Life Lessons 'Jane Eyre' Can Teach Us

A great article from "Huffington Post" with great lessons from a remarkable women. Here are a few of those lessons...

7. You are stronger than you think.

Yet another pieces of Helen's wisdom: “Yet it would be your duty to bear it, if you could not avoid it: it is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.” No matter what happens to you, you will find a way to overcome; as humans, we are resilient. We bounce back.

Barb Cookson's Word of the Week "Connection"

Letting go (inside your closet)

 

 Contributed by Deb Neuman & Kim Corey

I don't know what it is about this time of year but I start "nesting".  It must because the days of spending as much time as possible outdoors are now transitioning to days spent inside as cooler weather makes it's approach. So I decided it was time to tackle my clothes situation.   A situation that is challenged with very small closets, limited storage space and a change in careers that has taken me out of an environment that requires suits and heels every day into blue jeans.   I looked at those suits, skirts, heels that were overflowing from my closet and realized it had been a year since those suits have seen the light of day! It was time to attack, purge and get organized!  Thankfully our contributor, Professional Organizer Kim Corey has some great tips to help me and you do the same...    

Diary of a 70's Teen

Remember your diary?   I loved mine!  It was small with a little lock (to keep my little sister out.) My entries were mostly about my love for Tony DeFranco and my crush in Junior High (Dale looked at me today!)  

So when I came across this - I had to share it with you! What a great idea!  The creator of this site shares her diary posts from the 70's!  Here are a few entries from 1975 - the author was 11 and 12 that year!

Sunday, January 12, 1975

hi. Nothing good has happened so far. I'm just sitting here on the couch in my pajamas it's 9:20 p.m.. I'm going to clean my room tomarrow, mom says if I really do she'll faint. I got a record & some moccasins today. Gomez is sitting by me now. We're about to watch Candid Camera so I'm going to stop writing & watch it.

Tuesday, January 28, 1975

hi. nothing good has happened so far exept I'm keeping myroom clean so I can get a Tony Orlando and Dawn album

Monday, March 24, 1975

Hi! How are you? nothing has happened so far. But I will let you know if it does. okay? Oh yeah, Defrancos were on the Easter Seals telethon yesterday. Boy is Tony getting tall and skinny! Benny is growing a mustache! Tony Orlando was on Merv Griffin today. I found out that he smokes. And I saw his wife. She is pretty! We also went to an auction yesterday. The food there was good!

Wanna read the rest of her diary?  70's Diary