Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life

Discovery, Growth, Hanging In There, Obstacles

No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person.

Acceptance, Growth, Hanging In There

YOU’RE ONLY AS OLD AS YOU’RE REAL

I turn fifty-seven today….no…no…no… this is not a ploy to get endless birthday greetings. It’s just aging is on my mind. I had to talk about Medicare with the WGA the other day. That was a new type of conversation for me to have. “So, when I get to sixty-five, you guys only cover dental?” Sixty-five…Hold on, I’m adjusting to 57. People say they don’t think about aging and I’m not sure that is true. It’s hard not to. We… Read More

Growth, Hanging In There, Obstacles

Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.

Bravery, Discipline, Faith, Hanging In There

KEEPING THE FAITH ALIVE

  The most asked question, biggest complaint, stickiest wicket of this work or any self-improvement path is always, “I keep trying, I keep asking, I keep trying to be grateful, I keep trying to hold faith, have trust, ask for what I need and want and actively pursue it, but it somehow it continues to evade me. I can’t make it work. It’s useless. I’m useless. What is the point? I might as well give up.” These doubts and feelings… Read More

Courage, Death, Devotion, Faith, Hanging In There, Hope, Loss

MIRACLE ON 34TH ST.

  This is a story of the amazing things that can happen when pure love and unfaltering belief join hands. Several years ago I was fortunate enough to come in contact with an amazing young woman called Alice Pyne. Some of you might have heard of Alice. She was a force of nature and a good works who through the malevolent hands of fate was diagnosed with cancer at the age of eleven. But true to Alice’s nature she did… Read More

Clarity, Discovery, Growth, Hanging In There

You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.

Devotion, Discipline, Hanging In There, Perseverence

DISCIPLINE AND DEVOTION

  Discipline and Devotion, kissing cousins, best friends and the cornerstones and pillars to making any self-improvement plan, business or relationship work. I have grown to believe that one does not work without the other. You have to be devoted to not only the outcome of what you are doing but to the process of it. It’s not enough to want something; wanting is not devotion. The dictionary describes devotion as commitment, enthusiasm and dedication. You don’t see the word… Read More

Hanging In There, Mistakes, Perseverence, Right Action, Success

Always try to succeed and learn to live and embrace with failure, that way you will succeed later.

Hanging In There, Moving Forward, Perseverence

Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.

Addictions, Family, Gratitude, Growth, Hanging In There

GETTING THROGH THE HOLIDAYS WITH GRATITUDE AND YOUR SANITY

  Here at G and T we try and be grateful every day. We try and give back. We like to think of it like everyday is Thanksgiving here. But today is the real Thanksgiving. The day when families all across the country somehow through bad weather, delayed flights, crowded highways and screaming children make their way to relatives to ostensibly give thanks and not have any fist fights or screaming matches while carb loading and often drinking too much.… Read More