Today's failures, tomorrow's success

"Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles." (Helen Keller) It is so easy for us to get caught up...

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Waiting for Someday

If today is the day you will take your destiny into your hands, you will soon discover that you hold the keys of fate. The time we are blessed with is limited and tends to be used up all too quickly. How we utilize that time is consequently one of the most important decisions we make....

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Unresolved issues

Finding a healthy outlet for unsettling emotions allows us to resolve them in productive ways and regain a rested state of mind. We might not realize how deeply our feelings are affecting our lives until we begin to feel overwhelmed and frustrated. Instead of trying to ignore our feelings or push...

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Why Not Now?

We can procrastinate for an endless list of excuses, but why not empower ourselves to change our lives for the better now.  It doesn't matter what it is! I've written about procrastination before . . . it is like a ball and chain to hold you back from doing anything and putting it off until...

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Your true calling

Life ends not when you die, but when you stop believing in your true calling. Your true calling isn't something your friends, parents or lovers want you to become. Your true calling isn't living vicariously through someone else. And most certainly your true calling isn't working just to "make...

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Just Do It

"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." Martin Luther King, Jr. "If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it." Olin Miller   "Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible." George...

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Intentions without energy

"Activity is not achievement.  It is not enough to rush about beginning a lot of things and keeping busy.  A well-spent life is one that rounds out what it has begun." -- Eknath Easwaran "Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them." -- Joseph Joubert "Good to begin...

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Simple Contentment

Since taking my mental health days a week or so ago and making the decision to stop procrastinating and get those things done that need to be done, I've been making small changes that are starting to make a difference. One of the things I've done really good with is doing small tasks at a time...

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The miracle of change . . . and boredom

The feeling of boredom is often misunderstood and  can actually mean we need to look under  the layers for change. Sometimes we feel that things aren't moving along fast enough for us and that the world is passing us by. It may be that time seems to stand still and that we are simply...

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Does procrastination hinder your life?

Life is Always Movement By Sarah Ban Breathnach Life doesn't ever calm down long enough for us to wait until tomorrow to start living the lives we deserve. Life is always movement, always change, always unforeseen circumstances. There will always be something to grab your attention. Let's...

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Make It Happen

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." Michael Jordan We all want to live our dream . . . but we can’t wish to achieve goals and get it done just because we want to.  It is being passionate about our goals, enabling our minds...

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From thinking to doing

Human behavior expert Theodore Bryant, author of the book “Self-Discipline in 10 Days: How to Go from Thinking to Doing”, has conducted self-discipline courses, workshops, and seminars for over a decade. He explains that everyone is made up of different selves. Often, your different sides want to...

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