Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it. – Rabindranath Tagore
Change is constant and inevitable.
Difficulties only end when we do (i.e. we die).
There will be joy, and pain.
There is no escaping the “good” and “bad” in life.
So, get better at handling the good and bad.
Just. Get. Better.
Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in. – Alan Alda Assumptions are both helpful and dangerous. Yes, it can be helpful to bring a sense of what something is what you’re doing, but be very…
Never look back unless you are planning to go that way. – Henry David Thoreau There’s a reason why the windshield is so much larger than the rear-view mirror. Ever think about why the rear-view mirror isn’t larger in a car? Probably not, because it’s just about the right size. We can learn a lot…
Labor Day is more than a three-day-weekend or the cut-off for wearing white shorts/pants. Click here for a little history. It’s a time to honor and celebrate those who have worked so hard to make all the things we have, use and eat, and so on. It should also be a time to reflect on…
People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. – Earl Nightingale Doing what I do and having read what I’ve read, I’ve noticed that there’s a great deal of debate on how to do goals properly. But what I’ve found is that the great “difference” isn’t between the different ways to set and achieve…
Yielding is sometimes the best way of succeeding. – Anonymous Sometimes the effort and energy expended in fighting and resisting is best spent accepting and forgiving. Sometimes it’s best to let the storm pass and learn what you can.
The problem isn’t that I (or any of us . . . ) have a hole in my soul (large, small or tiny), it’s that I’ve created, and nurtured, a belief that I have a hole in my soul (along with the idea that souls can have holes). And that, un-consciously or otherwise, I maintain…