I recently read a post on Johnny B. Truant’s blog that really hit home. So much so that I wanted to do two things: share it with my readers and 2) think on and write about each piece of his post. The post is “20 Truths About Life No One Wants To Believe” and the eighth one I am going…
Everyone wants to be appreciated. So if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret. – Mary Kay Ash To be appreciated is to be affirmed. To be affirmed is a reminder that we are beyond mere survival in the world and we free to use our gifts and talents to be fulfilled and help…
Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. – Rumi We are all living a story. A story we create with the help of others and our repeated thoughts and beliefs. At any time you can shift your story. Rewrite it. Be an active and authentic author going…
Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success. – Vince Lombardi What strikes me about this term: “way of life” is…
Your opponent, in the end, is never really the player on the other side of the net, or the swimmer in the next lane, or the team on the other side of the field, or even the bar you must high-jump. Your opponent is yourself, your negative internal voices, your level of determination. – Grace…
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. – Josephus Daniels . . . when you give up. When you stop learning and trying. When you decide that (the illusion of) safety and stagnation is better than intelligent risks and action. Losing is not defeat. “Failure” is not defeat. Not-getting-what-you-want is not defeat….