“Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” – Francis of Assisi Of course I do not suggest it however, I have heard people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction say to newcomers to recovery stick around for ninety-days. Do not drink or drug for that … Read more
“I learn by going where I have to go.” – Theodore Roethke There was a time that I had to take a “fake till I make it” philosophy! I had to walk “as if” until I could develop the strategies, skills, faith and most of all positive mental attitude. I learned that it is easier to … Read more
“The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart this you will build your life by, and this you will become.” – James Lane Allen The late Earl Nightingale a man that changed my life for the better due to the principles he taught stated, “We become what … Read more
“A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.” – English proverb When going through the storm in the past my focus was always the other side of the torment. I remember thinking if I can just get through this I will be okay! I often missed the growth lesson because I was too busy trying … Read more
“We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.” — Earl Nightingale As a dreamer in life I always wanted to be and do something special. However, I continued to get in the way of my progress. A short … Read more
You may think you have challenges, but you have so many blessings. Sometimes it takes only a moment of conscious effort to recognize those blessings. Once you focus on the gifts instead of the problems, your whole perspective will change and you will see blessings everywhere. Liam Magnuson. We all have challenges we face. A … Read more
Live with Passion! Tony Robbins We all have something that excites us that moves us to action. We all have the inner motivation and ability to live up to our potential and do it joyfully. When we are doing what we love and passionate about it gives us the reason to hit the floor daily … Read more
One of my goals as a writer is to always add value to peoples lives when I write. When I write which is fairly regularly my style is to write how I think, which is not always the most effective and astute way but it is my style. Yesterday I went to see a movie … Read more
“Do what you can to do what you ought, and leave hoping and fearing alone.” Thomas Henry Huxley Hope knocks at your door, but fear says you can’t come in. To be happy we must refrain from allowing fear in to our lives. Yes it is a normal response to outside stimuli, however, when we … Read more
These allergic types can never safely use alcohol in any form at all; and once having formed the habit and found they cannot break it, once having lost their self-confidence, their reliance upon things human, their problems pile up on them and become astonishingly difficult to solve. —Alcoholics Anonymous (4th ed.) We have Blogged before … Read more