"Our greatest freedom...is the freedom to choose our attitude." Viktor Frankl from his book Man's Search for Meaning

“We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.” Paul Harvey, National Radio Host “I’d like them to know about hand-me-down clothes, homemade ice cream, and leftover meatloaf sandwiches. When you...

Who are you, to tell Me... that you can't accomplish something? I've been helping people reach their dreams since time began. I didn't give you the dream so you could waste it! God

"Life will continually present us with lessons...until we finally decide to learn from them." Paula Steurer, 2024

Adversity is the gift nobody asks for and nobody wants. It often comes at the worst of times and it doesn't pay dividends until much later. We do our best to avoid it, struggle when we are in the midst of it, and are relieved when we get through it. How we deal with...

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poetA pawn and a kingI've been up and down and over and outAnd I know one thingEach time I find myselfFlat on my faceI pick myself up and getBack in the race From a song made popular by Frank Sinatra Songwriters: Kelly L....

The gifts derived from your difficulties. Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems. Gever Tulley

Trees grow stronger because of the wind. Why, then, do you wonder that good men are shaken in order that they may grow strong? No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more...

A negative mind will never give you a positive life. Be careful the stories you're telling yourself about your current circumstances; a head full of negative thoughts has no space for positive ones. Do not let your negative thoughts have power over you because those...

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Healing is possible." Mara Adams, Founder of HUGS for Life Healing Center

"Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Vulnerability is laying yourself bare through fear and shame in order to participate and create from a place of transparency and honesty, and this also allows others to connect and let down their own guards in the process to receive." Thebe Magugu, Fashion Designer

"From time to time... I hope you will be treated unfairly because you will come to appreciate justice. I hope you will suffer betrayal, because that will teach you the importance of loyalty. I hope you will be lonely so you will appreciate freindship. I wish you some...

Two people were walking down the left side of a neighborhood street on a sunny afternoon. "This sure is a nice place to walk. The lawns are clean, the trees are shady, and the sidewalk is easy to navigate . The people are friendly, too!" One said. "I wonder why they...

"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." C.S. Lewis

Is it hiding behind your last misfortune? Why is it that we can allow a previous negative outcome in one thing to overshadow the positive potential we have for something else? When your future potential becomes as “real” to you as the reality of your past, then can...

Everyone you meet is part of your journey, but not all of them are meant to stay in your life. Some people are just passing through to bring you gifts; either they are blessings or lessons. Roy T. Bennett

“I’m just your average guy,” he said. “I don’t believe you are average at all,” I said. “Do you know what ‘average’ really means? Let me tell you.” “To be average means you are the ‘bottom of the top’, the ’top of the bottom.’ You are the ‘worst of the best’ and the...

Challenges will come. Challenges will go. Make each challenge a chance to learn, improve and grow. Use your experience as fuel, the next time you are challenged. Don't go through a challenge and come out empty handed. Mark DeBellis, 2023