“In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.” – Andrea Dykstra Hello, and Happy New Year Everyone!! I want to start 2019 out first with a huge THANK YOU to all who chose to subscribe to my blog. I am honored and truly humbled by your choice to …
“Family is like music, some high notes, some low notes, but always a beautiful song.” – Unknown As long as I can remember, this time of year has always been a special season for me. Not because of the gifts or things being given to me, but because of the people around me. Not …
“Love yourself first, so you know what you deserve.” – Unknown Remember that person who gave you butterflies and rocked your world like no else could? Remember how you felt talking throughout the night, dismissing a good night’s rest simply to hear the alluring voice of your “new love” and exchange meaningful words? Words that seemed …
“Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die tomorrow.” – Unknown As much as we want to believe, no matter how smart we proclaim to be, the level of our educational achievements or the “geniuses” we choose to hang out with, we will never be able to predict the future for ourselves. …
“You are worth finding, worth knowing and worth loving…” – Unknown Do you ever find yourself feeling like a spec of dust in a great big world? Like who really knows your name, your dreams, what literally keeps you up at night, or who would truly grieve over your death or absence? I know it all …
“When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.” – William Arthur Ward So today I traveled via airplane to Orlando, Florida for a work conference. It was an early flight, (departed at 6:10am) so I had my neck pillow and noise cancelling headphones primed for a …
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Although for the past few months I have found myself somewhat consumed with the news of politics and world events, I pride myself on keeping this website free of those types of topics. There are plenty of blogs and people that do a …
“Try not to become a man or woman of success, rather to become a man or woman of value.” – Albert Einstein Who’s to say when we have fully matured to that place where things of the past no longer bother us like they use to. Where our sins of the past no longer sting …
“Sometimes you have to overcome YOU, before you overcome them. Get out of your own way…” – Unknown When it comes to life disappointments, failures and those lingering issues that tend to keep us up at night, we usually don’t have to look very far. The mirror in front of us typically identifies the culprit fairly …
“Courage is the discovery that you may not win. And trying when you know you can lose.” – Unknown I’ve recently been faced with the task of making some extremely tough decisions regarding my life. Decisions that have required me to dig deep within myself, remain still so I could hear that small still voice of …
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