On my recent post on Happiness I received a note from a fellow Blogger. Her blog is located at: http://www.happinessisaskill.blogspot.com/ Feel free to visit her and let her know you heard about her here. Additionally, her latest post “Who Knew” was really informative you may want to read it. It is worth the 2 minutes … Read more
I have heard various numbers from 21 days to 90 days as the magic number to develop a habit or turn a bad one to good! In the recovery aspect of life 90 days seems to work well. I suggest you build confidence by utilizing 90 day bursts in your life. I believe that part … Read more
“Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.” — Earl Nightingale Whether you are an entrepreneur, employee, investor or simply self-employed we all have ideas. We have ideas for our lives, for our … Read more
“You must motivate yourself EVERYDAY.” – Mathew Stasior How do I motivate myself on a daily basis? First is to know that we are not in this alone! We have our Creator and our mentors or sponsors and we have our network of family and friends to assist us. However, here are some ideas to … Read more
“The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.” – Allard Lowenstein An early phase in the recovery process is termed the contemplative phase. It is the stage where we are contemplating whether we can, could, should or would be successful. Honestly it is FEAR rearing it’s ugly head. … Read more
“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Carlos Castaneda The Journey of the recovered life requires us to make choices in our lives. When we make the wrong choices we can either beat ourselves up about it or make the best out of it. The … Read more
“If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted on the Sistine floor.” – Neil Simon The most important risk we can ever take is trusting another human being as a sponsor or mentor. I remember back to when I finally decided to join the human race and abstain from all mind altering substances. I … Read more
This is a wonderful piece sent to me by Liam Magnuson. Most of us I think have an insatiable desire to do something about every situation that occurs in our lives. We worry about this, we rush into that, and we push our confused minds to the edge of despair. Weary from our relentless struggling, … Read more
“It takes a lot more energy to fail than to succeed, since it takes a lot of concentrated energy to hold on to beliefs that don’t work.” – Jerry Gillies Of course we have all heard the quote by Albert Einstein, The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and … Read more
“A real friend is the one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell They say when the going gets tough, the tough get going. What I have found is that in recovery when the going gets tough friends show up. The ones that kick you while you are … Read more