Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: “I am with you kid. Let’s go. ~ Maya Angelou ~ Enjoy Your Life ~ Part 1 With everything there is to do in a day it is no wonder people are often stressed. Then add in worries and conflicts at home, work, or in your budget and it...
I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it. ~ David Schwimmer ~ You start thinking about something you need to do, something that has happened, or something that could happen. You start analyzing, the you examine it again and again. This becomes like compulsive and a bad habit. The nagging thoughts that...
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, that is why they call it the present. ~ Kung Fu Panda~ If you are like most people you race through the day and at the end you wonder where it went. You may have been going non-stop all day but you still have not done enough for...
People who look through keyholes are apt to get the idea that most things are keyhole shaped. ~ Author Unknown ~ A Matter Of Perspective A woman was waiting at the airport one night, With several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shop, Bought a bag of cookies and found a place...
The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. ~ Tenzin Gyatso ~ Choose Your Own Adventure Today Perhaps you remember the choose your adventure stories from your youth. While those were adventure books for youth, you...
We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. ~ Joseph Campbell Letting Go of Dreams The dreams of the past may never come to fruition as you expected. This does not mean that parts of them did not. Some old dreams get replaced by dreams that...
No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change. ~ Barbara de Angelis ~ Where Do You Find Your Happiness? When you stop to look around at all you have, even if you feel like you have very little, you...
A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. ~ George Patton ~ Are You Planning for a Good Day? You can plan a good day. When you start your day by making plans for a good day you can find more throughout the day. Enjoying your life and your life in the moment you will find more...
It may be my rather puritanical upbringing at odds with my inborn laziness that makes me feel guilty at the end of the day, unless I am able to point at some achievement. But this need be no more impressive than cooking a meal or going for a long walk. ~ Ian McKellen ~ Letting Go of Guilt Feeling guilty...
You are accountable for your actions, your decisions, your life; no one else is, but you. ~ Catherine Pulsifer ~ Hold Yourself Accountable – Part 2 Yesterday we explored the benefits of having an accountability partner to help hold you responsible for the things you’d like to accomplish. Having someone hold you accountable helps you to achieve goals that you...
Accountability breeds response-ability. ~ Stephen R. Covey ~ Hold Yourself Accountable – Part 1 We’d all love to believe that we have the willpower to do anything we set our minds to. But think about it… How many times have you procrastinated and missed a deadline? Or played Facebook games when you knew you should be cleaning your house? ...
He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign. ~ Victor Hugo ~ You need...
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