Ten Things that Inspire Me
1. Who you are is life’s gift to you. What you make of yourself is your gift back to life. 2. To be more you, be less you. Do the opposite of what you're used to doing. 3. Your personal record is against yourself and nobody else. 4. Fear is Forgetting Everything’s All Right 5. Put gratitude in your attitude. 6. Live in day-tight compartments. 7. When agitated, pause and breathe deep. 8. Remember the problem in front of you is never as large as the power behind you. 9. Take care of your mind, heart, body and soul each day. 10. You only get to live once and if you do it right, that’s enough.-
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dianabletter
Diana Bletter is the author of several books, including The Invisible Thread: A Portrait of Jewish American Women (with photographs by Lori Grinker), shortlisted for a National Jewish Book Award. Her novel, A Remarkable Kindness, (HarperCollins) was published in 2015. She is the First Prize Winner of Moment Magazine's 2019 Fiction Contest. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, tabletmag, Glamour, The Forward, The North American Review, Times of Israel, and is a reporter for Israel21C, and many other publications. She is author of Big Up Yourself: It's About Time You Like Being You and The Mom Who Took off On Her Motorcycle, a memoir of her 10,000-mile motorcycle trip to Alaska and back to New York. She lives in a small beach village in Western Galilee, Israel, with her husband and family. She is a member of the local hevra kadisha, the burial circle, and a Muslim-Jewish-Christian-Druze women's group in the nearby town of Akko. And, she likes snowboarding and climbing trees.
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News Flash: The Loving Yourself Book for Women!
Hello again, dear friends! I was so moved by all your enthusiasm and excitement… I’m happy to share that “The Loving Yourself Book for Women,” is now available for pre-order! 🥳🌟 The book is a practical guide to lift you … Continue reading
Tools for Tuesday: Terrific Tools for Your Toolbox
In a funk? Remember the story of the baby chick. (Read on.) No matter what we face today, there’s always a solution. We might not get the answer immediately but it will come. “Whatever God has blessed you with, take … Continue reading
My Astonishing Discovery on Mother’s Day
Last year, soon after my step-son had just been diagnosed with Stage Four non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, I went with him for one of his treatments at the hospital near Tel Aviv. Nadav has lived me with me on and off since … Continue reading
What People Say About You is None of Your Business.
That goes for writers, too. If someone likes your book, that is great. If someone doesn’t like your book—well, not everyone is going to love it. A writer friend once told me how she was so excited because her book … Continue reading
10 Important Questions To Ask on Thanksgiving
We shouldn’t wait 364 days each year to give thanks. Don’t you think Thanksgiving could be incorporated into our routine each day? Here are a couple of questions you can ask yourself every day: 1.When you wake up in the … Continue reading
Tool For Tuesday: The One Percent Wrong Rule.
Oh yeah, I was so right. Totally right about what happened. This guy was wrong and I was right. “One hundred percent right?” my friend Joelle asked me. “You’re sure you are 100 percent right?” Aw…I had to think about … Continue reading
Spiritual Lessons of An Olive Tree
It’s olive-picking season in our backyard. We have one olive tree. When we moved in to this house in 1994, someone told us the tree was sick and we should cut it down. We cut the trunk down and left … Continue reading
Tool for Tuesday: Don’t Give Up Your Resentment. (That is, if you don’t want to get better.)
That’s right. Don’t give up your resentments if you want to continue drinking poison and expecting the other person to get sick. Don’t give up your anger if that’s how you want to fuel yourself. If you get an adrenaline … Continue reading
Three Messages of the Easter/Passover Bunny
I was in New York City with Jonny and our six children right before Easter and Passover a few years ago. Since we were living in Israel, the kids had no idea what Easter was, so when we saw a … Continue reading
Ten Things To Remember On Trust.
Here’s a prayer on trust that my friend, Amy, wrote. She sent it to me and I modified it a bit for all of us. I trust there is a plan even when I don’t know what it is. I … Continue reading
DIANA BLETTER 