"When I find myself in the cellar of affliction, I always look about for the wine.”
--Samuel Rutherford
You all know I had an emotional meltdown the first month of the quarantine way back in April. I grabbed my hiking my hiking boots and hiked Badger for all I was...
"When opportunity knocks, it's too late to prepare."
--John Wooden
This time of the year, the squirrels get incredibly busy in my yard. They are feverishly burying nuts to prepare for the winter. Dennis put out peanuts and we have many oak trees where I live, so acorns are...
"The future depends on what we do in the present."
--Mahatma Gandhi
I'm not sure where I'm going with this email. I'm feeling kind of numb. I want everything to be back to normal so badly. I have two friends who have lost husbands during this difficult time and one friend, Susan (not...
"Gratitude is the healthiest of all human behaviors. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for."
—Zig Ziglar
"No matter the feelings, you can transform the energy of your emotions into your power."
--Matthew Donnelly
Last week, I wrote about overcoming negative emotions https://jan-mcdonald-llc.mykajabi.com/blog/. After that email went out, I realized that I forgot an important...
"Emotions are neither good nor bad, it's our thinking that makes them so."
--My humble opinion
The second week of the quarantine was an emotional week for me. Everything angered me. To make a long story short, a conversation with my coach brought to light that I believed that feeling...
"Embarking on a vision without values is like driving a windy road without guard rails."
--John Maxwell
I often help companies and organizations flesh out their values because it sets standards and expectations by which employees work. When team members know specifically how they are...
"Mostly, none of us have it altogether, just some of us are brave enough to keep getting back up often in-spite of being too much for some and not enough for others."
--Rene Groom
Rene Groom is my friend and she's a fabulous writer and photographer. I saw her post on...
