Without Courage
Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning. – Winston Churchill
Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s acting anyway.
Where are you afraid, where you could act anyway?
Which of your fears are just excuses?
“It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?” – Henry David Thoreau People say they’re so busy, so stressed, that they have too much to do and not enough time to do it, that there aren’t enough hours in the day, if I could just…
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true. – Brian Tracy This reminds me of something I’ve heard more than once: if people talked to you the way you sometimes (/often) talk to yourself you’d punch them in the face. And it’s true. Our self-talk sometimes (/often) sucks. And it matters….
This Monday’s Weekly Practice comes last week’s post talking about Ric Elias’ (amazing/life-changing/inspiring/wake-up-from-your-slumber) TED talk. If you’ve haven’t watched the video and read the post, please click here and re-join me below. *** This week I want to to explore the three questions Ric raises. Each day, take some time to write out the answers…
If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. – Lao Tzu How much peace do you feel? You can feel more . . . . Get present. Be where you are.
In this post I am, as they say, going to get real. Maybe in sharing something I’ve kept to myself I can face the truth of it. I am going to talk about a situation going on my life right now. Something I’m struggling with and something that I want to “put out there” in…
Is the voice in your head the Voice of Reason (which serves you) or the Voice of Reasons (which acts like it protects you, but really just makes excuses and holds you back)? I wrote that a while ago and it still holds up. We have both “voices” in our heads, but one is louder…