Category Archives: Abundance

Being Old Has Its Advantages

Posted on August 25, 2012 by russtowne

I was at a restaurant with My Beloved on our Date Night yesterday, and got to order off the Seniors menu for the first time. I expected that along with lower prices, the portions would be smaller. I couldn’t have … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Aging | Tagged banana split, beloved, date night, ice cream, My Beloved, old, senior, senior member, turkey dinner | 20 Comments

Thank YOU!

Posted on August 21, 2012 by russtowne

I’ve got a confession to make. I’m not proud of it. It is about how I’ve shown up–or NOT–for most of my life. For example, I know at the logical level that by the time one reaches adulthood many people … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Acceptance, Friendship, Gratitude, Humility, Love | Tagged acceptance, birthday, bithdays, Family, grateful, gratitude, honore, honored, Love, siblings | 20 Comments

Perfection

Posted on August 20, 2012 by russtowne

I am a happy man. My four-month-old two-toothed (teethed?) grandson Thomas chuckled himself to sleep and is in a seat at eye level just a few feet from where I sit sharing my thoughts with you. My dog Duke is … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Family "Fun" | Tagged birthfday, Family, fun, Grandson, hot dogs, perfection, Thomas | 29 Comments

My Biggest Fear

Posted on July 27, 2012 by russtowne

Over at She’s A Maineiac she asked her readers regarding their greatest fear. It has been awhile since I’d been asked that question or thought about the answer. Here’s my biggest fear: I fear foolishly letting minor hassles, annoyances, pet … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Fear, Gratitude | Tagged Abundance, beauty, blessings, fear, grateful, gratitude, kindness, Love, precious moments, She's a Maineiac, shesamaineiac, tragedy | 15 Comments

In Such Awareness Gratitude Grows

Posted on July 27, 2012 by russtowne

I believe that most people could come up with a list of hundreds of blessings if they took the time to think about them. Some of my greatest blessings sure didn’t feel like blessings at the time they happened. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Gratitude, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Pain & Grief | Tagged beloved, blessings, devastating, disasters, failuers, fiance', gratitdue, Grief, heart-breaks, pain | 9 Comments

Sweet!

Posted on July 25, 2012 by russtowne

See’s Candy just made the world’s largest lollipop. It weighs overs 7,000 pounds and weighs about as much as 3 cars. http://tinyurl.com/c5xk3z7 http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/see-candies-creates-7-000-pound-lollypop-world-210921788.html Russ

Posted in Abundance, Creativity | Tagged chocolate, lollipop, See's Candy, world's largest, world's largest lollipop | Leave a comment

I Love Happy Endings

Posted on July 20, 2012 by russtowne

Remember that bullied bus monitor? People from around the world have donated $700,000 to her to send a message that they’ve had enough of bullies and that most people aren’t bullies. Here’s a URL or link to a beautiful story … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Bullying, Compassion, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Generosity, Healing, Inspiring, Making the World a Better Place, Pain & Grief, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged bullies, bus monitor, donations, retirement, suicide, vacation | Leave a comment

That Which Feeds My Soul

Posted on July 17, 2012 by russtowne

Dear internet friends: I want to come clean about something. I don’t automatically follow someone’s blog just because they follow mine, and I don’t expect anyone to follow mine just because I follow theirs. I’m happy when someone finds something … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Choices, Gratitude | Tagged appreciate, blog, blogs, feed, feed my soul, folks, follow, followers, for, post, posts, soul | 18 Comments

Abundance and Gratitude

Posted on July 11, 2012 by russtowne

“”…abundance flows into your life when gratitude flows out of your heart.” –Jon Gordon (as mentioned by Andrea Kelly at http://thehandwrittenlife.wordpress.com/ Thank you, Andrea!) I cetainly have found that there is much truth in this statement–though there catruth, n be … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Gratitude, Patience & Persistence, Quotes I Love | Tagged Abundance, Andrea, Andrea Kelly, gratitude, heart, Jon, Jon Gordon, Life, patience, pays, thehandwritten life, time, truth, wordpress.com | 6 Comments

Posted on July 10, 2012 by russtowne

“Every human being’s essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on a counterfeit nature.” -Lao-Tzu I saw this quote at http://A.Word.A.Day.org © 2012 Wordsmith.org I believe … Continue reading →