The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR is right, but the quote has become over-used to the point of being trite.
Allow me to offer an update of sorts:
The only thing we have to fear is not doing that which matters to us and isn’t actually scary.
Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. – Denis Waitley Without belief nothing happens. If you don’t believe, you won’t start. And if you don’t start, well . . . .
I was listening to Tripp Lanier interview Mark Divine on his New Man podcast (good stuff… ) and Commander Divine talked about how life is sort of like business, or the economy, in that it’s a progression, over time, with peaks and valleys. Life – but certainly not a successful, satisfying, joyful, useful life – can be linear…
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. – Buddha The Sun will rise each day The Moon will rise each evening. And the truth will arrive each and every day. What you make of it, and do with it, will determine whether you evolve that truth – or it…
Occasionally I read something that I have to share, sometimes I offer commentary – Umair Haque’s stuff needs no adornment. I offer his recent post “How To Fix Your Soul” for your review and evolution. Cheers!
Storms make trees take deeper roots. – Dolly Parton This quote got me to thinking about something I read in Martin Seligman’s book Flourish about post-traumatic growth. Yes, that’s right growth, not “stress.” Turns out that a sub-set of soldiers returning from combat actually grow from the terrible experience of combat. Another interesting finding is that most of…
It’s 8:45 PM and I need a blog post for tomorrow. I could just blow it off, but I made a commitment to post every weekday. Sometimes I don’t have the motivation/inspiration/will-power to write a substantial, original, blog post (most times, really). Tonight is not only one of those times, but I don’t even have the wherewithal…