Meaningful Mondays

"A bird sitting in a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking because her trust is not in the branch, but on her own wings." - Anonymous "On particularly rough days when I'm sure I can't possibly endure, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100% and that's pretty good." - Anonymous "Worry doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength." - Corrie Ten Boom

Decisions without a vision are just suggestions; Vision-inspired decisions lead to confidence and motion; Hold yourself Accountable EVEN if you aren't to blame; Resilience enables you to think, act, and move consistently--making small, incremental corrections along the way; Humility is freedom from pride and/or arrogance. Less focus on self and more an ability to see the strengths and value of others.

Becoming a truly good person demands more of us than merely checking items off a to-do list. It also has a lot to do with what we "choose" to do. Does your to-do list match your to-be list? How might the person we are at the end of the day be a little different (in a good way) from the person at the beginning of the day?

Fun is not an activity, it is a feeling. Fun unites us. We live in a polarized world with lots of dissension. When we have fun with people, we don't see them as different political parties, or nationalities, or religions. We connect with them as human beings. Fun makes us healthier. Fun in energizing. Treat fun as if it is important. Because it is!

When it comes to our T.E.A.R.'s, there is a cost in our choices and we get what we pay for. It is important to pay attention to what we pay attention to.

What is the keystone that connects wisdom from your past with the inspiration and faith in your future? What does "a constant curiosity" have to do with my past and my future? "Creative people must have a constant curiosity." - Robert D. Hales "Curiosity urges us to ask questions, to seek out a range of resources and perspectives, to seek answers to those questions. And, to critically evaluate our experiences as we synthesize all information into a new understanding. These skills allow us to open our thoughts and experiences to new ways of thinking." - Rachel Wadham, Educational and Juvenile Literature Librarian.

Several ways to ask the same question that will change your approach to life and impact the invisible.

Discover how being an EGGhead will make you more resilient to stress; your physical health and your mental health will be better -- And, you will be more apt to learn and grow from difficult experiences.

“I see the challenges that are in front of me, but they don’t need to overwhelm me. Just like the river, I can move along with peace in my heart, with a quiet place inside myself where the trouble of the world cannot come.”

Years ago I was asked if I could in one sentence describe why family wealth rarely succeeds into future generations. I said I could do it in ONE word! Since that day, research has absolutely proven that ONE activity, when exercised, can make you even healthier, more productive, and happier in so many other ways.

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "You cannot give all the good the world needs- but the world needs all you can give."

"If you want to change the world, go home and love your family." -- Mother Teresa "Share the things most important to you with those who are most important to you." -- LMB i. e. (Don't delegate the transfer of your values and wisdom to social media, Hollywood, or other influencers outside the family to do it for you)! As the scripture teaches, `Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.'  - (Prov. 22:6.) "Peace in society depends upon peace in the family." -- Augustine "We must restore the sacredness of the family as a bedrock of humane values everywhere, in peace as well as in war." -- Kofi Annan "To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right." -- Confucius

"Anyone can be a Chief Problem Finder. Leaders are Chief Problem Solvers. Inspired leaders fix the problem before it emerges." - Randy Glenn Motivation is all about obtaining (the carrot or the stick). Inspiration is all about becoming. Motivation is temporary. Inspiration is eternal.

What are you grateful for right now, right here? "I believe that things turn out best for those that make the best of the way things turn out." - Coach John Wooden

As you consciously practice principles of gratitude, these acts of gratitude evolve into habits; as you nurture those habits, those habits evolve into traits that become your true character. Gratitude then becomes the light that unconsciously illuminates others, giving them the inspiration to do the same.

"By becoming the answer to someone's prayer, we often find the answers to our own." - Dieter F. Uchtorf "You cannot give all the good the world needs. But the world needs all the good you can give." - Lee M Brower "Helping one person might not change the world, but it could change the world for that one person." - Anonymous

"No misfortune is so bad that whining won't make it worse." - Jeffrey R. Holland Change your language - change the world!

I have something I've wanted to tell you for some time.

My mom passed away Jan 4, 2015. But, she gave me the greatest advice just a few days ago. Hugs are the universal medicine! “I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words.” – Ann Hood

"A plowed garden can't determine what it will grow. It simply waits for the seeds to be planted, eager to nourish them and turn them into the gardener's desire." - Lee Brower The subconscious mind makes no distinction between constructive and destructive thought impulses. It works with the material we feed it, through our thought impulses. The subconscious mind will translate into reality a thought driven by fear, just as readily as it will translate into reality a thought driven by courage or faith. - Napoleon Hill