Whenever you find yourself resisting your life circumstances, rather than react out of fear, anger, or despair, choose positive actions. Whenever you wonder if the positive experience you want in your life will ever come about, stay focused on the good that is already present and be thankful for what you already have. When you
Is there something you need to do that you dread doing? Is there something you want to do that you haven't had the courage to attempt? Is there something you feel you should do, but just can't get the energy up to get it done? If so, start now! Don't wait until you have the
When we do things we haven't done before or attempt things we've only dreamed of, we often feel FEAR. We might fear getting lost, or not knowing what to do, or looking stupid. We may fear rejection or that we are not "good enough." Fear can paralyze us and keep us from even trying to
More important than what we do in life is how we do it! This week a friend of ours thought she was having a heart attack, so another friend called 9-1-1. The operator asked the caller a lot of questions, which she was not able to answer. So she said, "I don't know!" From overhearing only the one side
Routines keep us in our comfort zones. You have to be willing to step out of your comfort zone and do something differently every day so that you become comfortable with change and adaptable to changing circumstances. Consider being more flexible. Get into the habit of doing some things on the spur of the moment,
Fear can strip you of your most valuable resources: creativity, mental dexterity, the ability to make decisions. Fear and self-doubt cause paralysis and kill off creative thinking. When fear invades an organization, employees begin to react instead of respond. Fear limits innovative and imaginative thinking and can cause negativity. It can be totally immobilizing. Fear
Failure is the most important step you can take if you want to be a success. When we succeed at anything, it is usually after we have failed at doing it a different way. If you have never failed, it probably means that you have never tried… that you haven’t put out any effort. What
You hear about it all the time. Writer’s Block – that awful moment you find yourself staring at the blank page and realize you have no idea how to begin and a deadline fast approaching. Oh, you have ideas, wonderful flights of fancy that have you finishing your report ahead of time, writing a best
Traditionally, people have used the word “courage” when referring to war heroes, police officers, fire fighters and others who put their lives on the line. It is true. They have tremendous courage. Do they feel fear? Yes, and they act anyway. Perhaps our daily activities aren’t life threatening, yet we must understand, that it takes
The minister at my church once told me "Worry is a form of prayer and the form most people practice often." I'm sure he didn't mean to be negative, but he wanted me to realize what people focus on is what they bring about. Worry is fear. Worry is a state of mind which is
