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Living (and loving) Life
“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 most of it up.
Living (and loving) Life
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.“
–Ancient Chinese Proverb
Do you ever catch yourself saying something like the following?
“I wish I had done [whatever] back when I was younger. I have really missed out.“
Trust me, we all have regrets over opportunities missed, or simply passed up in order to take a different path.
Living (and loving) Life
There’s a timeless Native American story about two wolves that live inside each and every person – a good wolf and a bad wolf.
These two wolves are constantly struggling to control our thoughts, our actions and our lives.
I won’t relay the entire story here, but the the ending is explained in the short video below. [Read more…]
Living (and loving) Life
As you probably know, the California Gold Rush created tremendous wealth and made lots of people rich, but not all of them got rich the way you might suspect.
One of the most famous men to earn a literal fortune during the Gold Rush was Levi Strauss, whose name is no doubt quite familiar to you.
And like so many of his “Gold Rush” contemporaries, Mr. Strauss didn’t earn his incredible fortune by mining or panning for gold.
Living (and loving) Life
“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.“
-–John Holmes
Have you ever had the opportunity to help someone who desperately needed some form of assistance?
And if so, did you take it?
If you did I’m willing to bet the experience ended up making you feel just as good as the person you helped.
Life being what it is, virtually every time we’re around other people we’re presented with opportunities to help someone.