“I am a constant editor. I shed people, I shed clothing, I shed possessions, I shed ideas. The biggest thing that I’ve shed is my own limitations and perception of who I am.” This is a quote from Jamie Lee Curtis in the October 2018 issue of Good Housekeeping. Sometimes we forget that each of us is the author of our own story, our own life. We make choices about what we would like to…
Change can be a good thing. Think of the changes you undergo on your journey as a means of honing the person who you are becoming. In my youth, I was quiet but with a well concealed wild side. I would act now and think later which often resulted in a somewhat negative outcome. In addition, I turned out to be a very slow learner when it came to learning from others. For some odd…
It takes the same amount of effort to offer a compliment to someone as it does to offer a critical comment. But the compliment holds a much greater potential for creating change and improvement. Use your energy wisely, share a positive thought or compliment with someone and know that your words could enrich that person’s day, week or even his or her entire life.
When you are sitting on the beach there is never a bad view. The tide comes in and out, but the view is only different, neither one is better or worse than the other. High tide brings the water up close to us and carries with it untold potential treasures from some far off place beneath the water. And when the tide goes out, it leaves behind a clean slate free of footprints.…