INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Cherish your yesterdays, dream your tomorrows and live your todays.” ― Unknown LIFE IS FOR LIVING Life is a gift we’re given each and every day. Dream about tomorrow, but live for today. To live a little, you’ve got to love a whole lot. Love turns the ordinary into the extrao

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Even the smallest shift in perspective can bring about the greatest healing.” ― Joshua Kai A RECIPE FOR JOYFUL LIVING Keep cheerful friends.  Keep learning.  Never let the brain idle.  Enjoy the simple things.  Laugh often, long and loud.  Laugh until you gasp for breath.  Th

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience.” ― Roy T. Bennett BE THANKFUL  Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire … if you did, what would there be to look forward to?Be thankful when you don’t know something … for it g

Americans will have a better chance to find a home in 2022, but will face a competitive seller’s market as first-time buyer demand outmatches the inventory recovery, according to the Realtor.com 2022 Housing Forecast. Additionally, with listing prices, rents and mortgage rates all expected to climb

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Enter this new year with a gratitude for this new chance to create your dreams”  – Avina Celeste MAKE THIS YOUR BEST YEAR YET 11 ways to make this your best year yet . . . it is never too late to start a fresh new year! Today is a wonderful time to take stock and reflect on t

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ― Helen Keller TO RISK  To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.To reach out to another is to risk involvement.To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.To place your ideas

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.” —Andrew Carnegie GOAL SETTING RULES  There are several important rules that accompany effective goal setting. First Your goals must be in harmony with one another,

Aerial view of upscale luxury homes with dry landscape, mountain and desert in Scottsdale, Phoenix, Arizona As home and rental prices soar, many working-class people face the challenge of finding housing that is affordable in a competitive field of homebuyers and renters in Phoenix. For the working-

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “If you’re looking for the bad things in life, then you will find it. If you search for the good things then it is what you find.” ― Ann Marie Aguilar MAY YOU ALWAYS FEEL LOVED May you find serenity and tranquility in a world, you may not always understand. May the pain you ha

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “The best way out is always through.” ― Robert Frost SEE IT THROUGH When you’re up against a trouble,Meet it squarely, face to face;Lift your chin and set your shoulders,Plant your feet and take a brace.When it’s vain to try to dodge it,Do the best that you can do;You may fail

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.”  — Louis D Brandeis THERE’S NOTHING YOU CANNOT DO There’s nothing to fear, you’re as good as the best.As strong as the mightiest, too.You can win in every battle or test.For there

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Reality is a projection of your thoughts or the things you habitually think about.” ― Stephen Richards WHAT YOU ASK FOR The world around you is whatever you sincerely ask of it. Your life is precisely what you ask of it, with your thoughts, your actions, and your attitude. Al

Phoenix’s reputation as an affordable city has been fading for a while now, though it wasn’t until this year that the metro’s rising costs started to make national headlines. Now, according to two recent reports, rents in some greater Phoenix cities have climbed so high that, for the first time, the

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.” ― Roy T. Bennett STICK TO IT When things go wrong as they sometimes will,When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill.When the funds are low and

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:  “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” ― Theodore Roosevelt SEVEN STEPS TO SUCCESS Discipline yourself to do what you know you need to do to be the very best in your field. Perhaps the best definition of self discipline is this: “Self discipline

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”  – Mahatma Gandhi STRENGTH AND COURAGE It takes strength to be certain,It takes courage to have doubts. It takes strength to fit in,It takes courage to stand out. It takes strength to share a f

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds”  – Norman Vincent Peale I HAVE A CHOICE ABOUT TODAY I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today and I am important. My job is to choose

Above: (Photo courtesy of Visit Phoenix, photo by dspaz.com) Runaway monthly increases in home values and rents tempered in August, according to the latest Zillow® market report, paving the way for a strong but more manageable housing market come fall. Another month of rising inventory and more for-

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Set aside time to plan how you will spend your time. Think about what’s most important. Then do those things first.” – Frank Bettger THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began,

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “I hope you find, as I did, that happiness comes from noticing and enjoying the little things in life.” ENJOYING THE LITTLE THINGS As you read this list take just a few moments to think about each one, before going on to the next one. Laughing so hard that your face hurts.No l