“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” – Ann Frank The goal of living a GREAT life daily is to start the day in Gratitude for all I have. The GREAT life is a philosophy that is lived one day at a time. Here is how it works for me. […]
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not […]
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw I live my life with passion and at times I’m a bit idealistic… dare I say I’m a bit naïve. I believe in love; […]
“Be an explorer. The universe is filled with wonder and magical things.” – Flavia I just got back from vacation with family. It was just a weekend away, and I loved it. I was on vacation with my Parents, brothers, their wives and my nephews. This is our third family vacation together in my adult […]
“The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero When I first got into a program of recovery to treat my addiction, I was told to find a sponsor (someone who will help me through the twelve step program) who has what I want. Not long after […]
“If you’re standing on the edge of a cliff a step forward is not a good thing.” Anonymous The picture you see is of my feet taken some years ago at the Grand Canyon. Just over five years ago when I started my journey to rebuild my life, I took the trip to visit, for […]
“Family means too much, friends are too valuable, and life is too short, to put-off sharing with people, how much they really mean to you, and pursuing whatever it is that makes you happy.” – Anonymous I woke up this morning and headed to the gym. While there I decided to check my Facebook page […]
“I think leadership comes from integrity – that you do whatever you ask others to do. I think there are non-obvious ways to lead. Just by providing a good example as a parent, a friend, a neighbor makes it possible for other people to see better ways to do things. Leadership does not need to […]
“You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state.” – Sharon Gannonaif Have you ever tried yoga? I’m not a yoga guy…or at lease never wanted to be one. I’m a gym guy. 6-7 days a […]
“Happiness isn’t getting what you want, it’s wanting what you’ve got.” – Anonymous There is a popular kind of negative thinking that we all do, “IF – THEN, or WHEN – Then” thinking. It goes like this: “IF/WHEN I get (insert desire) THEN I’ll be (insert reward). There is no difference between IF or WHEN just […]
