At some level, there will be discomfort in getting from where you are to where you need to be. (Bart Blair, minister) Reaching a desired goal or achieving some great accomplishment doesn’t just happen. As Blair suggests, we’ve all discovered that life is not that...
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. (Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize winning author) Many people think, plan, and strategize for where they want to be in ten years, five years, one year. But, as Dillard reminds us, we live life one day at a...
The choice to take action to accomplish what you want or what you deserve is entirely up to you. (Catherine Pulsifer, author) There it is again: the necessity to make choices. When we’re faced with a decision to do or not to do, to go or not to go—we may seek advice...
How old do you have to be to know what’s going on? (Calvin and Hobbs cartoon) Children live in their own little world, knowing little—and caring less—about what’s going on outside in the larger world. Teens live in a different world, often with immature reasoning and...
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. (Henry Stanley Haskins, 20th century author) If you’re nostalgic, the memories of yesterday may be bitter or sweet. But if you like to concentrate on the future; it may be...
The world needs a little more giving and a little less taking. (Kary Oberbrunner, motivational writer and speaker) Have you forgotten the joy of giving that you felt just a few weeks ago at Christmas? What would life be like if we practiced giving through the whole...
Liberty is not the power to do what we like, but the right to do what we ought. (John Dalberg-Acton, 19th century English historian) Most people cherish their freedom. They are pleased that they have liberty to express themselves freely and to pursue goals of their...
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. (Herman Melville, 19th century American writer) King Solomon lamented, “There’s nothing new under the sun.” And today, TV sitcoms and movies, with their cookie cutter plots, are so much alike that you...
Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. (C. S. Lewis, late British scholar and writer) When life’s journey brings us to a time of difficulty, our natural inclination is to avoid that hard road as much as possible. Lewis suggests, however,...
Reputation is among the most treasured and powerful assets. (Lolly Daskal, leadership coach and consultant) Daskal continues, “It is built over many years, one word at a time, one action at a time, one deed at time. In leadership, few things matter more. . . . Our...
The sign of a true learner is not just the knowledge he or she has accumulated, but also the ideas that have been jettisoned. (Neil Cole, author) When the light goes on in your brain, giving you a new idea, what do you do with it? Are all ideas good ones? Should we...
Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life. (Author unknown) Solomon, the wisest man of his time wrote: “Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone...