“Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential.” Ellen Goodman Hope on. Journey On. Read more →
Healthier Alternatives For Holiday Treats
Everyone that knows me, knows I love my treats. Ever since I can remember, I have loved to bake. I remember being 12, and would make cookies for our family every Sunday. The problem is I will make cookies and eat the whole dozen:) Well since going to the dentist in… Read more →
The Sun Will Set For You
Do you feel a constant shadow? Are you sick of being sick or tired of being lonely or sad, because you are always sad and no matter how hard you try you are still afraid and still depressed? I know that feeling. It’s very real, you believe there is no light at the end of the tunnel, you… Read more →
Service
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.” -Muhammad Ali This is the season of giving and the season of love. I love the whole spirit of this season. People seem to care more, love more, share more, and serve more. The spirit of this whole season is one that we should try… Read more →
It’s a Good Day to Have a Good Day
“It’s a good day to have a good day.” December 5 .. I used to dread this day. I would look at this date and cringe a little bit, because it’s a day I will never ever forget. It all happened so close to Christmas, which made Christmas so hard. I’ll never forget the first year after… Read more →
“What If Christmas, Perhaps, Means a Little Bit More.”
I have a slight and by slight I mean a major obsession with this time of year. The spirit it brings, the family and friend get togethers and the joy and meaning behind Christmas time brings me more happiness than I can explain. I dream about Christmas often. Every year as December rolls by I contemplate on ways that we… Read more →
Becoming
“You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby.… Read more →
Journey to Patience
“Patience—the ability to put our desires on hold for a time—is a precious and rare virtue. We want what we want, and we want it now. Therefore, the very idea of patience may seem unpleasant, and at times bitter.” I would say… Read more →
Inspired by: Colleen
We are happy to continue our Extraordinary humans series. Here is Colleen and this is her story. My name is Colleen Bruening and I am a cancer survivor. Many people think that surviving = beating = being cured. But even if you are cured, there is always the risk of recurrence. The reality is that there are no guarantees, no… Read more →
Failure is Not an Option
“People in their handling of affairs, often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.” -Lao Tzu If you keep yourself focused on the end result of your goals, and keep yourself determined to wholeheartedly never give up on yourself or… Read more →