Is it a dream or a wish?

Are we dreamers or stronger wishers? Dr. King was a dreamer and acted on it.   He did not sit starry-eyed wishing on the brightest star – Sirius.    He did not allow naysayers to have the last word about his dream.  He owned it. Dreamers do not look at their surroundings for proof, nor do […]

Do we really know?

What does it take to really know yourself? To know yourself takes courage and accountability. It takes a willingness to see the truth from the inside out. To know yourself is to identify your opportunities, recognize your strengths and build on them. It takes awareness and acknowledgement of what we know and don’t know. To know […]

What did you say?

We are reminded – it is one thing to be thought of as foolish, it’s another to open our mouths and prove it. A good thing to remember before we utter a word.   To those who think before they speak, who pause before responding, will be thought powerful and wise.   But, to those who react and […]

How busy are you?

Are you among the many who have habitual busyness?   Who continue repeating there’s not enough time in a day – even though everyone has 1440 minutes in a day? Listen, to your response when asked, “How are you?”   Do you hear a laundry list of to-dos, tasks, busyness?  If so, PAUSE, take a BREATHE, RELAX […]

Listen, what do you hear?

We are told, every story should have a beginning, middle and end. But, some stories seem to never end because the storytellers choose to tell the same story over and over again. We are told, every story has different roles played by different characters. But, some storytellers choose to the same story, play the same […]

We are at choice

Three ways to live a happy life: Decide to Decide to Decide to We are at choice.   When we decide to live a happy life we find things to smile at, identify people, places and things to be grateful for and let go of yesterday.  

Want more peace?

Want more peace, embrace the following Q & A from the movie The Way of the Peaceful Warrior: Question                  Answer Who Am I?               This Moment! Where Am I?            Here! What Time Is It?       Now! When we live mindfully in the present moment […]

Today, we are at choice

Clouds can cover the sun, but they cannot stop the sun from shining.  And, so it is with our  fears and disappointments – they cannot stop us from our dream without our permission. In 1953, three neighborhood vocalist came together and sang their dream.  They proved life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how […]

Are we ready?

We increase effectively: when we pause to process asking what’s happening before reacting when we check in from the inside out, pray then proceed when we recognize for every YES, there are as many NOs when we look at behind the scenes, our WHYs then plan accordingly when we accept that we control our choices, triggers […]

A Meaningful Specific

Did you know that people who get up and make their bed are happier and exercise regularly.  Why?  Because they get up with specific intentions.  They decided to be meaningful specifics not wondering generalities (Zig). Poet Robert Frost made his bed and set an intention to have a good day everyday and it is reported […]