What do people do who don’t have kids in the house when they have computer issues? They borrow someone else’s kids!

Another solution is to turn to the web to assist. Here are several articles of merit about basic computer skills you may or may not have mastered.

The New York Times has a helpful article called “Ten Ways to Get the Most out of Technology” detailing their suggestions how to use technology most effectively in the modern world (don’t worry it will change as soon as you catch on…).

Lifehacker, a great website, details how to send an email attachment here and also how to burn a DVD to your computer.

Gone to Answer the Phone!

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” ~Steve Jobs

Sarah's First Fish

Looking at money in a realistic manner can be a life long goal and learning to live within your means is something few people master.

Dr. Kate Levinson has run money seminars for women for years and is interviewed on an NPR member station KUOW with calls from listeners that are fascinating. She is talking about her book Emotional Currency and about our country’s taboo about speaking frankly about money matters. She posits that having too little or too much money can both be major issues and that money can be a very emotionally charged topic. It’s worth a listen to hear her theories through years as a money coach and to hear the callers who certainly add value to the discussion.

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; Some blunders and absurdities crept in; Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

Some days it’s harder than others to see how one person can make a difference in a world with so many problems.

Some people fly to the Sudan to help as a doctor to many, others just show up week after week and rock another person’s world with quiet gentle kindness.

For many years Al Harkey has shown up to give Phil a break from the devastation that is multiple sclerosis by helping him to continue his desire to swim and be free in the water, a task that was no longer possible do to the chronic nature of Phil’s disease. The story appeared in the Seattle Times back in 2005 and has stuck with me as I am such a fan of swimming and the therapeutic qualities for those who have mobility challenges.

American Public Media has another amazing story about Paul Karrer a teacher to reaches out to a former student Rojelio Garcia by playing chess through the mail with him while he was incarcerated. This great radio story details how this experienced touched both their lives.

Sometimes it only takes on person to believe in you, to lend you a hand, to make a difference in your life. Have you been that person to someone this week?

Or you can just re-read Henry David Thoreau’s classic.

Walden Pond and replica of Thoreau's Cabin