Category: Life Issues

Excellence is a Verb

Posted February 10, 2025 - Discipline, Excellence, Life Issues

Excellence isn’t about talent alone. It’s about doing what needs to be done—even when you don’t feel like it.

— JMeyer —

Excellence isn’t about talent alone. It’s about doing what needs to be done—even when you don’t feel like it…

Short Races and Building Endurance

Posted February 9, 2025 - Fear, Perseverance

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

— Walter Elliot —

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

Plan Z to A2

Posted February 8, 2025 - Attitude, Patience, Perseverance

If plan 'A' didn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters. Stay cool.

— Unknown —

If plan ‘A’ didn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters. Stay cool.

Flawed and Good

Posted February 7, 2025 - Forgiveness, Love

But we know that people are complicated and have a mixture of flaws and talents and sins. So why do we pretend that we don't?

— Jon Ronson —

But we know that people are complicated and have a mixture of flaws and talents and sins. So why do we pretend that we don’t?…

Adversity

Posted February 6, 2025 - Adversity, Attitude

There's been no better teacher in my life than adversity.

— JJMeyer —

There’s been no better teacher in my life than adversity…

Deeper Strengths

Posted February 5, 2025 - Adversity, Attitude

We often discover deeper strengths within ourselves during life's most challenging moments, especially when we turn to God for support in those difficult times.

— JJMeyer —

Opportunities to find more profound powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging, and we turn to God during those difficult times…

Putting What You Have to Good Use

Posted February 2, 2025 - Life Issues

No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don't have and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.

— Seneca —

No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have…

Sun’s Rays and Focus

Posted January 30, 2025 - Focus

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

— Alexander Graham Bell —

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus…