When all is said and done, it's Love that is the most powerful force in the universe. Fear only happens when there is a perceived absence of Love. Love doesn't require anything to receive it, other than acceptance of it. Love is all there is, really. And anything is possible, as long as there is … Continue reading Love
Knowledge
They say that knowledge is power. And it's true. Knowledge can equip you with anything you may need to get ahead in life. But knowledge cannot help you if you don't put it into practice. You can't just collect knowledge for it's own sake. You can't always live upstairs in your head. Believe me, I've … Continue reading Knowledge
Journey
The journey never ends, it merely shifts as you go along. You might as well enjoy it then. It's not about the destination. There isn't one final, ultimate destination, so there's no sense in delaying your happiness until you reach it. It's about the long and winding road of the journey. The journey is what … Continue reading Journey
Instincts
Trust your instincts. Your inner wisdom speaks to you, but doesn't always use words. Your instincts are the language of that inner knowing you have about certain things. It's important that you listen. Quiet all of the outside noise, tune in, and listen, whenever you need guidance. Your instincts will guide you.
Help Others
A great way to appreciate your life, is to help others. Once you realize that you are blessed enough to help another, you realize that you are blessed. And helping others helps heal the whole world. Even if you can only help one other person, it might not seem like that can change the whole … Continue reading Help Others
Greatness
Greatness is all about showing up for your life. Being fully present, and contributing to the moment. So many people act like they are background extras in their lives. But the world needs everyone to be the hero of their own lives. To contribute fully to living their life. Being great means living greatly. And … Continue reading Greatness
Flow
I believe there is a force that flows through us, and this force runs our lives. It's that energy that beats our hearts, breathes us, and flows thoughts endlessly throughout our minds. It's the spark of God that gives us life. We can't stop the flow of this force, but we can certainly try to … Continue reading Flow
Energy
Tony Robbins famously said, Energy goes where Attention flows. Where you place your attention, is where your creative energy will flow to create more of it in your life. So focus on what you do want to create. And pay no mind to what you don't want. The less attention you give to those things … Continue reading Energy
Done
There's no need to stress about getting it all done, because it never is done. And there's no sense in resting on your laurels, because, well, it really is never done. Time continues to march on. The wheel of life keeps on turning. Sometimes you're high on top, and sometimes you're low on the bottom. … Continue reading Done
Cannot Judge
We've been told that we should not judge. But when we acknowledge the fact that we simply never know the whole story about anything, then it's evident that we actually cannot judge. We just don't have enough information or evidence to be able to properly judge another person. There is always more to the story … Continue reading Cannot Judge
Believe
Before it can be real for you, you have to believe in it. You have to believe it to see it. And beliefs don't just pop up out of nowhere. Beliefs are basically thoughts that you keep thinking over and over, until they stick. So, if you want to see something happen in your life, … Continue reading Believe
Alignment
We have a natural sense of well being. Our bodies are meant to heal and regenerate, they just already know how to do it. And we just need to stay out of the way. Better yet, we just need to go easy with life, and drop resistance. Without holding on to resistance, we glide naturally … Continue reading Alignment
Zoom
It was a little more than a year ago, when most of us had no idea that Zoom would be a word as common for our daily lives, as toilet paper. But now it is common. We all use Zoom, and video conferencing for all kinds of things now; from doctor consults, to job interviews, … Continue reading Zoom
Yourself
The longest relationship you will ever have is the one you have with yourself. The most intimate relationship you will ever have is the one you have with yourself. Let's face it, you're there with yourself during and for everything. So, since this relationship is literally till death do you part, it might be in … Continue reading Yourself
X factor
There may be people that are more talented than you are, at certain skills. There may be people who are smarter than you are, on certain subjects. And there just might be people whose looks are currently considered closer to the ideal, than your own standard, run of the mill gorgeousness. But ultimately, we are … Continue reading X factor
Wonderful Life
It's a wonderful life if you choose to see it that way. That's the great secret. Choose to look for the good. Choose to see your blessings more than your troubles. Try counting your blessings every night before you go to sleep. In no time, you'll start to wake up happier each morning, and naturally … Continue reading Wonderful Life
Value
I have a simple yet significant goal that runs my life. I intend to offer value to every interaction I make, and to every word I speak or write. It can be something like sharing a bit of wisdom I've picked up along the way, or even just a smile. Sometimes it's as fundamental as … Continue reading Value
Understanding
In order to get along with others, we need to understand their point of view. We don't have to agree with it, but we should at least understand that they have it, and understand why they have it. Understanding is so much more than knowledge. You can know someone, but if you don't understand them, … Continue reading Understanding
Thoughts
Thoughts become things. What we constantly and repeatedly think about, form our beliefs. Our beliefs determine how we see our life. What we allow into our lives, is based on our beliefs for what is possible. So, quite simply, our thoughts become the things that make up our lives.
Safe
You'll never feel fully safe, as long as you feel that it's dependent on any outside source. Any person, place, or thing can be taken away. You have to find safety within yourself first. Find safety in your connection to the source of all creation. Once you realize that you can feel safe within yourself, … Continue reading Safe
Relax
Taking the time to relax sounds so nice. But in order to relax you need to trust. In order to relax, you need to stop overthinking. In order to relax you need to release control. Being able to relax is allowing yourself to get out of the fast lane for a bit, and go slow. … Continue reading Relax
Quiet
Anxiety and worry are so prevalent in today's society, that they seem to be the norm. Adding to that, it also seems that the normal response to deal with it, is to drown out those thoughts with loud distractions, whether through social media, endless entertainment, or frivolous drama with other anxiety ridden folks. But all … Continue reading Quiet
Peace
We all want peace in the world. We want the freedom that comes from everyone getting along. In order for the outer world to have peace, we each need to cultivate peace within our own heart and mind. Peace begins within each of us. Our thoughts are more powerful than we realize. If we harbor … Continue reading Peace
Others
It's so easy to place the blame for things going wrong on other people. It's the others that are looking at the world wrong, and it's those others who are ruining the world for us. But I believe that nothing is ever going to get solved until we start realizing that we are only just … Continue reading Others
Now
There's no time like the present. Well, there's really no other time to be concerned with than the absolute present. The power is in the Now. Now is all we ever really have. We are fully alive when we remember that, and are mindfully present. There is peace to be found, being in the present … Continue reading Now
Manifestation
Manifestation is actually pretty simple when you break it down. What you believe will happen for your life, is what you will manifest. A belief is simply a thought that you keep thinking, over and over and over again. So, what you think about enough to become a belief, points directly to what you will … Continue reading Manifestation
Laughter
They say that laughter is the best medicine. Life is certainly much better when laughter comes easy. I've read several different studies that say children, on average, laugh something like 300 times a day, while adults barely laugh 20 times. It's no wonder then why the little ones are so much more vibrant and joyous, … Continue reading Laughter
Kindness
Kindness is something that every one of us wants to receive from others. However, kindness can seem to be in short supply. And that's why the world seems to be so topsy-turvy. It takes a conscious choice to be kind. It takes willing to give kindness even when you might not receive it. A fundamental … Continue reading Kindness
Joyful Life
A joyful life comes from living light and free of grudges. A joyful life is filled with easy laughter and forgiveness. A joyful life is a delight, and it can be attained. As it happens, I believe that it's natural to be joyous, that's why it comes so easily to children. It's when we bog … Continue reading Joyful Life
Inside Job
They say that happiness is an inside job. In other words, your happiness has to come from within yourself. It doesn't come from any external factor. It's not really a hard concept to accept. It's not even all that mystical, or woo-woo. Everything we experience comes from our mind experiencing it. Every emotion we feel … Continue reading Inside Job
Happy Life
The key to having a happy life, is to first choose to be happy. I believe that anything we want is actually because we think that having it will bring us happiness. So, why make it so complicated? Why not choose to be happy first? Just imagine how lovely your day can be if you … Continue reading Happy Life
Grace
Grace is more than just a short prayer to say before a meal, it can be a way of life. Grace is showing kindness, love, and respect as often as you can, even if it seems undeserved. Grace is all about giving more than receiving. It's an elegant and charming intention. It has a personal … Continue reading Grace
For
The way to solve your problems is to not give them all of your attention. Focus on what you are for and pay no mind to what you are against. What you resist persists, so you're only helping to keep your problems with you if you're so focused on fighting them. Try focusing on what … Continue reading For
Empathy
There is not usually a "one size fits all" solution to complex societal problems, but there can always be empathy. We may each have our own unique perspective for understanding the world, but ultimately we are all still people. So, even though our perspectives may not be the same, we all still want to feel … Continue reading Empathy
Decide
Before you can be, do, or have anything in this world, you have to decide that you will be, do, or have it. Once you decide on what you want, you'll get clarity, and then you've just helped yourself get that much closer to it. It's only that you have to decide, you can't leave … Continue reading Decide
Compassion
There are more than enough aggressive know-it-alls out there, ready to show you how superior they are. What the world needs much more of is compassion. It needs more people who are willing to acknowledge that everyone has their own struggles, and nobody is perfect. And the world needs folks to not only extend more … Continue reading Compassion
Better
The goal should be progress, not perfection. "Perfect" doesn't even exist. But progress certainly does. You can approach each new day as a chance to improve your health a bit more, strengthen your physical fitness, and deepen your emotional intelligence. I love the mantra that was originally coined by French psychologist, Emile Coue: Every Day, … Continue reading Better
Attention
It seems that a lot of times when folks act out, or when they say something incendiary, what they're really after is simply attention. They want someone to pay attention to them, and they know they can get it if they provoke. I believe that most of the time these people don't want to be … Continue reading Attention
Golden
The "Golden Rule" is golden, because it is an incredibly valuable guidance for living your best life. Its message is simple: treat others how you want to be treated. It's simple, but can be easily forgotten when life gets complicated. But the way to create a kinder world begins with you. So start treating people … Continue reading Golden
Totally Possible
It's possible. It's totally possible. You just need to believe it. Can you believe it? Can you believe in yourself enough to make it happen? Yes, because it's totally possible.
Energy
I believe it was Tony Robbins who said: Energy goes where attention flows. I love this because it rhymes, so it's easy to remember. It's important to remember, because it's vital to know how you can create anything for your life. You need energy to create. You can direct energy by your attention. So, if … Continue reading Energy
Expert
The way to become an expert at anything is to put in the work, and to put in the hours. In other words, you need to establish a dedicated practice to it. The only way to do that is to get up and start. It may feel like you're a long way from being an … Continue reading Expert
Love, sweet Love
When you look at yourself in the mirror, do you pick yourself apart, pointing out all of the flaws you can find, or do you look with loving eyes at someone you adore? Either way, you will feel it. It would be a nightmare situation if someone else stood in front of you and stared, … Continue reading Love, sweet Love
Get Happy
If the way to manifest the life of your dreams is to think all the happy thoughts you would think once those dreams did come true, then it seems to me that anyone can afford to do it. If the cost of having your dreams come true is to be as happy as you can … Continue reading Get Happy
Stressed
Feeling stressed is the result of leaving the present moment for some imagined scenario in a different time, either a future or past. You pick your poison. That is why you feel stressed. Come back to the present moment. Your breath is a good anchor to latch onto, because you tend to only breathe in … Continue reading Stressed
Be Present
I'm starting to realize that when I stop worrying so much about knowing all of the right answers, that they end up coming to me pretty easily. When I stop worrying about what would be the right thing to say, that's when the words come to me effortlessly. And when I stop thinking about what … Continue reading Be Present
Reaction
Whenever things seem like they are totally out of control, remember that the only thing we ever really have control over is our reaction to what's happening. That's actually the most powerful thing to have control over anyway. It means that our happiness is in our power. We get to choose if we want to … Continue reading Reaction
Gratitude
The best way to get out of a dark, funky mood, is to deliberately focus on gratitude. Start listing things that you are grateful for. It can be as seemingly simple as being grateful for the chair you're sitting in, or even for the socks on your feet. You can really get into it when … Continue reading Gratitude
Faith
Sometimes all you have to hold onto, is your faith that things will turn out for the best. And that is enough. Every time. Keep the faith.
Enjoy
Are you enjoying life? Do you take time to notice all the wonder and beauty of the simple things around you? How often do you just play and have fun? Doing these things are the mark of a successful life. Little kids and puppies are experts at this. They marvel and wonder and enjoy the … Continue reading Enjoy
March On
When I was a kid, I would often hear adults say that I "marched to the beat of my own drum." In other words: I didn't act, think, or behave in line with the standard, societal norms. Either I seemed decades older than my age in maturity, dispensing wisdom and opinions to any adult who … Continue reading March On
Manifestation
You get to create the life that you want, you just have to know exactly what that is. You have to be able to see your target in order to hit it. So, you have to get clear about what it is that you want to create. And then all you have to do, is … Continue reading Manifestation
Action
Start loving who you are now. Find what you can love about your life right now. Start feeling excited about getting to wake up each day, and be you. There's no need to wait for certain conditions to happen before you can love yourself. Those conditions may never happen, and even if they do, you'll … Continue reading Action
See it
You see what you want to see. Your mind will interpret events based on your beliefs. And you will find the "proof" to anything you want, based on what you've decided is true. This can be truly frustrating. Especially when you discover that people you care about seem to willfully see the opposite reality of … Continue reading See it
Choose
A peaceful life is the result of choosing to be peaceful as many times as you can make that choice. A joyful life is the result of choosing to be joyful as often as you possibly can. A life filled with respect and dignity comes from making respectful and dignified choices. You get to help … Continue reading Choose
Thought
Whenever I worry about not being where I want to be yet in life, I stop to think about all of the things that are going on in my life right now, that I used to only dream and think about happening one day. My life is truly the result of what I've thought about … Continue reading Thought
Now
Make a commitment to enjoy your life now, even if you haven't achieved all you want to achieve yet. Decide to love yourself now, even if you aren't in your ideal shape or weight yet. Make a commitment to feel worthy now, even if you don't have the job, degree or net worth you dream … Continue reading Now
Be Kind
The best thing you can do, is to choose to be kind over being right. It will save you a lot of aggravation in the end. You may think that you need to fight for your position in a dispute, but all you're really fighting for is your limitations. No amount of being right can … Continue reading Be Kind
New Year
On New Year's Eve, we all had our own way of saying goodbye to last year. On New Year's Day, we all had our own way of looking ahead to what the new year can bring. Now we all get to go about living and loving in this brand new year. Now is the time … Continue reading New Year
Wonderful
Be the hero that you've been looking for to rescue you. Be the guardian angel you've wanted to pop up and point out to you how it's truly a wonderful life. That's not to say that you can only rely on yourself and that there aren't heroes and guardian angels out there to be found. … Continue reading Wonderful
Give it Your All
Forgive freely. Drop your gripes. Let them go, so you can move forward. Give it your all each day, as if it's your last. One day it will be. In the meantime, remember that every ending is also a beginning. As it is with the end of this year, and now the beginning of the … Continue reading Give it Your All
Keep Believing
Keep believing in your dreams, even when it seems like they're taking forever to come true. Especially when it seems like they're taking forever to come true. If you stop believing in them before you can see them, then you're only guaranteeing that you never will. You have to believe in them to see them, … Continue reading Keep Believing
Answers
Life is one big, confusing mystery. Or is it? Could it be that life is only a mystery because of our belief that it is? What if we started believing that life wants to show us exactly what we are looking for? What if we started to believe that life is generous and beautiful and … Continue reading Answers
Consistency
The way to achieve lasting, positive change, is to break it down into bite-size, achievable tasks that you can work on and improve each and every day, and then stay consistent with it, each and every day. Consistency really is key. It's the way to ensure having a better life. And breaking down your tasks … Continue reading Consistency
Rush
Do you find yourself rushing through life? What are you rushing for? Where do you have to go that is so far away? Why do you need to get there so quickly that you have to blur by most of your actual life in order to reach it? What happens when you do make it … Continue reading Rush
Wonderful Life
If you stop to take a breath, and really look, you'll see that it truly is a wonderful life, if only because you're around to live it. Also, a great way to guarantee this, is to start claiming it. Start professing that it's a wonderful life, and watch as you've just made that come true.
The Gift
There a countless trinkets, gadgets and baubles that you can gift to your loved ones. You can spend an exorbitant amount of money on presents. But ultimately, the most precious gift you could ever give someone is your pure, loving, heart-felt, full attention. Your attention is the most valuable commodity in the world. Just ask … Continue reading The Gift
Snippet
The things you see are only a fraction of the story. If you allow yourself to be open to see more, you'll find that there's so much more to the story than you ever considered possible. Awareness starts with realizing that you're only seeing just a snippet of the story.
Present Moment
It's usually much scarier in your mind, than it is out there in the present moment. So, when it does start to get too scary for you, remember to take a breath and get into the present moment. That's where the magic is to feel real joy, and it's certainly where you have all the … Continue reading Present Moment
Faith
At some point, especially in trying times, we need to make a choice for our lives. We can either let our fears get so big that they completely take over, or we can fully turn away from them and face forward in faith. We can choose to let our faith be bigger than our fears. … Continue reading Faith
Traditions
We all have holiday traditions that we perform year after year. Things we cook and bake, festive places that we visit, and favorite movies that we watch over and over, year after year. And of course we share these traditions with the special people in our lives. Sometimes it can seem like we're just going … Continue reading Traditions
Relax
Where do you have tension? What are you resisting against, either physically or mentally? Why? How long do you have to brace yourself against this thing? Can you finally just let it go? Living in tension is an exhausting way to live. Can you let yourself just breathe, let the chips fall where they may, … Continue reading Relax
Awareness
The cool thing about tapping into Awareness, is when you realize that the things you are sure you know all about, are actually only that way in your mind. You're seeing things only as you think they should be. You're thinking it all up. When you become aware of your thinking, rather than believing that … Continue reading Awareness
Your Path
A friend recently shared a post that hit home for me. It helped describe the greatest lesson I've learned for how to live my life. It basically said to not feel bad if someone plays dirty to outrun me in the rat race. Because check it: I am not a rat, and I am not … Continue reading Your Path
Growth
With every new day you get a chance to become better. With every new day you get a chance to be kinder than you were before. With every new day you get a chance to be the best person you can be. You'll be growing with each new day regardless, it just makes life much … Continue reading Growth
Connections
Check in with the people you care about, and make a point to visit with each other. Social media is great, but it can deceive us into thinking we are actually checking in with each other, when really we're just following a curated narrative. So, if they are really important to you, check in with … Continue reading Connections
Good Living
The goal for me is not to live a long time, necessarily, but to feel really good about living for as long as possible. What's the point in getting to be 110 years old, if you're mostly incapacitated, and perpetually agitated? The goal shouldn't be to stay alive for as long as possible at all … Continue reading Good Living
Positive Thoughts
Plants, pets, and people all need food, water and sunlight to live and grow. If you take those things away, they whither and die. In a similar way, thoughts need attention to live and grow. When you take your attention away from thoughts you no longer want to think, they will whither and die. But … Continue reading Positive Thoughts
The Journey
Keep going. You don't have to race. Your life will proceed at its own pace anyway. So you might as well embrace the flow, rather than resist it or try to push it. They say that it's all about the journey and not the destination. So enjoy the journey. That journey is your life.
Evolve
You are not done. Nothing is ever done. It's always changing, evolving and growing. Who you are today will change by tomorrow, even if only ever so slightly. Your beliefs, your knowledge, and certainly your life experience will keep changing. And that goes the same for everyone else. Just think about it. If you were … Continue reading Evolve
Now
The way I figure it, since we only get to go through this particular life once, we might as well be sure and do the right thing now. It's like those people who put plastic on their furniture, so it stays nice. Nice for when? What are they waiting for? Some "special occasion" that might … Continue reading Now
Living
I was a volunteer for a hospice for a while, visiting with the patients and keeping them company whenever their family couldn't be there, so they wouldn't be alone. What struck me the most about those experiences, were that these people, who were in the last weeks and days of their lives, all seemed to … Continue reading Living
What You Want
Focus on what you want in your life. That's the way to get it. This sounds simple enough in theory, but it's actually not so easy to pull off in practice. Just notice your thoughts for an afternoon, and you'll realize that they are mostly about what you don't want. But all is not lost. … Continue reading What You Want
Saving Grace
Focus on gratitude. It's your saving grace. No matter what you may be going through, there is always, always something to be grateful for. Focusing on gratitude calms your worried mind, and helps joy to seep in. The more you focus on being grateful, the more you realize how blessed you really are. It's a … Continue reading Saving Grace
Things Could Go Right
There are many reasons why things could go wrong. Oh, but there are so many other reasons why things could go right. In fact, things could go so much better than you can even imagine. Why not focus on how good things can get? It just might be the secret sauce to manifesting that kind … Continue reading Things Could Go Right
Bright Lights
Be a good person. Try to brighten someone else's day, every day. Be somebody that shines so bright, that other people feel that their world lightens up when you are around them. Be a light to the world. It could sure use a lot less of gossips and cynics, and a whole lot more people … Continue reading Bright Lights
Absolutely Unique
Everyone wants to live in a world where everyone else sees the world through their perspective. Everyone wants to be right, and they want to be acknowledged as being on the right side of history. But when we refuse to see that everyone else has their own unique perspective too, and when we refuse to … Continue reading Absolutely Unique
Expectations
Eliminate expectations, and you'll be sure to lead a blissful life. Expectations do nothing but set you up for disappointment. At the very least they blur your vision to the beauty of what's really going on around you, because you're fixated on having your expectations met instead. I read this quote that says: Expectations are … Continue reading Expectations
Do it
Most anything can be done easily when you just get to doing it. It's when you think too much about doing it, and about how you're going to do it, that it starts to get complicated. You can end up thinking yourself into a panic that it's just too difficult to do. Now, some things … Continue reading Do it
Happy Choice
Happiness doesn't come from things, other people, or circumstances. It must come from inside of yourself. Just think about how someone could be really happy under certain circumstances, like traveling overseas, and yet another person could be miserable under the very same situation. So it's not the situation, it's the perspective of the person that … Continue reading Happy Choice
Think on that
Everything in this world begins with a thought. And we get to choose what thoughts we want to pay attention to. This means that we get to choose what manifests in our life. So choose happy thoughts. Choose to be aware of the thoughts that run through your head, and if they aren't thoughts you … Continue reading Think on that
Consistency
Success doesn't require a miracle. It just takes consistency. Losing weight. Getting in shape. Paying off debt. Earning a degree. Whatever it is, it just takes showing up, and consistently putting in the work towards achieving that goal, bit by bit until it happens. You don't have to become obsessed. You don't have to be … Continue reading Consistency
Time Flies
The best thing you can do for yourself is to be where you are. Be present. It may not presently be the exact place or circumstances that you want for yourself, but you'll never really know unless you let yourself be there. Time flies when you're having fun. Actually, time flies when you're fully immersed … Continue reading Time Flies
Assumptions
The more I learn, the more I realize that I just can't know everything. This is especially true with other people's experiences. We each experience life from our own unique perspective. So it's a little silly and pretty foolish to make assumptions about what someone else is going through. You could have had very similar … Continue reading Assumptions
Faith
At some point you have to stop asking for a blessing, and start allowing it to happen. The key is figuring out when that is. My best guess is that it's as soon as you have a clear idea of what you want in your mind. Once that's clear, then you need to start allowing … Continue reading Faith
Thanksgiving
Gratitude turns what we have into enough. The best way to improve your mood is to focus on what you're grateful for. We have all suffered loss. We all have pain. It's part of the package deal with being a human. We also all enjoy the blessings that come with being human. Some of us … Continue reading Thanksgiving
Something Good
Keep noticing what's good, then you'll keep feeling abundant. And there is always something good to notice. Of course, not everything is rainbows and lollipops. There are a lot of crummy things in this world. But luckily, we get a choice on what to focus on. There's that quote that goes: Every day may not … Continue reading Something Good
No, period.
I recently heard this wonderful bit of advice when dealing with setting boundaries: "No" is a complete response. For such a simple sentence, it's quite a complex idea. Most of us learn to be apologetic and always have a reason ready if we need to say no. We are taught not to be rude, and … Continue reading No, period.
When Silence is Golden
It's ironic, but the times that I've been the most effective in conflict, have been the times that I've been extremely selective with my words, or even silent in reply. Those were the times when silence was golden. I say it's ironic because we have this instinct to want to make our case, and present … Continue reading When Silence is Golden
Attention
Focus on what you want. Take your attention away from what you don't want. I heard a very clever phrase once: energy goes where attention flows. Your creative energy is going to go towards whatever you are focused on. In other words, you will create more of whatever you are thinking about. So you best … Continue reading Attention
