“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
- Maya Angelou
How much more peace would you have in your life if you adopted this as your motto? Instead of venting about it, do something about it! Step up and take it as an opportunity to make a difference. Set [...]

Can you answer the question, “Who are you?” without talking about the roles you play in this life?
Who are you?
Without your body.
Without your job.
Regardless if you are a parent.
Forget if you are or were someone’s spouse or partner.
Without looking at your bank balance.
Who are you?
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When you love someone you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility.

- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Wow! No kidding, huh?
I came across this quote today and it struck me that long ago I experienced exactly what this quote is talking about. Unfortunately, I didn’t [...]

If a part of your heart is feeling empty right now, consider filling it with people you have never met before. In other words, sometimes the best way to feel more loved is to show more love to people — for no particular reason. Doing something nice without expecting anything in return will give you [...]

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Even though someone’s words may be ugly and even intentionally hurtful, no one can make you feel bad about yourself - unless there is some part of you than agrees with what they’re saying. No matter what anyone says to you or about you, if [...]

Of all the skills I’ve developed over the years, “going to the balcony” ranks in the top ten skills responsible for creating the happiness I live on a day to day basis today.
I’ve been “going to the balcony” far longer than I’ve had a name for it. I was first introduced to the phrase when [...]

Enforcing your boundaries is hard enough, but is particularly hard when it hurts someone you love. I would even go so far as to say this is why most of us have such a difficult time enforcing our boundaries in the first place.
Whether the person hurting is your partner, your child, your friend or anyone [...]

“Happiness doesn’t depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel toward what we have. We can be happy with little and miserable with much.”
-William Dempster Hoard
1836-1918, Governor of Wisconsin, Publisher
Wow, think on that today… let me know what pops into your mind in the comments below.
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“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon them and to let them know that you trust them.”

-Booker T. Washington
1856-1915, Educator and Writer

I had the opportunity to do exactly this with my son this morning.
Yesterday, he messed up in school and got himself into some hot water…nothing really major, except [...]