I will vote “yes” to an idea even if “it’s impossible.” Dr. Robert Schuller In recovery we speak of open-mindedness in the recovery process. Yet, for many years I was open-minded about my recovery process yet closed off to any other suggestions that were not part of a self-help perspective. I believed I was sick … Read more
Happiness is a choice. Your circumstance can affect it, but you’re still the one who decides your happiness. Unknown Deciding to be, stay and live happy is the best choice I have ever made. Of course there are times when I am sad in situations. There are times when I am angry in situations. Yet, … Read more
According to the National Research Council & Institute of Medicine; Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral (MEB) health is the overall psychological well-being of individuals and includes the presence of positive characteristics, such as the abilities to deal with stress, demonstrate flexibility under changing environments, and recover from adverse situations. This is the basis of recovery; recognizing that … Read more
In the audio “The Strangest Secret” Earl Nightingale states that we are in an age in our nations history that a man can fall flat on his face and start over several times in their life. Funny he recorded that before I was born and it still applies. Personally, one of my strengths in life … Read more
Success leaves clues. — Tony Robbins If you have read my blog, book, articles and or workbook you probably know that the basis of the recovery process is making sure that an individual looking to recover has every possible advantage working “for them” and not “against them”. I want to stack the deck in their favor. … Read more
Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches or pounds or college degrees, or family background; they are measured by the size of their thinking. — David Schwartz How we think is everything. There is so much incorrect thinking going on when it comes to recovery. People are often misinformed specifically on the … Read more
“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to bloom.” Anais Nin In the Hall of Fame audio “The Strangest Secret”, Earl Nightingale states the number one problem in society today is that people fail to think! They simply don’t think. There … Read more
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” – Michelangelo Buonarroti Setting goals is essential in life. We are here for a flicker. Too many of us settle for mediocre lives. I could quote … Read more
This I know. This I believe with all my heart. If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man to grow to greater dignity as a human being … we can do it. — Eleanor Roosevelt A positive mental attitude enhances our ability to achieve anything … Read more