INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.” ~ George Washington Carver At a fundraising dinner for a school serving […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “You’ve failed many times, although you may not remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim, didn’t you? Did you hit the ball the first time you swung a bat? Heavy hitters, the ones who hit the most home […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “I keep waitin’ for my ship to come in, but all that comes in is the tide.” ~ Lyrics from “Hard Time Losin’ Man” by Jim Croc THE WAITING GAME! The well-known Nike commercials have hammered into our heads the phrase “Just do it!” Regardless of how you view their advertising, there […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.” ~ Yogi Berra FAST FORWARD!  The past … the present … the future. What if you could make changes in any one of them? Well, obviously, you can’t change the past. Try to change […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson  Creating Opportunity!  An enterprising person is one who comes across a pile of scrap metal and sees the making of a wonderful sculpture. An enterprising person is one who drives through an old decrepit part […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Begin to be now . . . what you will be hereafter.” ~ St. Jerome TAKE THIS QUIZ! Here’s a short list of questions. Take time to answer them and today’s message will be crystal clear. It needs no further explanation, so enjoy!  Name the five wealthiest people in the world. Name […]

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 YOU’RE THE PHOTOGRAPHER!  Most people, when they […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.”  ~ St. Jerome GIVE YOURSELF A PRESENT! Regardless of who you have been in the past – why not give yourself a “present”? Each of us experiences regret from time to time over what we have done – or left undone – in […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “The greatest pleasure I have known is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.”   ~ Charles Lamb (1775-1834) GIVE IT AWAY! Here’s a “feel good” idea that pays big dividends to both giver and receiver: “Give something away every day!” We all get […]

THE MLK DAY OF SERVICE The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Jan. 20, 2020, marks the 25th anniversary of the day of service that celebrates the Civil Rights leader’s life and legacy. Observed each year on the third Monday in January as “a day on, not a day off,” MLK Day is the only […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Strength of numbers is the delight of the timid. The Valiant in spirit glory in fighting alone.” ~ Ghandi COMMITTEE COMFORT! It has been said that “a camel is a horse created by a committee.” You’ve probably witnessed the process yourself. You put any twelve decision-makers in a room together, and they […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” ~ Goethe BE ALL THAT THEY CAN BE? On a recent A&E Biography segment, Oprah Winfrey was being interviewed. She was asked whether she considered all the competing talk shows to be a threat […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor sprits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt BETTER TO ATTEMPT AND FAIL… In […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.” ~ Erica Jong BAN THE BLAME! “The dog ate my homework.” Teachers hear that one every week. “Jimmy made me do it!” Parents hear that one often, too. Fast-forward a few years to the college […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Before I built a wall I’d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out.” ~Robert Frost BUILD A WALL OF HAPPINESS! To affect the quality of anything first requires action of some sort. Affecting is the opposite of passivity. In a passive state we can only BE affected, but […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.” ~ James Buckham  YOU’RE NOT DONE YET!  Ever noticed how great leaders often come from humble beginnings? From the devastating depths of silence […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “The only people to get even with are those who have helped you.” ~ Anonymous KEEP THE BALL ROLLING! Most of us can probably look back over our lives and careers and recall people who have either helped or hindered us along the way. Which group do you think is more worthy […]

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Despair is the price one pays for setting himself an impossible aim.” ~ Graham Greene THE TORTOISE OR THE HARE? This weekly column often encourages you to reach high and focus your energy towards achieving your dreams. What happens when the dream eludes you, or you feel that you’re not measuring up […]