Things happen for a reason and we get through them as best we can. Hopefully, we learn from everything that happens. We are who we are because of all that has gone before and all of the choices we have made. We made the best of things as they were, with the knowledge and skills
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,
A while back, I spoke at a series of women's conferences with my friend, Dr. Kimberly Ventus-Darks. Each day she started the conference with the sentence, "If you always do what you always did... You'll always get what you always got." Think about that! If you want something that you've never had; if you want to
Passion comes when we believe in something, when our purpose is clear. Passion is the fuel that drives us to accomplish our goals. If your tank is full of passion, you are going to go a long way. What gets you excited? What do you love? What do you feel strongly about in
Who told you life was going to be easy? There are lots of troubles, irritations, and pains in life. Things happen. Things go wrong. People don't always do what we want them to. Don't depend on other people for your happiness. Depend on yourself. Be who you are. Do the things you want to do.
Do you have any childhood dreams that remain unfulfilled or any cities that you have always wanted to see, but never visited? Consider all the material things you want, the lifestyle you desire, the places you would like to go, or things you would like to do and incorporate them into your goals. What is
We live in a world of possibilities and possibilities give us choices. Lots of choices. But, many of us don’t see the possibilities and therefore, we don’t realize what choices are available to us. When things don’t go the way we thought they should or when something happens to us that is unfortunate, we still
To understand success, we must understand failure. Failure is a part of everyone's success. Usually when we succeed at something, it is after we've failed at trying it a different way. If you never failed, it would simply mean that you never tried...that you never put out any effort. Failure is an individual's viewpoint. To
One of my friends was visiting recently from overseas and he said something that really made me think. He said, “I’ve been coming to America for 32 years. It’s always been the land of hope and promise. This year it’s not that way. It seems the people are defeated. They have no hope.” “How sad,” I thought,
Do you remember in the book, “Alice in Wonderland” when Alice got to the fork in the road, there was a big Cheshire Cat sitting up in the tree and he asked Alice if she was lost and where she wanted to go… Alice said she wasn’t sure where she wanted to go and then
