What questions will you ask yourself before you die? I used to visit a man named Ross at the nursing home. To be honest I was...
Real life comes with emotions. Only the dead have no fluctuations in how they are feeling. Live your life with the excitement and joy that comes...
For over fourteen years I have had the privilege to work with men and women who are experiencing homelessness. Throughout those years I have been duly...
Many people struggle with low self-esteem, or think that being average is the best that they can ever hope of achieving. They do not see that...
I love movies. Always have. One of my fondest memories is of rainy Saturday afternoons curling up on the couch next to my Dad as we...
Why are some people happy and some are miserable? Why do some people who struggle with depression find ways to pull themselves out of if they...
If ever in doubt about what shaped the world as we’ve come to know it, then words are the answer to your question. Wood and stone,...
Failure is a myth. There’s no such thing. What we call failure is really just a “missed mark.” It’s an unrealized goal or an incomplete vision....
Do you have a burning passion in your heart that you wish you could be doing every day? Do you ever find yourself stopping whatever...
Did you ever feel like you are going through a rough time and your goal is nowhere in sight? Life may have its ups and downs...
I have always looked for hacks in how to become more productive. Reading voraciously, watching videos or listening to podcasts, I sift out ideas to become...
With a text? In person? In an e-mail? By phone? Should you tell certain family members and not others? Should you tell them during a family...
10 things Thankful People never do! 1. Thankful people never worry or complain: They realize that worrying has no virtue of its own and the...
“It’s complicated….” Just about everything feels complicated these days, … and there’s a great excuse for not taking action, which causes us even more (di)stress....
Why Saying “F*ck It” Can be the most Spiritual Way to Live in our Truth Often we live life from our head rather than our heart....
“No matter where you go – there you are” – Confucius As you fall asleep at night, have you ever wonder why the day seemed filled with activity but nothing in you or your world has changed or changed in a way you like? If you don’t consciously set your direction, then where you go and, by default, where you are, is a shot in the dark. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for letting the day unfold and seeing what the universe brings my way. But I believe the universe will deliver what I want and need if I make my intentions clear. One way to make your intentions clear to yourself and the universe is by asking yourself the same ten questions every morning and reviewing how the intentions worked out before you go to sleep at night. 10 questions to ask yourself each morning for a productive day 1. How do I want to feel? Many people don’t give much thought about how they want to...
Why you shouldn’t try to convince people to believe in you I’ve been a writer for a long time. I started by self publishing, which for...
Experiencing failure is an inevitable part of human life, and one that we must learn how to deal with, learn from, and pick ourselves up from....
See, most people HATE Mondays. They hate Monday so much that it even ruins their Sunday and creates a miserable end to their weekend. From a...
Life moves pretty fast so you better plan ahead so that you are not caught off guard when the rest of the world is struggling and...
You woke up late and then burned the eggs that you were going to have for breakfast. There are no more eggs because you never did...
“Small minds discuss people. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas.” This is a quote misattributed to both Eleanor Roosevelt and Admiral Hyman Rickover. Regardless...
This, rather meretricious title, can go both ways. You either don’t have a vision of how you can serve the world in the best of ways...
My father’s father drank a lot, couldn’t hold down a job, and was physically abusive to his wife. So, at the tender age of twelve, my...
I once knew a woman who did everything that she could so that she could live life in her recliner and never have to get up. ...
Bedtime is tough for many people. Distractions that keep our mind busy during the day subside, leaving us with debris we don’t want to see. In...
Sitting on my porch I hear birds chirping and squirrels playing games. They are living the life they were designed to live. I know that there...
Being a leader comes with having to buck the system sometimes. Often times leaders make decisions that are not very popular at the time but turn...
Today there is more leadership training available than at any other time in history. People can learn to lead based on family situation, gender, race and...
When I started to think about this topic, I was thinking about what makes us see the best in people every day. After some thinking, what...