"Your life is controlled by what you focus on. "

---Tony Robbins

This last year turned out way better than I thought. December is the month that I go through my journal and planner and look at what I have learned. AND what lessons I may have missed...

"Hope is the positive expectation of something great happening... and soon. "

---Jan McDonald

It has been said, “Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air...but only for one second w...

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. "

--Winston Churchill

Magnanimity is a fancy word for generosity.  I thought that might get your attention:) Generosity is the selfless act of giving with no expectation of anything ...

"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve."

--Albert Schweitzer

Over 200 years ago, a man in civilian clothes rode past a small group ...

“Self-care is how you take your power back."

--Lalah Delia

Eighty-three percent of workers are experiencing symptoms of burnout. Nearly 1 in 4 employees experienced the more severe signs, including reduced professional efficacy and cynicism towards...

"Self respect is produced by inner triumphs, not external ones."

--David Brooks

The first time I quit drinking was when my ex-husband and I split up. It was his fault, after all (yeah, right.) I totally quit cold turkey and began a fitness craze w...

" So let’s not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don’t give up, or quit."

 

--Paul, the Apostle

I love this time of year! It's still warm and sunny, but usually not above eighty degrees. ...

"Tomorrow is never promised, so love and appreciate the people who are in your life."

--Me

"Wouldn't it be great if emotional baggage could be lost just as easy as aircraft luggage?" 

― Anonymous

My Facebook memories have been about the move from Grandview to Tri-Cities that we made September 3, 2019. I'm still amazed at all the stuff we...

"Until we deal with our "head trash" nothing is going to change."

--Jan McDonald

Can you believe it's almost September? What happened to this year? It's the last quarter of 2021 and how are we doing with our goal achievement? I've been reflectin...

"...there was a noise, a rattling sound and the bones came together, bone to bone...and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet."

--Ezekiel 37:7, 10 The Bible

On my way to hike Badger Mountain the other day, I heard the...

"Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

--Shakespeare

I've been reading (very slowly this time) through a book by Wayne Dyer, "The Power Of Intention." I've been writing about peace and leadership and how that is supposed to look...

“The illiterate of the future are not those who can’t read or write, but those who can’t learn, unlearn and relearn.”

—Alvin Toffler, “Future Shock”

Most of us know exactly what we should be doing with our time, and our lives. Despite that, some...

“You don't have to be amazing to start, but you have to start to be amazing."

--A commercial during the Olympics  

“The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment.”

—Eckhart Tolle (author of "The Power of Now")

I finally found my 2018 journal. I'd been searching for a couple of months. When I pulled out all of my supplies...