While Babe Ruth’s words may not be particularly poetic or intellectually complicated, I think there is a simple and undeniable truth in the quote below. I think we all know it and it can be a rather inconvenient truth, because in some ways it takes away all of our excuses. We can’t give up! “You […]
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Often we have more power than we realize to change the world around us. The featured image depicts a world where there are certainly lots of beautiful things. The image was created by taking elements of actual photographs and then adjusting or enhancing them. The end result is a stunning portrait of a place where
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Quick challenge for today! “The Earth is art, the photographer is only a witness.” ~Yann Arthus-Bertrand Please make time today to witness some beauty (and maybe capture and share some, too!) http://ow.ly/i/AT5xo
Rather Than Grumble The weather clearly falls into the category of “things we cannot control.” BUT that doesn’t mean we need to let the weather ruin our day. If today is colder than you wish, rather than grumble about it, what if you embraced the cold and tried to find something joyful in the freezing
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Out of context, the object in the photograph will not be familiar to many of us. It represents the engine, the guts, the hard work, the precision, the grit, and determination that lifts a hot-air balloon into its lofty journey to some whimsical destination. The engine or burner does the work, the brightly colored balloon
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The Other F-Word Failure is a word that may seem negative or even hopeless, but I think we ought to give it another chance. To be clear – I wish for, hope for, pray for, and visualize your success. But it’s entirely likely, when we’re brave enough to strive for worthwhile goals, that we’ll experience
Lost Isn’t Always Bad There are beautiful places we’ll never see intentionally. There may also be important and beautiful things about ourselves that we can never fully understand until or unless we get “lost.” Those moments in our life when we feel “lost” or “hit bottom,” we may be on the path to ultimate realization
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Being Afraid is OK Fear is normal, natural, and fairly common. So, it’s absolutely OK to be afraid. But we if we let it keep us from where we’re supposed to go or becoming who we’re supposed to be, that would be truly sad. Let’s face our fears and take a step forward today. When
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Humor Helps I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful. -Bob Hope At a recent QuittersWin group, we all got talking about funny sketches from some of our favorite childhood sitcoms. We ended up spending more time “off-topic” than we usually do. But when
Sunrise, Sunset, Check Your Mindset Sunsets can be stunning, but mindsets keep you running… or not. A quick “check up from the neck up” may help us see how our mind is set and that will certainly have an influence upon our day. Starting the day with a fresh, hopeful outlook means that even if
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Freedom. It’s a word that means different things to different people. We recognize our freedom in both tiny and grand ways. We each exercise our freedom in personal ways each day – many times each day. Hopefully in doing so we are honoring those who have fought, served, and even died while defending our freedom.
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Giving Thanks Can Change Everything Now, before you start grumbling and thinking of all the things in your life that being grateful won’t fix – I didn’t say giving thanks fixes everything. But it absolutely does CHANGE everything because it changes US! Expressing gratitude shifts our attitude and can really change the complexion of our
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Breathe In the Beauty Even when the world evokes fear… beauty can always be found if we can stop, breathe, and look for the light. Beauty may not always surround us, but it’s always there – close at hand – if we can hit the pause button and just breathe for a moment. In that
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Walls, Doors, and Missed Opportunities “Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door” ~Coco Chanel Some barriers are put in our path as a means of challenging us to try harder, or try again. Those barriers can make us stronger and wiser as we move forward. But some obstacles
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Kindness to Others It is by no means a surprise that when we show kindness to others, we can minimize their suffering. Even when we can’t change their circumstances in material ways, our attention matters to them. Kindness to others smothers much suffering. But the OTHER suffering that we can minimize through kindness to others
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