Day One Hundred Ninety-Three of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Loud Loving!
Alright, alright! I know where many of your minds went when you read the title of this post. Yep! Right to sex! If that’s the place to which your mind traveled, then you will be sorely disappointed and may want to search for something else to read. If you were simply interested and intrigued by […]
Day One Hundred Ninety-Two of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: The Ripple Effect!
Toss a pebble into a placid pond and watch what happens. Once the pebble breaks the surface and sinks into the depths of the water, small waves begin making their way toward the shore in all directions. It’s called the Ripple Effect. The wavelets produced by the pebble continue to form and expand long after […]
Day One Hundred Ninety-One of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Listening!
Listening, really listening, is an art. Relatively few people know how to listen well. We hear quite regularly; however, listening is another story. I believe that if we were to develop our capacity to listen, many if not all of our shared problems could be solved. Carl Rogers once said, “We think we listen, but very […]
Day One Hundred Ninety of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Honesty!
We live in a society that I fear is on the verge of losing sight of that which is most important. Now, depending on your religious, political, ideological, cultural or educational biases, you probably already have a word or concept that you believe fits this bill. That which is most important could be many things. […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Nine of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Four Statements!
We all have dreams in life. We all harbor sometimes deeply hidden desires of accomplishment that rarely see the light of day due to the internal self-talk that prevents us from working on them. We routinely find ourselves being victimized by our own disparaging beliefs. Many have been credited with the following statement: “A dream […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Eight of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Failure!
Before you stop reading this post, please take a moment to ponder the implications of Failure! Failure is definitely a subject that many of us desire to ignore or avoid. Parents work to keep their children from experiencing failure. Sports teams work to avoid failure every time they take the court or field. Businesses work […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Seven of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Core Strength
Core Strength is something that inspires me but for reasons different than you might think. Let me explain . . . Anyone who is engaged in any kind of exercise program has heard the term “core strength!” Strengthening our core muscles positively affects everything we do – the way we sit, walk, run, bend over, […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Six of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Sometimes . . . Nothing!
I wish I could say that every single day I find myself inspiured by someone or something. That would be wonderful! Reality, however, tells me that will not be the case. The main reason is that some days are filled with anything but inspiration. On those days, I have to look elsewhere. Today was one […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Five of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Silence
Words! Sometimes I have too many for my own good or the good of others. I often use words when silence is the better option. Silence is vastly underrated. Silence is power! Silence direction! Silence is illumination! Silence is . . . difficult! Perhaps that is the reason there is so little of it. Perhaps […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Four of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Forgetting!
Forgetting! We all do it from time to time. We forget names and numbers. We forget dates and times. We forget people and places. We forget our car keys. We forget our glasses. We forget our lunch. We forget quite a bit it seems. When we forget, we often berate ourselves for our “stupidity” or […]