Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life

Growth, Hanging In There, Moving Forward

You can’t stop the future You can’t rewind the past The only way to learn the secret …is to press play.

Growth, Hanging In There, Moving Forward

You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks. You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward.

DREAMS, Hanging In There

Your dream does not have an expiration date. Take a deep breath and try again.

Accomplishment, Hanging In There

The reason most people give up so fast is that they look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have come.

Hanging In There, Letting Go, Moving Forward

Realize that if a door closed, it’s because what was behind it wasn’t meant for you.

Aging, Anxiety, Appreciation, Character, Clarity, Compassion, Courage, Death, Growth, Hanging In There, Inspiration, Life

GAME OVER

I have never reposted a blog before. And if I have it certainly wasn’t two months after the initial publication. But the man who wrote this wonderful blog died suddenly yesterday.  Carl Rahn Griffith was a very insightful man. He came upon some difficult times. He learned a lot and he writes about it with clarity and wisdom. I am reposting it today in his honor and his memory. Take some time, read it, learn from Carl.  And cherish the day… Read More

Gratitude, Hanging In There, Health

APPRECIATING THE PRESENT

  Here’s the thing: you can’t change the past and you can’t predict the future. We know these things on a fundamental level yet we do little things every day to suggest otherwise. I get stuck on the little things, I complain about the little things. It’s nearly constant, and it’s a perpetual New Year’s resolution of mine to knock it off. But once in a while I’ll happen upon a picture from 3 years ago and get some forced… Read More

Acceptance, Action, Aging, Courage, Disappointment, Growth, Hanging In There

GAME OVER

Unprecedented numbers of white-collar workers are facing the prospect of losing their jobs; this has happened to blue-collar workers over many years and, somewhat patronisingly, been deemed inevitable/acceptable and a necessary trait of industry modernising via automation, etc. There has been little sympathy for such job losses. With white-collar workers the reaction has been somewhat different, largely because this impacts a whole different demographic and is part of the narrative chronicling the demise of the middle-class, its impact on consumerism… Read More

Giving Back, Gratitude, Growth, Hanging In There, Living Fully

FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF MY ACCIDENT

This Thanksgiving weekend marked the 4th anniversary of my near-death accident when an out-of-control SUV with a sleeping driver barreled into my bicycle. I was an experienced cyclist taking all possible precautions — I was wearing a helmet and bright clothing, obeying traffic laws, and riding on the right shoulder of a sparsely travelled country road. It was 1:06 pm on a Saturday afternoon and everything changed in a split second. I think about that moment in time every day.… Read More

Discipline, Hanging In There

A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits.