Category: Life Issues

Ought To Want and Do

Practical people get what they want. Philosophers know what they ought to want. Leaders know how to get what they ought to want.

— Unknown —

Reflection I found the opening quote in John Maxwell’s book, “Developing the Leader Within You 2.0,” and before I lose any of you who feel you are currently not in a leadership position and this doesn’t apply–think again. We are all tasked with the responsibility of leading our own lives. This being the start of…

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Improve The World With Your Gifts

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose is to give it away.

— Pablo Picaso —

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose is to give it away…

Whose Plan Are You Living?

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

— Jim Rohn —

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. ~Jim Rohn

New Year New You

Be at war with your vices, peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better person.

— Benjamin Franklin —

Be at war with your vices, peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man…

Less is More

Ambitious goal-setting is at the root of most New Year's resolution failures.

— JMeyer —

Ambitious goal-setting is at the root of most New Year’s Resolution failures.

Heart Following

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

— Steve Jobs —

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Purpose Wins

He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.

— Friedrich Nietzsche —

He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.

Be More in 2024

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson —

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Christmas Love

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

— Hamilton Wright Mabie —

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love…

Christmas Eve Emotions

Christmas has always stirred me emotionally--especially the night before. I used to think it was about me, but then I realized it was about Him and why He came and what He did and continues to do...in that moment everything changed.

— JMeyer —

Christmas has always stirred me emotionally–especially the night before. I used to think it was about me, but then I realized it was about Him and why He came and what He did and continues to do…in that moment everything changed.