Category Archives: Life
The Reward of Effort
“I always tell the kids,
‘you know what’s great about going the extra mile?
There’s very little traffic.’ ”
Jim Larrangaga
It is often acceptable to be good enough.
A lot of people do just what they need to do to get by…
and, they do get by.
They aren’t blazing new paths or leaving lasting impressions.
They are not making waves or [...]
Is this what you want…?
“Most people are so busy knocking themselves out
trying to do everything they think they should do,
they never get around to do what they want to do.”
Kathleen Winsor
She was so angry.
Initially it didn’t make sense, and it was hard to follow.
Her friend had finished a training program, in an area she loved,
left her job, and opened [...]
2010. The New Year and You.
“Obstacles can’t stop you.
Problems can’t stop you.
Most of all, other people can’t stop you.
Only YOU can stop you.”
Jeffrey Gitomer
This life is yours.
Yours to own, and direct and live.
There aren’t always clear paths
and sometimes there aren’t directions,
but it’s still all yours.
You can shape it
re-shape it
and alter it
as often as you want.
Sometimes people don’t know what they [...]
Forever
This was written after sitting with a mother,
as she tried to explain how she feels living through another day
of her daughter’s addiction, and was first shared in December 2007.
I am posting it again, because there have been several people
that have recently shared stories of addiction that they are facing in their families.
This is an issue [...]
The Impact of You…
“Think you can’t change the world?
Too late, you already have.
It was changed for the better the minute you were born.
There are more people than you can imagine
who will never be the same because they came in contact with you…
if only for a fleeting moment.”
Gail Pursell Elliott
Sometimes, during a group or a training, people express feeling [...]
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