Have you noticed how palm trees bend in the wind but don’t break? Palm trees have the innate ability to withstand strong hurricane winds, yet they don’t break. They adapt to the change in environment at any given moment. I’ve heard the saying that change is the only constant in life, and it is so […]
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Enough is enough. I stopped wasting money on somethings when I came across this concept several years ago in a book called, “Your Money or Your Life” by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez. In summary, there’s a chapter that essentially asks how much of your time (energy) are you willing to trade to live a
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When was the last time you didn’t have thoughts running through your mind at 80 mph? I am a recovering overthinker. The best decision is to make a decision. There was a time at any given moment I would ruminate over everything from how I could style my hair to rehearsed lines of a future
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How valuable is your time? Time is all we have. We can recover things, but not time. Time is precious. Time is valuable. I often ask myself how I can make the most of my time. Where could I stop wasting time? And how can I take better control of my day? The answer: Set
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I let the offense go when someone cuts me off in traffic. Instead of getting upset, I focus on keeping myself and other drivers safe on the road. That person’s issues has nothing to do with me. And to tell you the truth, most people aren’t thinking that much about us at all. Perhaps they’re
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I will let the days just be the days. My promise to myself this year is to not dwell on yesterday or concentrate on tomorrow, but to only take on today. This is the day I’ve been given to begin afresh! Mondays – Time to review and respond to emails. It’s a don’t be hard
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It’s not too late to begin again. Now is the time to readjust my thinking. Hit the reset button because a new day is here! I’ve readjusted quite a few things lately. I often stated that I could never keep a potted plant, because I didn’t have the time or a green thumb. But then
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Have you ever had that feeling of wanting to throw in the towel? I have. Multiple times. But don’t quit even when it’s hard. But the thing that keeps me from giving up is my faith—my audacity to believe that things will always work out. Life is a series of tests (big and small). Tests
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Stop, yield, retreat! There’s a scene in one of my favorite movies, “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”, where two characters Del Griffith (John Candy) and Neal Page (Steve Martin) are sharing a car ride to Chicago. As Del is driving on the expressway another driver yells out of the window, “You’re going the wrong way!” Del
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Sigh. That Friday feeling. It’s almost the end of the year, but there is still time to do remarkable things. Sometimes it’s tough to learn something new. How about that overwhelming feeling of acquiring new information to perform a new job, project or hobby? But no need to dismay, everything can be figured out. We