Monthly Archives: June 2008
What ingredients are in your life recipe?
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”-Aristotle Good morning! There is so much truth in this simple quote. Think about your day yesterday: what did you do? What did you practice-excellence? Kindness? … Continue reading
Do more than…
Do more than exist: live Do more than touch: feel. Do more than look: observe. Do more than hear: listen. Do more than listen: understand. Do more than think: reflect. Do more that just talk: say something – Author unknown … Continue reading
Who owns your problems?
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.”-Albert Ellis … Continue reading
The hunt for happiness…
Some pursue happiness-others create it. Anonymous Good morning! Pursuing happiness is a difficult battle. Happiness is fleeting if we chase it. When we learn what makes us happy, we can create our own happiness instead of relying on something external … Continue reading
Do your actions match your beliefs?
“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.”-Freya Stark Good morning! I love to create tools to help women discover the delta of what makes us happy-where we want to … Continue reading
Underwater dreams…
”Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”-Plato It has been an interesting couple of weeks in southeastern Wisconsin and throughout neighboring states as we face record flooding. Despite the sandbags, many dreams cannot be saved and … Continue reading
Living gratitude…
”To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.” Johannes A. Gaertner Good morning! I am grateful for the inspiration you send me each morning. You do … Continue reading
Make today a masterpiece…
“Too often we get distracted by what’s outside our control. The door to the past has been shut and the key thrown away. And you can’t do anything about tomorrow; it is yet to come. However, tomorrow is determined by … Continue reading
Thinking carefully…
“A man becomes what he thinks about all day long.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Good morning! This Emerson quote offers a quick and easy way to “step into the moment” and double-check our thinking. Read this quote at the end of … Continue reading
Choosing to grow…
“Between whatever happens to me and my response to it is a space. In that space is my freedom and power to choose my response. And in my response lies my growth and happiness.”-Stephen Covey Good morning! Kyrsti wrote this … Continue reading
