Love Is Available

"Where there is love there is life." -Mahatma Gandhi

Tomorrow is a day assigned to honor love. History books will give us many reasons and understandings as to how Valentine's Day came to be. What I do know is that Love Is the reason behind it.

Stay inspired my friends.

Who Do You Love

"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That’s what I hope to give you forever." –The Notebook

This week is a week full of love as Valentine's Day approaches on Thursday, February 14th. It is a week in which our focus turns to the ones we love. We are reminded of why we first fell in love, of whom we love, our children, our parents and our God. It is a week in which we want to be loved and love others.

And while we will send cards and flowers, cute candy sayings and all forms of love's expressions, do we really understand what love is?

In my book Love Is, I examine what the true meaning of what love is. Can we experience love by only receiving it? Does love represent taking or giving? What do we truly obtain by accepting the power of what love can do in our lives?

There is something great packed into the words written in that book and as you will find out, words that will change your life and the way you think about love. What remains of our lives when all else is gone? If we take away possessions, notoriety and all of the other distractions that consume our life, what is always left in our life?

And it all reminds me to ask, "who do you love?"



Stay inspired my friends!

Where Do You Sleep

In the book Attitudes 101 by John C. Maxwell, it included a quote from Thomas Jefferson regarding those with bad attitudes, "nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."

I was reminded of this quote after having spoken to some folks recently. One person was battling this type of attitude and I couldn't think of the right words at the time. As I've always suggested, stay positive and encouraging. There are times when being up front is the better approach. But as Mr. Maxwell says, "dealing with a person whose attitude is bad can be a very tricky thing. Before you try to address the issue, you would benefit from a closer look at attitudes and how they affect an individual."

So I read and try to find the right way of handling such a situation. You as an individual need to read both for advice and inspiration. Think of those commercials in which a person just completes a successful surgery and admits he really isn't a doctor, but did sleep in a Holiday Inn last night. Do you really want that person operating on you?

Being a person of great mental attitude, which starts to bring you into the realm of leadership requires knowledge as well as willingness. So enrich your life by reading up. The inspirational stuff is good as it energizes you as well. I've never said that having a great mental attitude would be easier...but it does become more and more a natural part of your life.

Stay inspired my friends.

Wonderful Rain

“No vision and you perish; No ideal and you're lost; Your heart must ever cherish some faith at any cost. Some hope, some dream to cling to; Some rainbow in the sky; Some melody to sing to; Some service that is high.” -Harriet Du Autermont

This week I am spending time in Seattle on business. It is winter time and in typical fashion, it is cloudy, cool and rainy. Most definitely, the weather here or most anywhere can be dismal at times. At times it might be gloomy with torrents of rain occurring through out your day. At other times, the wind and cool air will cause you to blanket yourself in a dark corner.

Our own attitude can mimic the weather and it can have a big effect upon our daily lives. We tend to allow the negative to creep into our day. In doing so, this can delay or at most prevent us from achieving greater things and enjoying life.

Maybe it is time we try something different. Maybe we look at the rain in a different manner. Maybe the rain is there to replenish our lives, to make the blue skies seems bluer and the warm sun feel warmer.

Maybe we can try to "sing through the rain" until the rainbow appears.



Enjoy the rain and stay inspired my friends.