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A Lesson in Gratitude, or, How the Little Things Became the Big Things

October 29, 201417 CommentsMandy Hale

I’m sitting here in my tiny little kitchen that I don’t own…gazing out at my cozy little loft with the turquoise carpet that someone else picked out long before I ever arrived here…watching my sweet kitty, Prince Hairy, stalking a bug across the room, carefully following the bug’s path so he can “protect his domain.” (He never actually harms the bug, he just likes to monitor the bug’s every move.) Steam rises from my coffee … » Read More

The Single Woman’s Dash of Sass: Self Love is About Contentment, Not Complacency

September 18, 2012CommentMandy Hale

Quotes of the Day: “The arrogance of success is to think that what we did yesterday is good enough for tomorrow.” ~William Pollard “You will never be entirely comfortable. This is the truth behind the champion – he is always fighting something. To do otherwise is to settle.” ~Julien Smith The Single Woman Says: I received an email from a reader last night that left … » Read More

The Single Woman’s Dash of Sass: It’s Okay to Just BE

June 14, 2012CommentMandy Hale

Quotes of the Day: “The day I understood everything, was the day I stopped trying to figure everything out. The day I knew peace was the day I let everything go.” ~C. JoyBell C. “Her favorite moments were those when she let go of all expectations and worries and just simply celebrated the very moment she was living.” ~Unknown “Sometimes beautiful things come into our … » Read More