Life is short - begin every day with a smile!
“Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is started, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.“
-–Robert Collier
I have a question for you: Are you a dreamer?
I mean are you someone who sits at times and thinks about what you’d love to accomplish in life? [Read more…]
“Time is what we want most and what we use worst.“
-–William Penn
Chances are you’ve heard the famous adage “Youth is wasted on the young“.
When you think about it, there’s a lot of truth in that.
By the time most of us have life figured out, we’ve already used up most of it.
“I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong.“
-–Daniel Handler
It’s human nature to form an opinion about someone we meet for the first time based solely upon our first impression of that person.
Whether it’s the way they look, the way they dress or speak, or perhaps the type of vehicle they drive, it’s so incredibly easy to form an impression about someone’s character, their educational background or their financial status.
When I was a youngster I had a really bad habit of judging people based upon the first impression that formed in my mind immediately after meeting them for the first time.
Luckily, I learned a long time ago that the first impression that forms in the human mind is just as likely to be wrong as it is to be right.
This wasn’t a revelation that came to me like a sunburst breaking through the clouds on a rainy day. It was actually the culmination of several events.
Here’s an example of one event that really made me see the light… [Read more…]
“Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.“
–Bil Keane
Do you ever sit and ponder your life’s journey?
Where you’re headed (the future)?
Or perhaps, where you’ve been (the past)?
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.“
-–Thomas A. Edison
Do you tend to get frustrated and give up when you try something new and end up failing miserably at it?
If so, you’re certainly not alone. Most everyone fails at something on occasion, and I’ve probably failed at more endeavors than most people will ever try.
Like it or not, failure is just a part of life for us human beings. [Read more…]