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…
Uncertainty repeated
creates a self fulfilling doubt,
which causes further uncertainty…
Speak of those things you desire,
focus on that which can be certain
and set the sails of your heart
to the winds of passion.
Choice – more than chance – brings you what you hope for…
Ever caught yourself saying things like:
> I’m not sure if I can do that
> I don’t know if that will work
> I may not finish it on time
Here’s the deal.… —-> Continue…
For so many years I’ve held a belief that
people come into our lives for a reason
- AND that sometimes we know what that reason is,
and sometimes we don’t.
chuckle…
Do we ever really know ?
And just when we think we know the reason
- Life shifts and we need to think of another reason !… —-> Continue…
Do people listen to you?
Stop being ignored – Get their attention
Stop being dismissed – Gain their respect
Stop being overlooked – Grab their interest
Find out what roadblocks keep you from
being able to effectively communicate
with others and how to overcome them.… —-> Continue…
I’m at the Salvation Army thrift store
standing in line to purchase a small
dresser I’d found to help organize
what is my clothing chaos.
And I see him.
If one were to judge him by appearance,
they might say he had run out of luck
long ago and spent much time amongst the
out of work and possibly even the homeless.… —-> Continue…
It was a fun night celebrated with friends
that brought me to downtown Portland.
That’s the Oregon one
(pronouned Or-ree-gahn by the out of towners) -
not the one in Maine on the OTHER coast.
It was on the walk back to the car that I saw it.… —-> Continue…
