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It’s what I control
I’m not changing their story. I’m changing mine. It takes too much energy to change someone’s story of me. It doesn’t work anyway. I’m spending that energy moving forward with my own story. I prefer to have fun cultivating my own life, than trying to get in line with someone else’s expectations for mine. People…
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When it’s time for change
The way we’ve always done it. Habits are helpful until they’re not. Keep checking their freshness label. Monitor their usefulness. Every now and then we fall into a rut. We get stuck and the world starts passing us by. We get too comfortable with the way we’ve always done things. We need regular disruption, regular…
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It might as well be you
Whatever your excuse… Someday, someone will overcome it. It might as well be you. What’s really in your way?
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Boxing Lessons
“Young man, young man, your arm’s too short to box with God.” – James Weldon Johnson None of us are as all-knowing and powerful as we think. We need not accept self-imposed limits, but we must learn to accept that which we cannot change.
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No exclusive rights
The freedom to abstain Harmless habits or destructive addictions? If you’re checking your email, social media and texts every three minutes, is it choice or addiction? And that ongoing distraction with gossip, political drivel, and what the Kardashians are doing today? Substances and alcohol don’t own exclusive rights in the realm of addiction. You have…
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Drive to the end game
What’s your end game? Knowing your end game is no guarantee you’ll get there, but not having a clue guarantees you won’t. Plan with the end in mind. Know your intentions. Get clear on your goals. They’re what give you purpose and direction for what you do, and why, day in and out. Drive to…