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Introduction to Other Thoughts
“Other Thoughts” is where we write about a variety of topics related to wishing. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when we started...
Margie & Barbara
Mar 10, 2022


Lessons from These "Pandemic" Times: How Wishing Helps Us Respond to Change
Both of us have had experiences this past holiday season with making plans, only to have them changed on us by circumstances beyond our...
Margie & Barbara
Feb 18, 2022


What to do About "Languishing" in Covid Year Two
An article in the New York Times described a new phrase, “pandemic languishing”. The author defined languishing as “... a sense of...
Margie & Barbara
Jan 7, 2022


As the Year Comes to a Close
When we started this blog six months ago, we were hoping that “post-pandemic life” would be a reality by the end of the year. It is...
Margie & Barbara
Dec 10, 2021


Step 7 - From Positives to Wishes
As we stated in our last “Post-Pandemic Life” post, it is now time to take your positives and turn them into wishes! Adding the positives...
Margie & Barbara
Nov 5, 2021


Steps 4, 5, and 6 - Sifting Pandemic Activities to Bake a Better Life
Now that you’ve identified your buckets and filled them, it’s time to separate them into different categories: positive, negative, or...
Margie & Barbara
Sep 27, 2021


How Can I Relate Wishing to the World Today?
We decided to go public with our wish work in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was obvious to us that, even though wish work might...
Margie & Barbara
Sep 17, 2021


Step 3 - Fill Your Buckets!
Now that you have identified your “buckets”, what’s a good way to start filling them? You might want to sit with your calendar for the...
Barbara Dickinson
Aug 23, 2021


Step 1 - Create an Attitude of Gratitude...and the Practice to Support It!
We love the expression “Even when my head is in the tiger’s mouth, my heart is as still as the lotus blossom.” What this means to us is...
Margie & Barbara
Jul 9, 2021
Introduction to Post-Pandemic Life
What we observed during the pandemic is that the world we created for ourselves presented us with both opportunities and challenges. Some...
Margie & Barbara
Jun 18, 2021


The 7 Steps to Harvesting Joy and Managing Challenges
During the past many months of this Covid-19 pandemic, we have witnessed a mind-boggling array of both suffering and benevolence. Even...
Margie & Barbara
Jun 18, 2021
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