished, a work in progress.”   Rachel Remen* This is a tale of houses and humans. It is also a story about us and about you. Mr. John has also contributed and our TSJ muse, Solomon, has given it his approval.   “Each of us is unfinished.” Often just when we think life is moving along in the right direction something happens to challenge us and change us. It can seemingly be minor or it can be

Dear TSJ Friends, Have you ever been “on the lookout” for something? Sure you have! One morning when I began the day with the things pictured above I discovered a surge of excitement about what seems to be my new adventure. I call it my “being on the lookout” adventure. But for this to make sense to you, I need to share in chronological order some mini stories of how I came to welcome this adventure. Most of all, my catalyst for personal growth and reason for sharing this blog letter with you today stems from the fact that I, like

Dear TSJ Friends, May our hearts be filled with strength and hope today and in days to come. Today, I thought I would share this picture that one of my spiritual mentors sent me during a difficult time several years ago. I wonder what thoughts, words or mood stirs in you as you look at it? When I came across this a couple of days ago, I was busily looking for a lost document on my computer and on the way to finding it through the maze of things I have saved for later, I found this picture. It stopped

Hello Dear TSJ Folks, Who said “no pain means no gain?” I want to have a talk with that person!  I know it means that if you don’t work hard you aren’t likely to make progress. But honestly, it works the other way too I think. Pain interrupts important life activities. I checked my journal, and on Thursday 5/25/20 the first words I wrote on that day were:  Back Alert! Thus begins our shared journey story for the week. Warning . . . our muse, Solomon, who helps all of us see things from a higher self or a Godly

Hello to all of our dear TSJ friends and fans! (Remember to take a second and click on the green header for easier reading.) If I were to ask you to rate yourself in your current emotional state or in goals, hopes and dreams on a scale of 1(floundering) to 5 (flourishing) where are you? Our faithful muse Solomon is here to remind us again that wherever we are physically or emotionally God is there! Even when it does not seem like it. I am learning the truth of the power of Presence. And I mean God’s Presence. The fact that