Shift into Success

Shift into Success

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. — Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search For Meaning Actor Jim Carrey was 15 years old when he found himself in a situation where he was supporting his family while they lived in a van. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was 39, he developed polio, and his partial […]

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X Marks the Spot

“There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.” — Mark Twain, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” Good enough is OK for some things, but when it comes to my health, good enough just doesn’t work for me. Feeling a little […]

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On My Honor

“On my honor, I will try:  To serve God and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law.” “On my honor, I will do my best To do my duty To God and my country” ― Boy Scouts of America “I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that […]

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Accepting Snarls of Life

“Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.” — G.K. Chesterton Being cheerful isn’t as easy as it sounds for some folks, and even for the most optimistic people, there are circumstances that try our positive outlooks. Let’s face it, sometimes circumstances do leave us feeling desperate, but is it […]

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Changing and Rearranging

“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.” — Eckhart Tolle The small fountain in my flower bed sits just outside the window where I work. I noticed the fountain wasn’t flowing, the water was still, and there […]

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Live Your Life Without Regrets

“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore You should have taken a minute to check on your father. You should have gone to the party. You were the only one who didn’t show up. When you […]

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Move ahead through twists and turns

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. — George Bernard Shaw It’s funny how life’s lessons can be seen in simple things like toys. I remember the abacus-type toys of years ago, and how much fun it was to move the little bead along the wire, sometimes […]

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Success Often Born from Failure

“To be successful, one has to be one of three bees — the queen bee, the hardest working bee, or the bee that does not fit in.” Suzy Kassem, “Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem” School is back in session and it’s one of my favorite times of year. I […]

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Life, It is Too Short and It is Too Long

“The value of life is not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet very little.” Michel de Montaigne Looking at the picture on my computer monitor, the silly face reminded of how much fun my friend’s son was.  Another picture popped onto the screen, […]

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The Price of Fear

“Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.”–Yoda One of the greatest lessons to be learned in life is that we have little control over what goes on in our lives, other than the choices we make for ourselves.  As much as you […]

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Thoughts to Encourage

Joy is the will which labors, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.~ William Butler Yeats

Whether you think you can or think you can’t you’re right. - Henry Ford

The best way out is always through. ~ Robert Frost

Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~ Theodore N. Vail

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. ~ Oliver Goldsmith

You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi

Nothing helps like a good nap…

Birds are Beautiful

A Dog is Faithful…