How you view failure and react to obstacles is what makes or breaks a dream. — Have you tried to achieve a goal only to be pummeled with obstacle after obstacle? Do you feel like a failure and want to give up on ever achieving your dreams? Maybe you don’t realize the role failure plays in the recipe for success. Ralph Waldo Emerson Wrote… “Our greatest glory is not in…

If you’ve conquered mountains to achieve a goal only to find out it wasn’t what you expected… is regret the only option? — You’ve done it and so have I. You wanted something. You dreamt about it. You planned for and worked hard to get it. The day finally comes when you achieve or acquire your dream. But then… you realize it wasn’t what you thought. It’s not what you expected. You can’t…

You can accomplish anything — regardless of what life throws at you. — My daughter, Nikki, drew this picture when she was in her pre-teen years. She’s 26 years old now (which makes me… older than I was when she was a pre-teen). This simple drawing offers more than a hand drawn memory. When I dig deeper (and I usually do), I ponder…

The formula for success is crazy simple. But many of us avoid doing it not realizing it’s the sole difference between success and failure. It doesn’t matter what you aspire to achieve in life or what your definition of success might be. They way to achieve success is simple… Keep…

Life is about making progress. But progress isn’t a one-way street. We can go forward or backward but we can never remain the same. — If there’s no such thing as remaining stationary in life why do we resist change? Granted, a little bit of stationary stability in life is a nice feeling but, in reality, we only have 2 options in life. Move forward. Move backward. We can try to move sideways and sidestep…

Do you know your true value or have you lost sight of your worth? Read this fun, encouraging story about finding your value. — You value never changes. Ever! The Symbolic Story Of Bill Bill is older and has experienced lots of ups-n-downs in his lifetime. He’s been through the proverbial wringer. The elderly Bill is flat but wrinkled, greenish in color and has a portrait of Benjamin Franklin tattooed on his front side.

Pondering love, hate and life after watching a Tiktok video. — Over the weekend, I watched a Tiktok video where a guy walked through a dark house and opened a door to another room where the light was on. When he opened the door, the light spread as it overtook the darkness and lit up the once darkened room. This got…

Exploring the notion that happiness comes from our thoughts. — Aristotle wrote that “ happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” There’s no doubt that happiness is essential to life. Without it, we can become depressed and/or wander aimlessly through life. But is it our mindset that generates happiness? The…