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Wisdom gained from our camping trip

By ZenGirl
Wisdom gained from our camping trip

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! We  generally like fresh air, sunshine, love outdoors, park and nature. So it is natural that we should try out camping We have done camping occasionally, but not enough to be called expert by any means. R and P love outdoors and nature like most kids and we thought we should be brave enough to try camping with 2 kids, now that P is over 1 year! Here is our wisdom and lessons learned from our recent camping trip in early August. After...
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Web Design, Overwhelm and Good Reads

By ZenGirl
Web Design, Overwhelm and Good Reads

Kindergarten and school has started!: That means, I have 2 seconds of free time for life and blogging. R is starting a Kindergarten now so life has gotten lot busier! We are doing homeschooling and co-op teaching, that means I and kids are spending all day and night, learning and doing things together. It is fun, but with 1 year old in tow with us, it can get overwhelming at time. I am going to be even more slow blogger! Hopefully, my blogger friends will still support me here. Blog consulting by Zenguy: In other good note, Zenguy who...
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101 Changes: Change 7: Watch Less Television

By ZenGirl
101 Changes: Change 7: Watch Less Television

I am writing a series of 101 small changes that we can make to make the quality of our life better and build and lead a more happier life that is in tune with our heart and mind. These are small changes that I have made and am working on right now, so I know they are possible for anyone to do. If you have not read previous posts, check out a few posts on the changes from the past: 101 changes: Change 4 – Plant something 101 changes: Change 5 – Smile when you wake up 101 changes:...
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Enlightment: An Awareness and Understanding

By ZenGirl
Enlightment: An Awareness and Understanding

Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength. - Lao Tzu What does Enlightenment mean to you? One of the Enlightenment is well known philosophical movement of the 18th century that emphasized the use of reason to scrutinize previously accepted doctrines and traditions and that brought about many humanitarian reforms. See here, Age of Enlightenment for more details. When we say “enlightenment” most of us means, enlightenment as in being aware or understand the subject. It is just like light bulb switching on, but in our mind and soul....
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Lifestyle Magazine’s New Issue: Relationship

By ZenGirl
Lifestyle Magazine’s New Issue: Relationship

Ayo Olaniyan from Discovering Purpose who is accredited coach and counselor writes on his blog to promote and increase your level of self awareness/discovery. He also publishes Life Skills Online magazines issues. I am pleased to announce that the seventh edition of The Life Skills Magazine is now available and more than pleased that I am one of the featured contributors for this issue!! The topic is about Relationships. The Life Skills Magazine is collection of personal development and lifestyle articles from various personal development bloggers/writers with the aim of creating a purpose driven life. The seventh edition contains: Ben...
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101 changes: Change 6 – Read a book (Benefits of reading)

By ZenGirl
101 changes: Change 6 – Read a book (Benefits of reading)

I am writing a series of 101 small changes that we can make to make the quality of our life better and build and lead a more happier life that is in tune with our heart and mind. These are small changes that I have made and am working on right now, so I know they are possible for anyone to do. If you have not read previous posts, check out a few posts on the changes from the past: 101 changes: Change 4 – Plant something 101 changes: Change 5 – Smile when you wake up ——————————————————————————————————- Many...
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