“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
Never have truer words been spoken than in today’s quote.  I see daily examples in my life how this pattern has led me to [...]

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. – Reinhold Niebuhr
Tuesday morning a situation arose in my life which at first seemed to be something horrible, but as it progressed, I saw how absurdly funny it [...]

“Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It’s not hard. Character is doing what’s right when nobody’s looking.”
Everyone needs a Teri in their life.   One of those quiet unassuming friends who day by day makes subtle changes to their life that amount to huge progress the likes that most never achieve.  No fan fair, [...]

“We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everyhwere.”
—Tim McGraw
Sometimes while on your path you meet new people, and immediately you get a sense that there is something a little deeper that you would definitely like to know more.
Keith and Margot [...]

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.
Yes, I just quoted the theme song to a cheesy 80’s sitcom, but Alan Thick and company had a point when they wrote this song, you gotta just accept it all as [...]

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
I have fallen many times in my life, but I am grateful for that inner strength as well as the support of loved ones and friends that help me [...]

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. – Kahlil Gibran
As the title says, I am sort of back.  About 6 or 7 months ago someone special entered my life and I grew to love her as deeply as she did me.  The only problem was, I [...]

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. – Lao Tzu
Whether  you call it God, The Universe, or Source, whatever it is it sure has a funny way of teaching you some valuable lessons in the most simple, but in your face way.  Saturday evening after work, I headed [...]

I cannot tell you any spiritual truth that deep within you don’t know already. All I can do is remind you of what you have forgotten – Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now
Here lately when it comes to the lessons I am learning in life I am often finding myself asking God, “Didn’t [...]

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“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Pour a cup of coffee, kick back, because I think this is going to be another long winded post.
In my early twenties I was introduced to the writings [...]