This is a note a received on Facebook: Hi, just thought I would let you know I have not touched a drop for 9 months now 🙂 the emails I get from your website help loads, love reading them. My kids are now very happy to have their mum back, has been bloody hard at … Read more
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.” — Henry David Thoreau Go for it! We are all here for a purpose, we all have natural strengths, likes, dislikes and desires. We need to continue to cultivate our strengths and do what we … Read more
Alleged “impossibilities” are opportunities for our capacities to be stretched. — Charles R. Swindoll For many years I struggled with my spirituality. I was a victim so I blamed God for my troubles. Then when I was told to go to God for help it freaked me out! My sponsor was an Irish Christian Brother … Read more
“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we have learned here. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love back into our hearts.” — Marianne Williamson When I think of fear I start with the idea that it is a natural occurrence, “fight or flight” is what … 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
“The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.” – Benjamin Mays I have a busy week that started for me on Friday. I went to visit my cousin Bill and his wife Beth in Northern Florida. Drove back on Saturday night and then … Read more
Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is due to the triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson My friend Jimmy Meyer taught me one of my affirmations that I use every morning as part of my “Morning Mental Workout”. Today I will win— … Read more
“There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved” – George Sand ♥ When I am teaching I always ask, “who wants to be happy”? I have never had anyone say, “no not me, I love misery and pain. I do not want to go there with the happiness”! Yet once in … Read more
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller One of the happiest men I know on this planet never fails to remind us of one thing. Life is meant to be enjoyed and not to be endured. My friend Jack Jackson’s words … Read more
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. John Wooden Living life on life’s terms is essential for peace of mind. We must recognize that complaining about how things have turned out will result in a poor attitude. On the flip side making the best of … Read more