Gratitude – Vicki Dobbs

Compassion as a Foundation

Vicki — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:24:41 +0000

Quote: “Compassion is the foundation of true strength.” (The Power of Gratitude) True power comes from maintaining tenderness rather than from a hardening of the heart. Compassion creates resilience by connecting you to your shared humanity. When you extend compassion to yourself and others, you cultivate an emotional intelligence that helps you navigate difficulties with… Read More »

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Celebrating Sisterhood

Vicki — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:52:22 +0000

Today is my sister’s birthday. Happy Birth-Day, Pam. This morning, I had the most wonderful conversation with my friend, Weam Namou, as we talked about her new book, The Path of Consciousness for Writers. Our conversation wandered through writing, creativity, consciousness, and the many ways women encourage one another to listen more deeply to the… Read More »

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Why I Keep Showing Up Here Each Friday

Vicki — Fri, 22 May 2026 10:45:26 +0000

For all of you out there who have hung out with me on Fridays for nearly five years now, thank you. I have a question for you… Ever wonder why I keep writing to y’all every week… or what writing has done and continues to do for me today? For a long time, I thought… Read More »

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Remembering…

Vicki — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:00:38 +0000

Writing this week from a new perspective… interesting how a number feels like a life change. I completed another sweep around the sun this past week and I have to admit, as much as I have been upbeat and positive with this one, relishing in the number and reveling in the “being here” to cross… Read More »

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Wisdom Waits… When You are Ready, the Teachers Come

Vicki — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:05:52 +0000

It has been an amazing, challenging, exhausting, exhilarating, and an all-around marvelous week. Last Friday, the last thing I did was to release any expectations I may have had for the Write with the Whispers in the Wind weekend and I opened my heart to flexibility and flow. How grateful I am that those words… Read More »

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Honoring the Mother Energy and Our Own Sacred Mothers

Vicki — Fri, 10 May 2024 12:06:48 +0000

This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day. Many of us will gather in gratitude to honor and celebrate the spirit of motherhood in all its forms. It is a day to recognize the nurturing energy of “the mother” energy that flows through us all when we cradle a child, a fur baby, a seedling, or a… Read More »

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Befriending the Coulda’s, Shoulda’s and Woulda’s

Vicki — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 12:28:48 +0000

This year my word is OPTIMISM sprinkled through and through with EXPLORATION and ENGAGEMENT – looking forward to Soaring in 2024. I spent the “In Between” holiday time this year in contemplation, looking back, dreaming forward, and in those now moments when I am silent enough to “listen” to the voice of my own inner… Read More »

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In-between Celebrations

Vicki — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 11:00:40 +0000

Please enjoy my Free PDF 6 Ways Your Life Can Change When You Adopt an Optimistic Attitude Gratitude fills my heart this week as I look back on wrapping just the right gifts, adding a light here or there to the décor, lighting candles in the evening while watching Hallmark Christmas movies by the fire.… Read More »

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Pivots, Pauses, and Get on with It All

Vicki — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:19:21 +0000

Please enjoy my Free PDF 6 Ways Your Life Can Change When You Adopt an Optimistic Attitude 2023 is marching fast towards its end as I contemplate the beginnings of 2024. What do I want to see, do, be, accomplish? Where do I want to go, who do I want to visit, what will I… Read More »

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Befriending Fear as Another Good Enemy in the Light of a Full Moon

Vicki — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 03:00:30 +0000

Please enjoy my Free PDF 6 Ways Your Life Can Change When You Adopt an Optimistic Attitude “I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.” This is a funny quirp sent to me by my good friend Kay. Laughter is the best medicine, eh? I hope you all are settling back into… Read More »

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