Your choice: progress or regress

Tuesday February 19, 2013 #499   “There are no short-cuts to growth.  Embrace the unease of being inept as you take risks and conquer new ground.”   ~Jenna Ryan   Every day we are faced with a choice:  Progress or regress.  Even standing still will produce...

Attitude vs. circumstances

Thursday November 15, 2012 #472   “A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes”.   ~Hugh Downs   This is an often repeated but necessary lesson:  You will never achieve happiness by...

Taking that first step

Tuesday October 2, 2012 #459   “We might not have the time to do everything, but we all have the time to do something.”   ~Lori Deschene*   Often we get paralyzed by the sheer enormity of our responsibilities, of the tasks ahead of us, of the seemingly...

It really isn’t all about you

Tuesday September 18, 2012 #455   “You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.”    ~Olin Miller   How often are you in a public place and think that everyone is watching you, noticing that spot on...

Focus on Today

Thursday July 12, 2012 #436  “The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” ~Abraham Lincoln If you find yourself anxious over distant potential events, remember Lincoln’s quote and realize that at the pace of one day, each day,...