Be Inspired – Be Encouraged – Be Successful
My Dearest Daughters, "If you don't like something, then change it. If you can't change it, then change your attitude." - Maya Angelou, American Poet Attitude: What we think and how we feel about someone or something shapes our behavior. Attitude may seem like a small thing, but it forms our perspective of how we… Continue reading Fix The Problem or Fix Your Attitude
My Dearest Daughters, "The purpose of human life is to Love and show Compassion and the Will to Serve others." - Albert Schweitzer At some point, we all reflect on life and ask, "What's the meaning of all this? Why am I here?" For most, if we don't figure it out early in life, then the older we get, the more frequently we ponder… Continue reading Life Purpose = Love = Compassion + Action
"We hear with our ears, but we listen with our hearts." - A Focus on the Family podcast guest I can't tell you how many times I've heard what someone said, but I didn't invest the time, give the respect, or care enough to listen with the intent of understanding what the other person had… Continue reading Listen With Your Heart – Not Your Ears
To My Dearest Daughters, "Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground." - David Icke, athlete and author Today we can look back at some of the "Mighty Oaks" in the areas of equality and civil rights, such as William Wilberforce, Abraham Lincoln, Booker T. Washington, Susan B. Anthony, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr.… Continue reading Attention All Nuts: Hold Your Ground
My Dearest Daughters, "Reality is what you bump into when you're wrong." - Mark Sayers We've all been there... I thought I understood the situation, but then reality smacked me in the face, forcing me to see the error of my ways. There are many roads we could go down - many circumstances where we… Continue reading Bumping Into Reality
"Change your story by adding 'YET' to the end." - Simon Sinek We all tell ourselves stories about who we are and what we can do. For those of us with a generally positive attitude, our dreams for the future are pretty clear. Our narratives speak from Vision - not reality, because we know that if… Continue reading The Power of “YET”
"Service is the rent you pay for room on this earth." - Emma Vernon. Here's one of life's fundamental concepts: "There's a price to pay for everything," and the rightful price required for our very existence is Service to those around us. Just to be sure that we're on the same page, let's define Service as seeing… Continue reading Life Purpose Is About Service – Not Privilege
