Sometimes you gotta look back at your past and smile at how far you’ve gotten.
— Tony Mendoza
How far we’ve gotten. We don’t often think about that. Many times when we’re looking backward, we’re remembering our life before. Before husbands and jobs and kids and more responsibilities than we ever imagined. Back then, we were eager for all of that challenge. Now, caught up in our lives, we often forget what it took to get here.
Unfortunately, when we look forward, we often only see Continue reading » Look How Far We’ve Come!
How do you carry on in the face of adversity?
Keep your cool, stay calm – that would be the first order of business! A few days ago the Huffington Post.com wrote:
There’s no escaping the ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ poster. From coffee mugs , to bandaids and now memes, the British slogan is simply everywhere. Perfectly, it captures the stiff upper lip culture from across the pond, which has inevitably made its way stateside. For those who’ve wondered where the devil the poster first came from, here’s a YouTube video to unravel the mystery of the iconic poster for you.
BTW, that Brit store, Barter Books (featured in the YouTube video) looks like a really neat place – I’m putting it on my “someday” list… but that’s another post… right now I need to focus on “carrying on”.
I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
— Brian Tracy
Ellie and I face a common problem. We both have to come up with topics to write about. While neither of us could probably tell you exactly how we do it, it seems to be true, at least for me, that it has something to do with showing up.
I’m sure you’ve heard that 80% of success in life is showing up. And so it is with writing.
When Ellie and I are asked to present at business and community meetings, whether we’re conducting training or simply providing inspirational encouragement, we always include some Continue reading » Building a Happiness Habit
In balance, there is no movement. It is the striving toward balance that drives us forward in life.
— Gregg Braden
It seems that my entire work life, there has always been a struggle to get to a balanced state. I feel as if I struggle to find time that isn’t committed to someone else – the job, the dog, my family. And, no matter how much I do for each of these, I feel as if I am shorting someone else. I had always thought of balance as being Continue reading » Change is the Foundation for Growth
The difference between an itch and an allergy is about one hundred bucks.
— Unknown
It is an old truism that people who struggle with addiction must “hit bottom” before they can truly choose to make the hard choice to be “sober.” For people who are part of the “Anonymous” community (Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, etc.) this is considered part of the process. I don’t know if they’ve truly hit bottom but at some point, something in them decides that they’ve had enough. For each and every person who makes that choice, it’s a significant moment when Continue reading » Hitting Bottom
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