Choice Cuts Close

Today can be a very good day or today can be a very bad day. A lot depends on circumstance. A whole lot more depends on choice. Where we are now has a direct link to what we did then. We are generally the sum total of decisions made in the time leading up to … Continue reading Choice Cuts Close

Giving To Good

In a world jam-packed with distraction and distress, never has there been a greater need for connectivity. We need to know we are not alone. We need the assurance that there are others out there of like mind. We need to know we are part of something. But meeting that need starts with the individual. … Continue reading Giving To Good

Now Is The Moment

We all have memories...snippets of the past that we hold inside ourselves...reminders of times, experiences and people often no longer with us or now out of reach. We all forget far more than we remember. Despite being there at the time, feeling the elation or the pain, given time we lose track of so much … Continue reading Now Is The Moment

Strive To Survive

We live in a world and at a time where it is becoming increasingly difficult to believe a lot of what we are hearing and accept and understand a lot of what we are seeing. Confusion is being spread by those we should be expected to trust, uncertainty muddles our thinking and future plans have … Continue reading Strive To Survive

Talking And Hearing

In a world where fear and frustration continually assail our mental wellbeing conversation is key. Left alone with our thoughts we run the risk of losing perspective. When the only voice we are unable to turn off is the one inside our head we can find ourselves being drawn to dark places. And still the … Continue reading Talking And Hearing

Better Now Than Then

Too many of us check the instructions after the failure of a project. Too many of us refer to the directions only after we have lost our way. One of the greatest challenges faced by society is the belief we have in our own capacity to survive and prosper as individuals. But it's not by … Continue reading Better Now Than Then

Who, How And What

What we think can sometime surprise and even scare us. We question the source and motivation of random thoughts that sit outside our accepted boundaries of reason and common sense. The same can be said for the things we sometimes dream. We can become unsettled by the images we see during our sleeping hours. The … Continue reading Who, How And What

Eyes On The Prize

The temptation to take on tasks and responsibilities well beyond our self-perceived capacity to manage is something that should not be ignored. Too often we limit our own potential by stepping back rather than stepping forward. While there will always be prizes well beyond our reach that should not limit our attempts at achievement. It's … Continue reading Eyes On The Prize

Resetting The Regretting

We have all said and done things we regret. For that reason we all seek forgiveness. Forgiveness takes away the weight of guilt. It's by unlocking from the past that we are granted the freedom to enjoy the present and move into the future. A lot of our energy can be spent on the pursuit … Continue reading Resetting The Regretting

This Day. This Moment.

We are nothing if not the sum of our past. The bitter truth of life's lesson learned is that what we did and said in years gone by can have a very real impact on what we can do and say in the present. The sweet truth is that we get to choose how we … Continue reading This Day. This Moment.