[success]Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. ~ Thoreau [/success] “I’m so overwhelmed that I can’t think straight.” This is what someone said to me last week. And I recognized how this has been true for me…and some days still is my truth. We all get pulled…

[success]Every day, people settle for less than they deserve.  They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness. ~ Bo Bennett[/success] Once a month I turn my site over to a guest Encourager and today David Stevens,…

[success]If you’re carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present. ~ Les Brown[/success] The most incredible discovery I made about life is that it can be altered by a change in attitude. What you know is…

[success]Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. ~ William Arthur Ward[/success] There isn’t one of us who doesn’t sometimes need a kind word,…

[success]Live out of your imagination, not your history. ~ Steven Covey.[/success] Today is encouragement day, and let’s face it we all need a little encouragement every now and then. This month my friend Victor Schueller, otherwise known as the Professor of Positivity and Possibility is leading the way so…

[success]If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God. ~ G. K. Chesterton[/success] I love this Encourager series.  You get to meet or re-greet amazing wonderful beings who shine their light…

[success]Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. ~ William Shakespeare[/success] It happens to us all. We’ve all had those doubting, self-critical thoughts: I know I’m going to make a complete fool of myself. How about I’m going…

Today I have the greatest pleasure to introduce you to our Encourager of the month Harriet Cabelly. Read on and be encouraged.   [success]The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. – Lao Tzu[/success] We’re all very good at seeing the…

[success]It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision. ~ Helen Keller[/success] What was your vision for the day?  Did you decide beforehand you you’d feel when the day was over? Were you following your dreams? Did you ask yourself what you wanted to do, or what…

[success]Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort. ~ Peter McWilliams[/success] Have ever found yourself in a state of discomfort? I’m not talking about physical discomfort, more the kind that swells from deep within and reaches into every aspect of your life.  Where you feel odd.  You’re not…

We’ll find out more as I welcome our Encourager for the month of March, Arvind Devalia. Arvind is committed to making a difference to those around him. He brings many gifts to us and to our world and aims at supporting us all in discovering our deepest purpose,…

[success]A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~ David Brinkley[/success] Once a week I have to jab myself with a needle.  To put it more politely.  I give myself a shot. Nothing horribly serious…the fickle finger…

[success] What do we lose by another’s good fortune?  Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them.  That should be our desire and determination. ~ Sai Baba [/success] Most of us are aware that we’re part of something much greater than ourselves.  Something that calls each and every…

I’ve never actually tripped…like on magic mushrooms or something…but I have tripped over things on the floor.  So when I first heard the story of the the thirty foot by one foot plank placed on the floor that everyone could easily walk over, I thought to myself…maybe. That…

[success]If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance. ~ Orville Wright.[/success] There are times when I’m reminded that I really do live in my own little world.  And sometimes when I hear or…