Stand Up For Something!
Stand up for what you believe in even if you stand alone. ~ Suzy Kassem At the cusp of thirty, I began standing up for things. It started with a mid-level boss some of us women were having issues with. I volunteered to say something and I did. But when the...
Feel More Alive! Personal Essay Writing Contest: Second Place Winner
Barbaric Yawps And Other Signs Of Life by Noelle Foster. Her writing is gorgeous! Enjoy. I was in a yawping contest once. Paired with another classmate, I was instructed to holler as loud as possible out over the front lawn of our college campus. What a...
Go Ahead And Take A Chance! Writing Contest Winners Announced …
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson If I have a choice, I usually step out and take the chance. Might succeed, might not, but the risk is always worth it...
Don’t Wait For Others To Open The Right Doors For You!
The doors will be opened to those who are bold enough to knock. ~ Tony Gaskins I found a two-week old fortune cookie on the kitchen shelf and decided to crack it open to retrieve the wisdom inside. It read, “Don't wait for others to open the right door.” ...
Don’t Have A Plan B
If you put your mind to something, if you give 100 percent, if you sacrifice, and if you dedicate yourself, anything is truly possible. ~ Apolo Ohno For most of my working life, I was given the same advice: Have a Plan B. make sure you have a backup or two. And...
Trust Your Own Instincts
“You Know The Truth By The Way It Feels.” ~ KL Rohilla Like all animals, I believe humans are born with instincts. Those instincts get beaten out of us so we will conform, so we will sit quietly for desks for at least 12 years and sometimes 16, so we...
If Not Now, Then When?
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” ~ Mother Theresa One of my favorite topics! So much so I am going to write about it again for those who are newer to the blog. Somewhere along the growing-up line, we are taught...
Following Your Creative Heart
“There are many things in life that will catch your eye but only a few will catch your heart; pursue those.” ~ Anonymous Somewhere alone the line, many of us forget that our one and only life really does belong to us. Sure, we have some responsibility to others but...
Surround Yourself With Sparkle!
“Leave A Little Sparkle Wherever You Go! ~ Anonymous I have to share that when I held my new book, Feel More Alive! 30 Brilliant Ways To Reignite Your Inner Spark, for the first time in my hands, I cried. Not tears of sadness, but sparkling tears of joy...
Keep Your Eyes On The Prize
"Think of life and the world as a wall and that we're all climbing that wall. So just put one hand in front of the other, keep your on on the prize, and then get there. And then turn around and help the other people -- because you're already there.” ~ Laura Benanti. ...