Let’s Make This Year Matter! And if there’s anything we can do to get 2018 started right, don’t be shy! With FREE phone coaching, weekly meetings, daily text message support, and video sessions coming soon, 2018 is definitely the year to take back your freedom! You deserve to be free!
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Your Attitude May Be Your Fate It has been said that our attitude determines our fate. So, take a slow, deep breath and look for a sign of hope as each new day (or moment) begins. Choosing to express gratitude cultivates hope. It nudges our thought stream into a brighter direction. It changes us! No,
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The first snowfall of the season can be a magical thing. In some ways it creates a fresh, clean, even sparkling world. Fallen leaves, dried and dead, are first sugar-coated and then completely vanish under the mounting flakes of white. Breathe in the cold, crisp air and be encouraged by the fresh start offered in
Some unhappiness is caused by real loss, and such unhappiness tends to become more bearable as time passes. If you feel unhappiness of this sort today, my hope is that you will find solace as time passes. There is another type of unhappiness or distress which is caused by aspects of our lives being out
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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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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Here’s a (candy) corny Halloween wish for you: May the monsters on at your door be kids seeking a treatMay the terror in your night be a bedmate’s ice-cold feetMay demons that pursue you be on a gameboard, with diceMay things that go bump in your night be a couple hungry miceAnd when life gets
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“Attitude can turn an ordeal into an adventure.” – Oscar Wilde We hope our day will go smoothly, but know that some days don’t. The next time our day begins to unravel, what would happen if we looked at the unforeseen development as a “plot twist,” rather than a “disaster?” Running a little late and
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Whether we dare to try to change our lives and create a new future or choose to live “safely” in the cozy, familiarity of the past, life WILL go on. Building a new future is not for the timid or meek, but if it’s hope that you seek, let’s go! I’m pretty sure it was
Our past has the power – for better or for worse – to influence our future. When it comes to moving forward, it can be hard to know for sure what we should hold on to and what we should let go. It’s worth some time, contemplating, meditating, praying, or thinking about getting some trusted
The past has the potential to teach us important things and beyond that, sometimes the best we can do with the past is let it pass. Will Rogers put it this way: “Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.” If there’s joy in yesterday, remember it.If there’s a lesson in yesterday, remember it.Other
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Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs:– the future can be better than the present– I have the power to make it so – David Brooks Things can get better.I can make things better. As I navigate this day (this journey, this project) I will try to keep my eye upon this question: “What’s
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Just Breathe Truth! There are times in life when all we need to do is breathe… Be still. Get the gerbil off of the worry wheel in your head. JUST BREATHE The power of the breath cannot be overstated. It is, after all, what defines our state. When we cease breathing, we cease to be
