"Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

--Shakespeare

I've been reading (very slowly this time) through a book by Wayne Dyer, "The Power Of Intention." I've been writing about peace and leadership and how that is supposed to look...

“The illiterate of the future are not those who can’t read or write, but those who can’t learn, unlearn and relearn.”

—Alvin Toffler, “Future Shock”

Most of us know exactly what we should be doing with our time, and our lives. Despite that, some...

“You don't have to be amazing to start, but you have to start to be amazing."

--A commercial during the Olympics  

“The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment.”

—Eckhart Tolle (author of "The Power of Now")

I finally found my 2018 journal. I'd been searching for a couple of months. When I pulled out all of my supplies...

"Grant that I may not so much seek to be understood as to understand."

--Francis of Assisi

Are Dennis and I the only couple that speaks, okay, yells at each other from different parts of our home? Do we take the time and the interest to actually wa...

“There's nothing to fear but fear itself."

-- Theodore Roosevelt

 
The 4th of July sounded like a war zone here because there were so many fireworks exploding. I saw a facebook post that said, "Fireworks on sale; Buy One Get 56,000." It sure sounded...

“Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated d...

"The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment you first find yourself in."

-Mark Caine

We know there are some things that we cannot change. I used to be frustrated with the fact that I was short. I couldn’...

"Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself."

-Denis Waitley

Dr. Ben Carson's story is so inspiring. His mom, Sonya, didn’t have any more than a 3rd grade education. She married his ...

"I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them."

_{--The Office}

While on vacation, I was riding with my son in his pickup truck and a song came on the radio by a group named Leftover Salmon (I know, I didn...

"Never let your limiting beliefs, your stuff or people define you. Only you are given the gift to do that."

 --Me

In my travels this week, I have learned that many of us are not totally experiencing the freedom that we desire.  We're walking around...

"Live on the other side of 'yes'."

--Melvin Maxwell  

That has to be one of my favorite quotes these last 18 months--along with the one that says we can make lemonade out of the lemons that we are given. 2020 was definitely the year of the lemon. L...

"Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now."

_{--Regina Brett}

In college, we can audit a course. We pay less money for the advantage to sit in on the course,  and we aren't required to do the homework. We get to listen and learn what we d...

"The value of an idea lies in the using of it."  _{Thomas Edison}

We can't take an action without thinking about it or having the idea first. That's a great thing when we are tempted to do something that will negatively impact others or ourselves. W...

" Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome."

--Arthur Ashe

I remember when I was younger and I only had my brother's bike to ride when he wasn't using it. It was ugly, too. It was old and scratched...

"If you want something in life that you've never had, you're going to have to do something you've never done."

--JD Houston

About 3 months ago, I was wondering in my quiet time, "Should I facilitate a retreat based on my book, 'Fruitful Leadership:...