Take time to notice your surroundings. You may discover mysteries in the ghosts and ruins that dot the landscapes. You pass the same signs, the same buildings, even the same people day after day. But do you really pay attention? Our world drags us along speeding past the sights [...]
Why do we fight change? Insects, animals, and plants accept change as the natural order of life. Not so much for the human species. Today, I offer you 25 encouraging quotes for change to help you face the future. We don't like change. We don't want to do it. [...]
Living your fullest life doesn’t come without challenges. You need the courage to press on. Even when you approach life with optimism and hope, something happens that rocks you to the core. A chiding voice swells up within your head to remind you of your imperfections. Frozen in fear, [...]
One day, I sat down to write, and nothing would come. No words. No thoughts. Nothing. I could not unlock the thoughts. The words caught in my throat—hanging just beyond my breath. I desperately sought a way to unlock the thoughts suffocating in my head. Words seemed lost. The [...]
Find What Matters Sometimes . . . You just need to think. And, ask a few questions to find what matters. Simple things like: Who am I? When will the sadness stop? What’s my purpose? Where do I go from here? How do I find—me? Have you ever had [...]
No one ever told me we can't fix people—or I didn't listen. The words from Eowyn Ivey’s novel, The Snow Child, grasped all my feelings and threw them into the silence that occupied my heart. “We never know what is going to happen, do we? Life is always throwing [...]
Don’t give up. You never know what lies within a broken system or a broken heart. On Mother’s day, my oldest son brought me a blue orchid for Mother’s Day. He knows I love blue, or it might have been the only one left. Who knows. It is the [...]
Is it just me, or do we seem to need more kindness reminders in this raging current of divisiveness and mistrust? This year, I chose to focus on inspiring kindness, optimism, and possibilities. Kindness “The quality or state of being kind” (Merriam-Webster) From Google . . . “The quality [...]
Is the habit of optimism worth your time? How can you cultivate the habit? Will it make a difference? Optimism is the "best thing" The word optimism derives from the Latin word optimum, which means “best thing.” Optimism instills hopefulness and confidence about the future. We can hold in [...]
Every team team meeting would begin with building rapport, and relationships. I might ask a question as simple as, “How’s your day going?” Building teams requires a commitment to the small stuff. This doesn’t mean we spend our time in personal rants, long exchanges of what we ate, or [...]
