Category: Attitude

Deep Power

Posted February 5, 2017 - Adversity, Attitude

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

— Joseph Campbell —

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

Wounds into Wisdom

Posted February 4, 2017 - Adversity, Attitude

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

— Oprah Winfrey —

This quote by Oprah is very powerful. We’ve all been wounded at some point in our lives. What we do with the wounds makes all the difference. The devil wants our wounds to shut us down and snuff the very being out of us. God wants to turn our wounds into wisdom. What are you…

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Ice

Posted February 3, 2017 - Adversity, Attitude

You may encounter many defeats but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.

— Maya Angelou —

None of us like to fail, but failure is part of the success formula…

God and Nature

Posted February 2, 2017 - Adversity, Attitude

God does not cause our misfortunes...

— Rabbi Harold Kushner —

I saw this quote the other day and felt compelled to share it with you all… God does not cause our misfortunes.  Some are caused by bad luck, some are caused by bad people, and some are simply an inevitable consequence of our being human and being mortal, living in a world of inflexible natural…

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Adversity

Posted February 1, 2017 - Adversity, Attitude

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.

— C. S. Lewis —

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.

Failure is Up to You

Posted September 6, 2016 - Attitude, Fear

You are the only person who can label what you do a failure. Failure is subjective.

— John Maxwell —

You are the only person who can label what you do a failure. Failure is subjective. ~John Maxwell

Thorns or Roses

Posted August 28, 2016 - Acceptance, Attitude

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

— Abraham Lincoln —

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” ~Abraham Lincoln

Your Greatest Day

Posted August 21, 2016 - Attitude

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.

— John Maxwell —

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up. ~John Maxwell

Peace

Posted August 2, 2016 - Attitude, Community, Fear, P.E.A.C.E., Peace

To find peace, you have to be willing to lose your connection with all the people, places and things that create all the noise in your life.

— Unknown —

“To find peace, you have to be willing to lose your connection with all the people, places and things that create all the noise in your life.”  ~Unknown Are there people, places and things creating noise in your life? John 14:27, “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart.  And the peace…

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Paint

Posted January 2, 2016 - Attitude

If you hear a voice within you say, “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.

— Vincent Van Gogh —

  I love this quote by Van Gogh.  Think about something your “voice” is telling you, you can’t do.  My God exists in the world of CAN’S.  The devil exists in the world of CANT’S. Who or what are you listening to these days? 2016 is the year of “Making the Most of Ourselves” and that…

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