“Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one’s self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart that goes out of itself gets large and full of joy. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something […]
I remember well those words spoken in a Pantene shampoo commercial back in the 1980’s. The attractive woman with the fabulous hair looked right into the camera and made the plea “Don’t hate me because I am beautiful.” That phrase became front and center once again earlier this year when UK columnist Samantha Brick wrote […]
2013 marks the beginning of Magic Goal Poster number three in my life. And given how amazing the goals I am including on Goal Poster number three are, 2013 is guaranteed to be an EPIC year! I realize that many of you reading this are thinking, “What the heck is a magic Goal Poster? And, […]
It is imperative that we decide in advance to do the right thing. When circumstances present themselves in the heat of the moment, we must already know what our response is going to be. As I turned on NBC’s TODAY show to watch the morning news, I was horrified to hear about the man who was […]
Tonight was an incredibly rough night at our house. My daughter Ashley, who plays on her high school varsity basketball team, found out that she has a torn ACL and she is going to have to now undergo surgery to repair it, followed by six to nine months of rehabilitation to bring her knee back […]
This world is full of those who would sit back and criticize others, make snarky comments about others, tear others down or belittle their efforts. And why wouldn’t it be full of those people? It is so easy to be one of those people. Talking trash about someone takes very little effort. Finding fault with […]
GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTT LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE!!!!!! A simple phase. Two words. Yet, awesome! This is my new favorite phrase. It reminds me that when life gets tough, you just gotta have fun with it. Honestly, you can’t choose what happens to you. Life is thrown at you in ways unimaginable, but like they always say, “When life gives you […]
