Taking Chances

Thursday April 17, 2014 #619 “Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.” ~Ovid It is interesting that the lure of “easy money” drives people to repeatedly gamble on winning the...

Push Beyond Fear

Tuesday April 15, 2014 #618  “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.”  ~Richard Branson  Just as the toddler only learns to walk by repeatedly trying, failing, and trying again until he succeeds, we only master...

Learn in the Moment

Tuesday April 1, 2014 #614  “There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”  ~Willa Cather  All experiences in life are opportunities for learning if we pay attention in the moment. Sometimes life will give you stretches of relative...

Why me?

Thursday January 23, 2014 #596   “Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting a bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.”   ~Dennis Wholey   When we or people close to us encounter hardships, we often...

2014: The Year Ahead

Thursday January 2, 2014 #590   “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”   ~Søren Kierkegaard   Welcome to 2014!  I am not one for New Year’s resolutions.  However, I do believe in taking time to reflect on last year’s...