Susan Mary Malone

We are well into our journey!  We know who our friends are, we know who’s against us (although leave room for additional helpers and more surprises from allies), and now we’re learning what we need to propel us to the goal. We’re feeling pretty good about ourselves! But just about the time you think you’ve […]

So we’re well on our way now.  The journey has begun, we’re committed, we’ve bumped into allies where help has come from the oddest of places.  We’re learning new skills, starting to be pretty danged fat and sassy with our decisions and path.  The world is our oyster!  What could possibly go wrong? Plenty.  Of […]

Okay, so you’ve re-committed after those early annoyances (which can be more than minor irritants, but are just a taste of things to come), and are back on the journey.  Yeah! You know the funny thing about when you commit, truly commit, to the journey, you walk through some sort of supernatural portal. Or, it […]

Okay, so that thing called your name.  Insistently.  Persistently.  Wouldn’t let you go.  And despite all your best efforts to avoid it, something bumped you over the bridge and you’ve accepted the call. Yahoo!  You’re on your path!  This is your destiny, the course to bring out your potential, launch you smooth into that dream […]

So you heard the call, loud and clear.  Your calling spoke to you, showed you the task ahead.  And while at first it sounded great, every pee-pickin’ reason in the world arose as to why you could not accomplish this. So there you sit.  Pulled in two directions as if on a medieval rack.  Okay, […]

You know when the call comes, don’t you?  That voice, quiet, in the recesses of your mind, filtering up from the heart and never the loud one (that one is spelled EGO) but the soft, still, albeit insistent whisper that says, “Do X.” And X is always that thing you think you can’t do.  It’s […]

We’re all on a journey.  Life is just made of such, no?  About the time we think we’ve arrived somewhere, another path opens wide.  Another goal to pursue.  Another dream to follow.  As T.S. Eliot said, “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. […]

It’s that time of year!  Not the holiday part, but the after effects.  Once the turkey’s all eaten, the presents open, the champagne savored, and the NYC ball dropped, what comes next? Diets, that’s what.  The most god-awful invention on the planet.  Or, sobriety.  Which is better, but in this context, probably not lasting.  Or […]

Christmas is almost here!  Who knew!  Tomorrow to be exact.  And while I have no clue how this happens, it seems every year it sneaks right up on a host of us. And I know a lot of folks have a really tough time around the holidays.  Many, many people spend the holidays alone.  Many […]

I had the best visit with good friends Charlotte and Sara yesterday!  We always have a great time.  We break bread together, have an adult beverage or two, but mainly sit and visit and laugh. And it got me to thinking that’s my favorite way of showing (and receiving) love—to share of ourselves.  To be […]

Don’tcha just hate when things go wrong.  No question mark needed on the end of that sentence!  Because we all hate when it happens. And whether you had a career setback, a romance foiled, a friendship gotten prickly, the car won’t start or the carpet came up, most times you’re left with having to do […]

Isn’t this just the toughest part?  It is for me, anyhow.  I can forgive (ultimately, although some take longer than others) folks way easier than I can find that for myself.  I truly do ascribe to the theory that holding a grudge is like drinking poison and hoping the other person gets sick. But it […]