Happiness is . . .
In junior high school and high school, my walls were adorned with Snoopy posters identifying what “Happiness is. . . ” and Peanuts Gang books filled my shelves. The messages in this book focused on happiness and what happiness was.…
How Will You React to Life Today?
Cause and effect. Give and take. Act / react. Vicious cycle. Chain reaction. That’s life. No matter how you put it life happens. Several years ago, I began to look at life as a verb. I would tell people that…
Do You Let People In Your Life Be Who They Are?
In the afternoon, “court” television fills my living room with shows like Divorce Court and Paternity Court. I’m always amazed at the number of people whose major complaint with their spouse or partner is that the person they fell in…
How Your Actions Today Can Equal Your Success Tomorrow
I’ve started this article far too many times today. It always sounds like I am sitting here complaining. And so I begin, again, in an attempt to sound more proactive and uplifting. I grew up with the saying, “The squeaky…
Be the Survivor You Know You Can Be
Reba McIntyre got it right when she presented the world with the song “I’m a Survivor.” There are so many ways each and every one of us is a survivor. To ALL of you out there going through struggles on…
3 Hacks to Help YOU Stay On Track in 2021
We’re 11 days into 2021. How’s it going? Are you still forging ahead with the goals you set for yourself? Has the day-to-day uncertainty that winter weather and COVID have presented you with railroaded your progress? Do you realize that…