Day One Hundred Ninety-Five of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: What I Allow
What I allow! How in the world might this statement inspire me? It’s really quite simple. It inspires me in a reverse kind of way. The statement reminds me that I have power and control over what I allow to come into my life. It reminds me that I am influenced by what I allow. […]
Day One Hundred Ninety-Four of 365 – Things That Inspire Me:Breathing
Breathing is great! Breathing is essential! Breathing, even stale smelling air, is better than the alternative! Breathing is life! And yet, there’s more to breathing than life. Intrigued? Read on! Breathing can actually bring living to life! Confused? Hang on and maybe I can clarify this a bit. Many of us choose to avoid living […]
Day One Hundred Ninety-Two of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: The Ripple Effect!
Toss a pebble into a placid pond and watch what happens. Once the pebble breaks the surface and sinks into the depths of the water, small waves begin making their way toward the shore in all directions. It’s called the Ripple Effect. The wavelets produced by the pebble continue to form and expand long after […]
Day One Hundred Ninety of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Honesty!
We live in a society that I fear is on the verge of losing sight of that which is most important. Now, depending on your religious, political, ideological, cultural or educational biases, you probably already have a word or concept that you believe fits this bill. That which is most important could be many things. […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Nine of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Four Statements!
We all have dreams in life. We all harbor sometimes deeply hidden desires of accomplishment that rarely see the light of day due to the internal self-talk that prevents us from working on them. We routinely find ourselves being victimized by our own disparaging beliefs. Many have been credited with the following statement: “A dream […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Eight of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Failure!
Before you stop reading this post, please take a moment to ponder the implications of Failure! Failure is definitely a subject that many of us desire to ignore or avoid. Parents work to keep their children from experiencing failure. Sports teams work to avoid failure every time they take the court or field. Businesses work […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Seven of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Core Strength
Core Strength is something that inspires me but for reasons different than you might think. Let me explain . . . Anyone who is engaged in any kind of exercise program has heard the term “core strength!” Strengthening our core muscles positively affects everything we do – the way we sit, walk, run, bend over, […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Five of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Silence
Words! Sometimes I have too many for my own good or the good of others. I often use words when silence is the better option. Silence is vastly underrated. Silence is power! Silence direction! Silence is illumination! Silence is . . . difficult! Perhaps that is the reason there is so little of it. Perhaps […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Three of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Unalienable Rights
On this Independence Day, I ponder something that stirs inspiration at a level deeper than I initially thought. That something? Unalienable Rights. What is the definition of Unalienable Rights? What’s unalienable cannot be taken away or denied. Within the context of the Constitution, these rights are granted by God. From that particular perspective, it seems that […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Two of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Boldness!
Boldness! Perhaps no other quality is as misunderstood as this one. Very often I believe that we confuse Brashness with Boldness and venerate those who act and speak with insolence. In so doing, we miss the meaning of Boldness. Boldness is not insolence. Boldness is not effrontery. Boldness is not impertinence. Boldness is not bluntness. […]