Rewriting Your Autobiography

Your Autobiography:  Still More Story to Tell I’ve heard it said that there is a book in all of us.  Each of us has our own (life) story to tell.  I don’t know about anybody else, but I could certainly write an autobiography about my life and I promise it would not be …

The Buck Doesn’t Stop Til You Stop It

The Buck Stops Wherever You Stop It We’ve all heard the catch phrase “The Buck Stops Here” made famous by Harry Truman.  In short the phrase indicates the finality of a decision.  I don’t know what made me think of it, but when I did, I immediately thought about how people stop …

Comfort Zones Can Stunt Your Growth

Don’t Miss an Opportunity for Growth Have you ever known someone who has been so buried in their comfort zones, that they have stop absorbing new information.  They seem to hang on to ideologies that are no longer applicable in today’s world.   They have become so detached from the …

What Makes For a Long Day?

There Are Only 24 Hours in Any Given Day I was in the grocery story recently and the woman in front of me was about to leave the 6 pack of Mountain Dew that she had purchased.  The cashier caught the woman as she was walking away.  The woman responded …

Living Your Life Doing You

Do What You Wanna Do The Dramatics sing a song titled “Do What You Wanna Do” and it goes on to say “be what you are.  There ain’t no right or wrong way….”  That is “so” the path and attitude that we may want to adopt in our own lives.  …

Building Strength Through Weaknesses

Building Strength Through Your Weaknesses I recently joined a new church and as part of that process, I have been attending New Members class.  We have to go to four New Members classes before we are placed in a permanent Sunday School a.k.a. Small Groups class and before we commit to …

Take Yourself on a Date

Who Says a Date Has to Involve More Than One Person? You ever have those days where you want to go out and do something fun but you can’t find anybody to go with you?  I know that feeling.  But guess what I do?  I go all by my lonesome …

Start Workout: Get Healthy and Fit

Work Baby, Work Out It’s still early in the year 2014 and many people started the year with that tried and true resolution of losing weight.  Already it’s the 24th day of your journey and a few of the pounds have come off.  Hooray for you.  However, if you’re worried …

Don’t Die Without First Having Lived

So Whatcha Doin’ Now? I’ve done a lot of things in my lifetime particularly when it came to supporting my family of 2.  By choice I have owned a hair salon, a desktop publishing business, started an investment group for women, attempted to start a hair style magazine (derailed by photographer’s poor …

Frustration While Doing Your Best

Don’t Let Frustration Stop You I really do not like using the words most, everybody and all, but in this case, I would venture to say that everybody experiences frustration sometimes.  Frustration may set in when you’ve tried over and over again to accomplish something and no matter how many …

In Constant Pursuit of Peace

The Greatest Source of Peace I find the greatest source of peace when I pray, meditate and talk to God.  Many times I forget to pray before I go to bed, but I am often up in the middle of the night.  When that happens, I spend quality time with …

Depression: The Big Lie

The Fine Line of Depression Depression is defined as a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest (Mayo Clinic).  There are many causes for depression as stated on the Mayo Clinic website, but to that list, I’d like to add my “opinion:”  Some forms of …

Live the Dream

Martin Luther King Epitomized Dreaming No other writings about dreams resonate more than Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.  He dreamed back in a day where our dreams hardly seemed possible and yet many of us are living our dream today. Dr. King dreamed that every human being would …

Hurry Up and Slow Down

Much of What You Do Can Wait Everybody’s in a hurry these days.  Messages must be instant.  People don’t want to talk, instead they want to chat.  Handwritten letters have been replaced by the text message on the go.  Phone calls have been replaced with a quick status update on …

What Is Your Mission Statement?

Personal Mission Statement When we think of mission statements, we often think that only businesses have them, but not so. We all have a mission in life don’t you think?  Since in large part, we thought mission statements were only for businesses, many may not have considered their own mission …