“We can wish things were different,
and we all too often wallow in our pain,
our misery, our anger, pity, and shame.
Meanwhile, time marches on, the world turns
—and Life moves on without us.
If you want to keep up—
if you want to conquer,
you’ve got to get up
and put one foot in
front of the other
—and move.… —-> Continue…
Do you sometimes find yourself
beating your head against a wall wondering
what you’re doing wrong and why you can’t get it right?
Let’s take a break from head banging for a minute
and consider & contemplate this:
“The same brain that
got you into this mess
isn’t going to get you out.”
I heard that a few weeks ago -
and it just speaks such a clear truth.… —-> Continue…
It could be said of this Life
that we are part of a grand experiment -
full of tests, failures, successes; all to be
placed under the heading called RESULTS.
Look at your own Life.
How do you like the results you’re getting
in the very tests & trials that you experience?… —-> Continue…
Is your best good enough?
This is the question I asked when I saw
a photo of a Young Marine recruit who
was giving it his all in a foot race.
His eyes were closed, face clenched
in a grimace of pain and determination;
going all out where others might give up.… —-> Continue…
The subject of PURPOSE came up twice for me today,
so I felt compelled to take bit of time to pass it on to you.
Because I’m a giver like that 
One of the more intriguing and convicting questions
that I have often pondered where people are concerned
is whether they live a life of Purpose or a life of Pleasure.… —-> Continue…
I saw a quote earlier that said;
“You deserve the love you keep trying to give everyone else.”
The word that jumped out at me was “Try”.
Call me crazy, but the image that came to mind was of someone “giving love” to others, and then pulling it back… taking it back when they didn’t feel it was reciprocated.… —-> Continue…
Sometimes it takes a tragedy to cause us
to take hold of our lives and create triumph.
From the rumble of toppled buildings
to crushed & shattered dreams and hopes;
where we go from here all starts at a beginning.
Do we rebuild from rubble with the same anger,
greed, hate and self centered agenda that brought
them down – brought Us down – in the first place?… —-> Continue…
