I am wondering, have you–like me, been trapped in your own way of negative thoughts about a person, place, or life experience for any length of time? If so, you’ll know It can be quite hard to escape! In today’s post, we will look at how being grateful is a great substitute for those undesirable thoughts. It’s not always a bad thing–to see the negative impacts our environment has upon us. It is actually quite useful from a survival standpoint. By noticing the negative impacts people, places, or events have on us, provides a better blueprint for our future- a greater understanding of what other ..read more

Imagination, a creative place where possibility is just the beginning. Recover Your Imagination- Do you remember back to when you were young? How hours could be spent in your own little world? Something as simple as playing with a stick was so much more than what it appeared to be on the surface. To the passers-by, there was no more than a cute kid enjoying a branch of a tree.  The child isn’t so polarized to one way of thinking tho – to him, there was no branch, but instead, a blazing sword, enchanted with all types of powers ready to endure the next great foe! Seeing what a kid sees pro ..read more

Your Daily Quote #11 Welcome to Your Daily Quote #11! Let’s get right into it, Coming from such a brilliant mind, these are some very meaningful words. “Imagination is more important than knowledge” – Albert Einstein Einstein was a man of great knowledge. His understanding of our reality was his main claim to fame! Why would he say that imagination is more important than knowledge? Imagination? Einstein’s imagination was his go-to space for discovering the unknown. In a world structured just so and Newtonian laws governing the scene, Einstein had to be open to new ideas and perceptions ..read more

Your Daily Quote #10 Welcome to Your Daily Quote #10! “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” -Lao Tzu A quote By the Chinese Philosopher Lao Tzu. This quote’s meaning goes well beyond just learning how to fish… it enters the realm of great wisdom! You may know someone like this yourself!  People that get so caught up in helping an individual or serving them, that the individual in question becomes completely reliant upon them. Without ever performing the tasks themselves, how could they ever learn how to be self-sufficient? P ..read more

Your Daily Quote #9 Welcome to Your Daily Quote #9! Today’s quote is quite enlightening… Let’s see what John Kennedy had to say. “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity” -John F Kennedy These are some very wise words. John Kennedy brings attention to our biggest life struggles. He uses the Chinese characters to represent the true nature of our toughest times. It’s typically an automatic reflex to recognize the danger or chaos within the moments of ‘crisis’. But It’s not so common to see how those p ..read more

To Create A Compelling Life Vision Creating a compelling life vision sounds great, doesn’t it? It seems that people with the greatest vision for their future tend to achieve the most in life. And we can take a look at these people and say that they have it easier or what have you. but I don’t believe that’s the case… Vision: “the ability to think about the future with imagination or wisdom” – Oxford English Dictionary There are many who have started at the bottom and worked their way to the top…  With only a guiding life vision lighting their path… So it begs the question, How do we go ..read more

Your Daily Quote #8 Welcome back! Let’s dive right into, Your Daily Quote #8. Today’s quote comes from Proverbs. You do not need to be of a religious background to pull great meaning from this quote! “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” -Proverbs 29:18 Meaning: Vision is really just the ability to see and in this case, it’s less about the eyes and more about a picture painted in your mind. A vibrant image of a future greater than the one you see today. A person with vision uses the heart and mind as their guiding forces. This leads them to make connections and see things that many ..read more

Life seems to pull you in all different ways, doesn’t it?. It becomes hard at times to know which direction you should be going next. In this light, it’s easy to see that in order to discover yourself and your life’s mission we gotta start by asking good questions. This is a current issue within many lives, not knowing what they are truly about. On the same note, not knowing what would provide the greatest fulfillment for them. This sets up the question: With the vast variety of choices to select from, how can I find out what I am meant to do with my time and life? A Closer Look Have you, or ..read more

Your Daily Quote #7 Welcome to Your Daily Quote #7! I just love William Shakespeare’s writings and can not help but to make another post with his thought-provoking words! What does he have to say today? “There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so” -William Shakespeare When I first read this a few years back I didn’t quite understand what he was implying, but through some very thoughtful consideration, it became clear what he was intending to say. We have all been conditioned by our past. Family members, friends, and society as well as your own take on life experience have shaped ..read more

Your Daily Quote #6 Welcome to Your Daily Quote #6! Today’s quote is written by John Molton. Let’s take a look! “The mind is Its own place, and in itself can make a heav’n of hell, a hell of heav’n”  -John Milton Meaning: John Milton, I believe has deep intentions with these words. He brings light to the perceptions of each individual. We can see throughout our society the vast differences in people. One person’s perceptions of their current reality, past situations, and circumstances can keep them still for a lifetime, whereas another’s perceptions of the exact same experience may prop ..read more