"Without difficulties life would be like a stream without the rocks or curves." Tao of Pooh Nobody wants to go through it. Nobody seems to welcome or embrace conflict, struggle, difficulty or challenge. Why is that? Is it really logical to expect that everything that is attempted, wanted or desired...
"A certain amount of opposition is a great help to man. Kites rise against, not with the wind." John Neal Many approach struggle, or resistance, as a negative to be avoided at all costs. Whether it's an individual facing some kind of challenge in their personal life, or...
"You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do." Liz Smith Your amazing list, of all the things that you are going to do (one day...
"The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered...
"And life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be." Grandma Moses She sat down and I could see her pain. She was miserable. She began talking and worked tirelessly to prove, in example after example, why she thought that life was unfair and that she...
"Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." Marianne Williamson When do you take time to embrace the joy in your life? Do you set aside time to think about what is fabulous about your life? Do you make a conscious and concerted...
All that we are is a result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. Buddha What is it that you are thinking of? Our days, and our lives, tend to be exactly what we think they will be. Each one of us wakes up,...
"If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed." David Viscott She wanted that promotion. She knew she could do it, and she was qualified for it, but she thought there were other people from the team going for it. She...