Whew! Now might be a good time to take a pause and breathe. All together now: Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. Feel a little bit better? I hope so. Because this small act of pausing and breathing can help us to face our daily challenges — which are plenty!

We’ve had to make some really tough decisions in our lives, haven’t we? They didn’t seem so tough to make when we were young and full of ourselves, though, were they? But as we’ve grown older, we can now look back and see the consequences of those decisions.

No one’s ever said I was funny. Amusing, sure, but not really funny — at least not intentionally. You’re chuckling, right?

But I am a great audience and I do love to laugh, whether it’s a giggle, chuckle, guffaw, belly laugh, snort, or a convulsion.

It shouldn’t amaze me, but it always does, when the light bulb goes off in my head and I say to myself, “I didn’t know that!” This happens more frequently than I care to admit.