Success

November 10, 2016

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. Abraham Lincoln

Growth

November 10, 2016

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? Khalil Gibran

Levity

November 10, 2016

A sense of humor… is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life. Hugh Sidey

Solitude

November 7, 2016

I love to sit on a mountain top and gaze. I don’t think of anything but the people I care about and the view. Julian Lennon

Nurture

November 7, 2016

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. Gerard De Nerval

One person

November 7, 2016

Janey can’t seem to escape the sadness that has enveloped her like a blanket. She lets the phone ring not caring who is calling and rarely goes outside. She and Tom were a couple for two years when he abruptly broke up with her. Janey’s friends have been unable to break through the wall she’s […]

Net worth

November 7, 2016

Mix a little shake of laughter in the doings of the day, Scatter golden bits of sunshine as you plod along the way, Stop to cheer a fellow human that’s a bit worse off than you— Help him climb the pesky ladder that you find so hard to do; Show by every daily motive, every […]

Trials

November 7, 2016

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller

Hope

November 7, 2016

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. Barbara Kingsolver

Leadership

November 7, 2016

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Swag

November 7, 2016

Have you ever noticed that some people just carry themselves with more Swag than others? It is in their eyes and speech and…without a doubt, in their walk. Are you one of those folks? I hope so for it takes quite a bit of this powerful personal presence to make a mark in today’s world.

Incubation

November 7, 2016

As long as it is not taken to extreme, there’s a lot to be said for daydreaming. Surely many of our greatest inventions have been created by those who take a daily timeout and let their minds wander to what might be.

Election blues

November 7, 2016

It is pretty much a certainty that 49% of Americans will feel like this on Wednesday morning.

Charlie

November 6, 2016

‘You know you want to take me home and I’d surely be the most loyal dog in history. Why…I might become closer than your best friend. Listen to that voice whispering in your head. I promise that you won’t regret it and yes, I already know how to get the paper in the morning. C’mon, […]

Friends

November 6, 2016

Life is a balancing act. It’s obvious when one is on balance and just as apparent when a friend is out of kilter. Be the one who makes the call…takes the walk…or has the talk to help restore equilibrium.

Perspective

November 6, 2016

A bad hair day or two is nothing to get all that worked up about. Just keep your feet on the ground and your eyes open and soon the solution will arrive.

Read more

November 6, 2016

For some, the fascination with books starts at a very young age. They seem like a treasure chest holding a splendid surprise with the turning of each page. Fortunate are they who can lose themselves in a good book…who can relish being alone and separated for just a while from our ever quickening world.

Really?

November 6, 2016

‘Mom…I don’t mind the cap but can we agree that this silly cart is going too far?’

Heaven sent

November 6, 2016

Susan is a friend and devoted tennis enthusiast who even has her own ball machine. She also volunteers for a group that assists people in adopting dogs that need a home. Quite often, people take one look at a dog and sense that this is a match made in heaven. This picture of Barney makes […]

Soar

November 6, 2016

I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could. Evel Knievel