What kind of dreams do you have for your life? Do they get you excited?
All of us are dreaming of brighter futures every day. This is what hope looks like.
Dream big. Be bold. In fact, be audacious…
Success
How do you define success? I believe it means something different for each of us, and our definition can change.
If your goal is to become the CEO of your company, you are still successful as you are working towards the goal. Little successes add up!
I encourage you as you are seeking whatever success looks like to you, don’t forget to live…
Arrival
If you ever start believing you have made it, you are at the top, be forewarned. Life is a trip that is never ending. There’s no final destination this side of Heaven.
Humility will keep you grounded. Keep the focus on others, not yourself and you will continue growing…
Loss
I know many people who have lost children in a variety of ways: accidental drug overdose, suicide, cancer, even murder. The grief never goes away completely, although it lessens a little over time.
The pointless arguing over politics becomes even more inane when you consider it from those parent’s perspective. It’s wasted energy, nothing else.
I encourage you to put your focus on something that will make a difference in the lives of others. The rest is just noise…
Healing
When I was a teenager, my life was full of anger, hatred and resentment. I couldn’t wait to get out of my cruel, sometimes violent home life. I stuffed down a lot of my feelings during these years because I wasn’t “allowed” to feel them. When I finally got free at 18 and moved out, I thought I was leaving my past behind. I thought wrong.
The trauma from the past resurfaces from time to time. Our minds are such incredible supercomputers, lighting fast and efficient at knowing what we need to live fully. We are automatically hardwired to live the way our Creator designed us to live.
Wounds from the past bubble to the top, and we can either face them or stuff them back down. They will return, but our brains know when to allow them to resurface. The wounds appear when we are ready to heal from them. The timing is perfect. Trust the timing…
My Interview With Viktoria Romanova
Are you looking for an inspirational story to begin your day? Consider watching my interview with Viktoria Romanova as she shares her story.
Viktoriia had a nightmare. She dreamed her two year old daughter, Eva, had a blood disease. Imagine the horror she felt when the nightmare came true. Eva had leukemia.
This nightmare had a happy ending. This year Eva, now 8, won the Determination Award at her elementary school! She’s alive and thriving! Click on the link to watch:
Friday the 13th
In western culture, the number 13 is considered to represent bad luck. The “cursed” number takes its reputation from Norse mythology.
Luck doesn’t really exist except in our minds. If luck was real then life would be a series of random events. I believe there is a Divine Order to our lives that is bigger than anything we can understand.
Embrace everything that happens to you in life, even the bad stuff. When you accept that there is no randomness, only structure, it makes the bad things easier to navigate. A little easier, anyway…
Focus
Are you outwardly focused, or are you focused inward?
I believe most people, if being honest would say inward. We are naturally selfish, so this makes sense. Protecting our lives and the lives of our loved ones isn’t selfish because it’s done out of love.
When we shift our focus onto the needs of others, something special happens. We find more joy and fulfillment than ever before.
I believe we can be focused inwardly and outwardly at the same time. Try it! You might like it…
Simpler Times
Sometimes I hear people say they long for an earlier time when life was simpler. But was life really easier?
Technology has sped up the pace of life so we can accomplish more each day. We text rather than call. Email instead of writing letters. We don’t even have to walk over to the television to change the channel anymore!
One thing that hasn’t changed is the need for human connection. We are hardwired to have relationships. There is no technology that replaces a connection…
Acceptance
Recently I read an alarming statistic: Over 85% of adults in the U. S. don’t like themselves. Eighty five percent. Without going into all the data to back this claim, I accept it to be accurate.
This begs a question. Who do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you see a flawed human being, with ugliness inside and out, or do you see God’s creation? I encourage you to see yourself as the latter.
We cannot fully accept others until we have a healthy self-acceptance. You know your personal character defects, and only you can change them. Working on ourselves is the hardest thing we will ever do, but it’s so worthwhile…
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