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 […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”  – Charles Spurgeon EACH DAY IS A GIFT A 92-year-old delicate but well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and his face shaved perfectly, even though […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “If you think you can do a thing, or you think you can’t do a thing, you’re always right.” – Henry Ford IF YOU THINK YOU CAN’T If you think you are beaten, you are.If you think you dare not, you don’t.If you’d like to win but you think you can’t, it’s […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson STEPS TO HAPPINESS Everybody Knows You can’t be all things to all people.You can’t do all things at once.You can’t do all things equally well.You can’t do all things better than everyone else.Your humanity is showing just like everyone […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “We’re not out to change the world, just the way you talk to it.” ~ from a Vonage television commercial “The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.” ~ Joseph Priestly TALK IS CHEAP! How ironic that today’s “inspiration” comes from a marketing campaign for a communications company. It’s […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it.” ~ George Bernard Shaw “Before enlightenment – chopping wood, carrying water. After enlightenment – chopping wood, carrying water.” ~ Buddha FEELING STRESSED? Oh – the frustration of it all. The first quote for today […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.” ~ Andrew Carnegie THE MEANING OF POVERTY! A colleague passed this delightful story along: One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how much poverty exists in the […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.” ~ John Henry Cardinal Newman SELF PROMOTION! Been chasing success? Have you caught it yet? Maybe you finally landed a big contract, got that promotion, or reached bonus level at work. […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:“There is a law in psychology that if you form a picture in your mind of what you would like to be, and you keep and hold that picture there long enough, you will soon become exactly as you have been thinking.” ~ William James (1842-1910) YOU CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS! Walk […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Gardner’s Law: Eighty-seven percent of all people in all professions are incompetent.” ~ John Gardner PERSONALITY TEST! Let’s hope today’s “inspiration” isn’t actually true, although we’ve all probably felt that way at one time or another. Regardless of the percentage, however, it cannot be denied that incompetence really does exist in every […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.” ~ Father James Keller (1900-1977) GOT A LIGHT? We all love a compliment. Your manager says to you, “I noticed that your last sale was handled very smoothly. Thanks for offering your customer such excellent service!” Your wife or husband tells you, “I’m so […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “First of all, you must find the right track, So you can start right away and not be held back. But which track is yours? Well, that all depends On which way it’s going, and where it might end.” ~ Craig Dorfman in “I Knew I Could!” THINK YOU CAN? Regardless of […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:“You will be what you will to be.” ~ James Allen START SOWING!  You say to yourself, “I think I’ll go shopping,” – and you do. You say, “I think I’ll buy that new CD,” – and you do. You say, “I think I’ll put it on my credit card,” – and you […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Fear knocked at the door, faith answered. No one was there.” ~ Unattributed REPLACEMENT THERAPY!  Ever received one of those emails that contains a touching message, then suggests that if you forward it to ten more people you’ll receive a “special blessing” or “ten million dollars in three days”? It usually also […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:“Until one is committed there is hesitancy, a chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which killscountless dreams and splendid plans. That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.” ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe THE RICH GET […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials.” ~ Author Unknown WHERE THERE’S SMOKE . . . ! A lone shipwreck survivor on an uninhabited island managed to build a crude hut in which he placed all that he had saved from the sinking ship. He prayed to God for deliverance, and anxiously […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it!” ~ Anonymous WHICH ONE ARE YOU? Some of the best minds suggest that when you have a dream, you should keep it to yourself. You should set about quietly achieving your dream, but without sharing it with others. […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Set your purse to fattening.” ~ George S. Clason (“The Richest Man in Babylon”) RISE TO THE OCCASION! In 1926, George Clason introduced a series of pamphlets on thrift and financial success which were widely distributed by banks and insurance companies. He used fables, set in ancient Babylon, to make his points. The […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “You can either complain that rosebushes have thorns – or rejoice that thorn bushes have roses!” ~ Anonymous WHICH BOUQUET DO YOU PREFER? Whether or not you have a green thumb, you probably know that gardens may contain either annual or perennial flower varieties. Annuals are fun to grow for several reasons: 1) […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “If someone wrote a book about your life . . . would anyone want to read it?” ~ TV Recruiting Ad (U.S. Navy) FICTION OR NON-FICTION? Fast-forward your life 20, 30, even 40 years. Now . . . imagine someone writing a book of your life story. Think of the possibilities. Would it […]