Good Morning: Share Your Smile...

“Smile today … one smile can make miles and miles of smiles.” ~Lisa’s Mother   Good morning!   A while ago I received a wonderful email that is perfect to share with you as a Good Morning message.   Lisa wrote, “I was just sending an email out to some friends and remembered a saying my mom has always said to me since I was really young and thought I would share it with you. ‘Smile today … one smile can make miles and miles of smiles.’”   “I remember thinking about this when I was about 6 – 7 and...

Good Morning: Live in a Garden of Happi...

“One of the most tragic things about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.” ~Dale Carnegie   Good morning!   If you were to gather 100 people in a room and ask them to write down their happiest times, you would likely find the lists had one thing in common. Our happiest times come when we connect with others and give the best of ourselves. Yet, these happy times can be hard to come by since human nature is...

Good Morning: Learn to re-Start Your Day...

“I can start my day over anytime I choose.” ~Brook Noel   Good morning!   While my mother and I were chatting recently, she reminded me of something I had done as a little girl. Every once in a while, she would see me stop for a moment and close my eyes as if intently concentrating on something. One day, when I was doing this after lunch, she asked me what I was doing. I informed her that, “My day isn’t going that good, so I am starting it over.” I don’t know where I learned the skill, but it has served me well.   A while ago, I...

Good Morning: Turn it All Off...

“To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world.” ~Charles Dudley Warner   Good morning!   How many times have you found yourself getting angry at a disobedient computer? What about getting tired of a ringing phone? Have you ever head a child get frustrated with a video game? Do you have a spouse or child (or does your) cell phone seem to ring incessantly? Just as we choose to have these technologies that “make our life easier” (said tongue in cheek), we can also choose to turn them all off once in a...

Good Morning: How You Feel Colors the Wo...

“Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you.” ~Wally Famous’ Amos   Good morning!   Want a quick way to measure how you feel about yourself and what type of attitude you have? Answer this question: how do you see the world around you today? If you see the world as scary, worrisome, negative or stressful–odds are you are holding these feelings within. Likewise, if you see the world as hopeful, optimistic and joy-filled, you likely embrace those feelings within. We can’t capture the invisible. If we...

Good Morning: Don’t Let Yesterday ...

“Time is amazingly forgiving. No matter how much time you’ve wasted in the past, you still have an entire today. Success depends upon using it wisely-by planning and setting priorities.” ~ Denis Waitely   Good morning!   How wonderful to realize that today is “ours” – no matter what yesterday held. When we greet each morning with that willingness to use the day wisely, plan and set priorities, we can achieve our full potential. Make a list of three priorities for the day – three things you can do to make today matter. Then...

Good Morning: Everything Happens for a R...

“The big question is whether you are going to say a hearty “YES!” to your adventure.”  ~Joseph Campbell Brook’s addendum: The big question is whether you are going to say a hearty “YES!” to your adventure–day after day after day.   Good morning!  We have all heard the cliche’s about being “high on life!” And how easy that is to do on a day when our stars align and our energy and goals flow almost effortless. It is easy to say “YES!” to our adventure on those smooth-flowing days. But we...

Good Morning: Pursue Your Dreams with Co...

“Act as if failure is impossible, and your success will be assured. Wipe out every thought of your not achieving your objectives, be brave and set no limits on the workings of your imagination. Never be a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future…and you will see that nothing can stop you  ~Anonymous Submitted by Good Morning Reader Archana J.   Good morning!  How would your life change if you realized that 90% of the obstacles you face in reaching your dreams are created by your mind? I don’t know the actual percentage, but I truly...

Good Morning: Live in the Moment...

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.”  ~Chinese Proverb Submitted by Reader Rhonda Miga   Good morning!  Rhonda included this note in her email:   I think this applies to all of us. There are many things that we wanted to do 20 years (10 or even 5) ago but we never got around to it.  I think this proverb is great because it is saying “so what, do it today!”  You can’t go back and change what you did not do but there is nothing stopping us from doing it today.   I recently went back to school...

Good Morning: Live in the Moment...

“Life just is. You have to flow with it. Give yourself to the moment. Let it happen.”  ~Governor Jerry Brown   Good morning!  Today’s quote offers some great advice. One of my biggest challenges has been relinquishing control. As an entrepreneur, I am inherently someone who likes to control… EVERYTHING! Those who feel too much control, also often feel responsible for the feelings and/or actions of others. This is a difficult path to tread on. Several years ago, I finally came to the slow realization that the only person I could control was...