Good Morning: Two Small Changes

“Try making two small changes every day. Take a different street, try a new restaurant, change your toothpaste, smile at someone you don’t know, eat dessert first. There’s a lot of landscape to explore off the beaten path.” ~Joan Borysenko, … Continue reading

Good Morning: Shrink Your Worry List

“Shrink your worry list. Examine areas in your life where anxiety rules. Does your worrying really make a positive difference in those situations? If not, dump the worry.” ~from Checklists for Life Good morning! Today’s quote is practical in nature, … Continue reading

Good Morning: Plans for Change

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” Jim Rohn Good morning! How important it is to recognize that both motivation and habit are needed as we seek to change and improve our lives. Motivation is … Continue reading

Good Morning: Interact with Intention

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou Good morning! This quote is a wonderful self-check on what we say … Continue reading

Good Morning: A Formula for Hope

“A vision without a task is but a dream, a task without vision is drudgery, a vision with a task is the hope of the world.”–On the cornerstone of a church in England, dated 1730. Author unknown. Good morning! I … Continue reading

Good Morning: Tough Lessons

“When we do face difficult times, we need to remember that circumstances don’t make a person, they reveal a person.” ~ Richard Carlson, Ph.D. Good morning! How easy it can be to throw our hands up when faced with difficult … Continue reading

Good Morning: Thought Check

“What you think, you become.” ~ Mohandas Gandhi Good morning! Today we are going to do a simple “emotional self-check.” If you were to embrace the Gandhi quote, and then look at your life yesterday, and how you thought, what … Continue reading

Good Morning: Greatness

“Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world, as in being able to remake ourselves.” ~ Mohandas K. Gandhi Good morning! I love the simple wisdom in this quote by Gandi. Many times we try … Continue reading

Good Morning! Vibrant Living

Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. Edwin Hubbel Chapin, American Clergyman (1814-1880) Good morning. Hubbel’s words can be somewhat scary if we truly embrace them. For his words affirm we are important … Continue reading