Getting Out

"Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement comes apparent failure and discouragement." - Florence Scovel Shinn

Without a vision for what you want to accomplish in life, you will forever live life on a treadmill.

You will be constantly walking and running in place.

Even if you try to run faster, you remain in the same place.

With a vision for tomorrow and the attitude to accompany it, you can break loose.

You will move out into a new world and towards your vision.

Create and pursue your vision.

Walk or run on the path laid out before you and leave the treadmill behind.

Stay inspired my friends!

Yes You Can

"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering." - Ben Okri

Nick Vujicic was born with no arms or legs. But he has taken his life beyond the physical challenge and made a difference in the lives of others.

There are so many things that could pull us down in life.

There are things that have tripped us up, knocked us down and having you believe there is no way of getting back up.

It can be overcome, you can rise again and carry forward. As Nick says, it does not matter how you do it or even how long it takes you. What matters is that you do it and that you finish strong.

Pick yourself up, dust off the pain of self-doubt and move forward.

Keep moving and finish strong.

You can learn more about Nick at Life Without Limbs.



Stay inspired my friends!

Imperfect Perfection

“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.” ― Leonard Cohen

The day will end with accomplishment and with disappointment.

It is a mixture of circumstance that impacts everything we do in life. We attempt to be perfect through all of that circumstance. The disappointment we feel allows the darkness to surround us even more. Yet the light can not be kept out.

Accept that you are perfect within all of your imperfection. The light will do the rest.

Stay inspired my friends.

Adventure Awaits

"Adventure is not outside a man; it is within." - Ray Stannard Baker

Every day we get up and a new adventure begins for each of us. The ups and downs of circumstance will cross paths with us in ways we probably never anticipated. But the adventure of daily life is what makes life so great.

Think of a river raft floating gently down a peaceful river. The flat calm waters flow quietly and nothing happens. We lazily watch the scenery of life pass us by, knowing eventually we will end up in the large ocean of time.

It would be nice if our life were that calm.

Yet most lives get to encounter a few rapids in the water along the way. We can sometimes hear the rumbling waters ahead while other times the rapids surprise us as we round the bend in the river.

When we first enter the bubbling water, a small bit of excitement enters our chest along with just a bit of fear. We make it through the bumps with a certain sense of accomplishment.

But then you hear the giant roar of the large rapids.

Misting and rough danger lay ahead. You see the approaching turbulence or suddenly find yourself in the midst of it. Do you give up or adjust your paddles to find a path while holding on for dear life?

There may even be doubt in your mind that this hard stretch will ever end. Our vision becomes short sighted as we concentrate on battling the churning waters. But the calm waters are out ahead if you take a glimpse a bit further out.

The adventure of your life is filled with moments of calm or heart pounding excitement.

It is accepting the fact we will encounter these moments that will help us get through them. The adventure of life will carry us to that huge ocean of time. The sense of adventure is within all of us. Enjoy the ride that comes with living and stay inspired my friends!