“The ship of my life may or may not be sailing on calm and amiable seas. The challenging days of my existence may or may not be bright and promising. Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today…
“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” ~ Pope John XXIII You get to choose what you focus your attention on.…
“Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.” ~ David G. Allen Have you ever noticed how we humans tend to get locked into a particular way that something should happen? We come up with a logical sequence of events and decide that’s…
“Because I was more often happy for other people, I got to spend more time being happy. And as I saw more light in everybody else, I seemed to have more myself.” ~ Victoria Moran, Lit From Within Happiness is contagious, my friend. Ever noticed? When you’re around someone who’s happy, smiling, vibrant, you can’t help…
“Man often suffers loss through lack of appreciation.” ~ Florence Scovel Shinn Don’t let this be you, my friend. Look around you. There is so much to appreciate. Heck, you have a roof over your head, water to drink, food to eat and clothes to wear. And you have access to the internet! Right? Take…
“The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.” ~ Rumi How is it that Spirit sees nothing to blame? Is it because Spirit knows that there is a purpose behind everything? That in some way everything serves our highest good — our spiritual growth and evolution? Being that we’re looking…
“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.” ~ Abraham Lincoln There’s a solution to every problem, my friend, even the big ones. But you can’t grasp hold…