Blog Archive
The Blog Archive is intended to provide a repository for the blogs that are prepared for the Safe Harbor Pathways website. Blogs will continue to be posted so that new visitors can read what has previously been presented.
-
Learning to Live with a Disability
When a disability occurs, we have to borrow a phrase from our friends, the U.S. Marines: “Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.” In addition, we must add the word “Accept” to the beginning of their saying. We must accept, improvise, adapt, and overcome. The first action that we must take, acceptance, is a mental process that we…
-
How to Thrive and Be Wheelchair/Home Bound
When both of my knees stopped supporting me and I fell, I knew instantly that my life had changed. I am a large retired man in my late 70s. I had struggled with a walker for two years and, previously, a cane for more than a decade. As I aged, my knees became less reliable…
-
A Neighbor’s Tree
My neighbor allowed an acorn to sprout in her front yard. At first, it barely broke through the soil. She placed a wire plant cage around it so that her lawn team would not mow over it. I don’t remember exactly when, in the spring of this year, the little tree sprouted, but as it…
-
Bringing the World into Your Living Room-Life Transitions
Many of us who are in the retired ranks spend much or most of our time in our homes. While our lives revolve around our calendars, doctors appointments, visits by repair people, friends and family visits and, of course, watching our TV series, we find that we are missing the stimulation from the “ourside world”.…
-
10/19/2025- Waking Today
Sun streaming through the window filling the bedroom with light. Eyes open staring at the ceiling. Another day in the litany of retirement. Time to choose. Another day of status quo or a transition day. Transition to what? Chaotic country, chaotic world, chaotic thoughts that must be sorted. What can I do that transits instead…
-
Pathway to Clarity
Most of us, at points in our lives, fight mental chaos. In my life, as is the case with most of us, I have experienced many life transitions. My challenges were initiated by a variety of life transitions. Career choice, marital partner, becoming a father, loss of my chosen profession, reorientation toward a new career,…
-
Communication Clarity: Individual to Individual
When two or more people communicate, often the communication is not clearly stated or received because the sender and the receiver are processing the communication from their own experiences and perceptions. In order to create clarity during communications, it may be helpful for the receiver to restate the communication in order to ensure that it…
-
Looking through the eyes of others
Each individual possesses a distinctive array of experiences that shape their perceptions (EP) regarding various aspects of life, including culture, politics, and spirituality, as well as their interactions with others. These perceptions play a crucial role in establishing our expectations (E), which in turn influence our outlook on potential events, reactions, and outcomes. As we…
-
Hello World!
SafeHarborPathways.com Blog welcomes you to a safe and quiet environment that will allow you to explore the thoughts and emotions that accompany the many transitions that will be present as you navigate life. We each have unique experiences that define the pathways of our lives. These experiences occur each day, They can be small incidents,…
Safe Harbor Pathways 