What Do You Believe In? Really?

The lessons we need to learn, the lessons we must learn, will – invariably – keep showing up until we learn them. Case-in-point: my current desire to shed weight, become lighter and live my Ideal Weight. I am happy to say that I am making progress. I am shedding weight because my behavior has changed. My behavior has…

Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, ‘You owe me.’ Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. – Hafiz I recently had a realization similar to the quote above. I was waiting for love to come to me, to be loved and cared for…

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. – Zig Ziglar Normally, people think of these things in terms of outward expressions of the above, but what if they were viewed through an inward looking lens? What if instead of thinking what you need to, or should, do…

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. – John F. Kennedy When our words don’t match our actions we’re lying. Lying to, at least ourselves, but quite possibly others. Better to make small pronouncements and act accordingly, than speak…

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. – Buddha  Just a reminder . . . that is all.

What do you want, and what are you doing to keep it out of your life? I originally titled this post “What Stops Us,” but it didn’t work for me. On the one hand, I realized it was a huge question and I didn’t want to write a 1,000+ word post. And on another, I…