Tips for Living Bright 05/14: STAY THE COURSE Feeling stuck or frustrated with your goals? I get it. I am very familiar with that feeling of TRYING and TRYING, yet feeling like you're getting nowhere. It happens to everyone. The difference between failure and success lies in the perseverance. I remember when I was first … Continue reading Don’t Quit – Stay the Course
Tips for Living Bright 05/13: POSITIVE SELF-TALK This a recycled post but an important reminder . . . If you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all. I remember seeing that phrase on a school bulletin board back in elementary school, and since then I've tried to abide by those words. … Continue reading What Do You Say to Yourself?
Tips for Living Bright 05/12: GRATITUDE It is very easy to fall into the trap of comparing oneself with others and feeling inferior because someone has more money, a bigger house, a better job, a better body, a seemingly perfect life. Here’s a secret: There will always be people who have more than you; there … Continue reading Gratitude
Daily Tips for Living Bright: MUSIC I spent the morning listening to U2. Besides being my favorite band, they are my default music for pumping me up when I feel far from pumped. I have to say, I always find meaning, inspiration, and therapy in their words. May is Mental Health Month and so, I’ve … Continue reading My Morning with U2
Yesterday was Easter. For some like me, it's a day to remember God's love for us. But even if you're not religious, I hope that you still take stock in its overarching theme . . . REbirth, REnewal, REjuvenation, REinvention. For two days, after Jesus was crucified, things looked bleak. But then, on the third … Continue reading Get Busy Living
I just got back from a Pilgrimage in Italy, and I’m in the process of writing about my experience. However, there is one observation I wanted to share now. . . It is about our pilgrimage leader, Sister Joanne. Sister Joanne is a positive and dynamic ball of energy who led our trip. At 75, … Continue reading Living Closer to Free
Do we have any cross stitchers out there? I am not one, nor have I ever cross stitched (it involves more tedious patience than I am equipped with). HOWEVER, I have watched others cross stitch and I know what happens when they do. The backside is a mess. It is mangled with unorderly thread and … Continue reading A Frontside Perspective
As I was driving to work this morning, the sun was intensely bright, so much that traffic was backed up from it. I said to myself, "We haven't had sun like this in the morning for a while---where the sun is so bright that you can feel its warmth and the prelude to spring. Rather … Continue reading Here Comes the Sun
"It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong." My grandmother wrote this to me I was twelve (she’s not the author, but she put this in a card when I had to spend three … Continue reading Focus Series: Fueling Up
I am so far from perfect . . . And sometimes I slip up and do something that proves this fact. Where is that re-wind and re-do button when you need it? Sadly, there are no mulligans in life. And when I mess up like this, I am horrible to myself . . . I … Continue reading Be a Goldfish
Writing doesn’t always mean writing. Not in the typing away at the keyboard, sense. Sometimes, it means stopping to reposition. It may mean mulling things over and figuring out certain specifics—background information on your characters, plot points, pathways, and resolutions. Learn what to do when this step is necessary.
How easy would it be if we all had magic wands? If only we could simply wave that bad boy and have everything that we wanted done, done. My head is always overflowing with things needing to be tackled, but there just doesn't seem to be enough time. Does this sound familiar? If you are … Continue reading How to Write a Book (or Pursue Your Goals) While Working Full Time
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