Life Philosophy Archives

If at First You Don’t Succeed, When Should You Try, Try Again?

by Robin | Apr 14, 2024 | #OYTO, (in)courage, Aging, Life Philosophy, On my soapbox, Personal, Uncategorized, Women

Maybe the fourth time would be a charm. I sure hoped so. Even though I was determined, I wasn’t sure I could take another disappointment. Was this the God-given “desire of my heart” spoken of in Psalm 37, or simply me pursuing something I wanted in my own...

Change Your Attitude For the Better Right Now! (Plus, a giveaway–scroll for details)

by Robin | Jan 18, 2019 | Life Philosophy, Personal, Uncategorized

I had totally missed it — noticing I ended 2018 similarly to how I began: writing about an attitude of “getting to” do this or that instead of “having to” in both and . Maybe once the idea slipped into my psyche, it quietly settled there...

Have We Forgotten That Love Is Kind?

by Robin | Jun 20, 2018 | Faith, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Personal, Uncategorized

Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant, is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not irritable, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things,...

Inspired to Inspire #OYTO

by Robin | Apr 28, 2018 | Art, Do Something!, Empty Nest, Encouragement, Favorite things, friendship, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Personal

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ~ Thomas Merton I have a love/hate relationship with social media. On one hand, I’m convinced our lives were better without it overall. We had fewer friends, sure, but they...

Oh, lovely day

by Robin | Feb 15, 2018 | Art, Celebrations, Faith, Family, Family Traditions, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Memoir, Mothers and daughters, Personal, Valentine Tea, Valentine's Day

i. Today is Valentine’s Day, one of my favorite days of the year, one of the happiest reasons to celebrate life: it’s all about love. I am wearing hot pink shoes now, but I think I’ll be changing into the ones dipped in glitter, gold and a...

Honest Thoughts About #GivingTuesday

by Robin | Nov 28, 2017 | Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Love Gifts, On my soapbox, Personal

I love Holly Hunter. An Academy Award- and Emmy-winning actress, she seems to take any role and make it memorable; she dies to self while her characters come to life. I appreciate her talent, sure, but maybe tipping the scale for my fangirldom is the fact she’s...