Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss It is great that we can do things that please us especially when we want them to last. When we look back we can smile at them because it happened. We know it is a good story when we don’t […]
Month: May 2014
Unless You Do
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Nothing will work unless you do.”— Maya Angelou When we do something, our chances are greater in making something happen. Unless we do, progress is impossible. Unless we do, there is no possibility for growth. We ultimately have to do something, but to have our bodies to do something; we […]
In A Meaningful Way
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Meaning is not what you start with but what you end up with.”—Peter Elbow Meaning is the result of everything we have experienced. Meaning is created when we go through experiences that impact our lives the most. We remember events in our lives that altered our lives in a meaningful. […]
No More Worries
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.” — Swedish Proverb Worrying is looking for something to project our fears to. Worrying preoccupies our mind, which keep us from taking action. Worrying is making small things bigger than what they really are. It is important to repair small things that we […]
Memorial Day: Thank You
Post Written By Eugene Morgan It is time to close our eyes and bow our heads to think and reflect back on our fallen soldiers. We should never forget them because they have sacrificed their lives so that we can continue to live in freedom. We also ought not forget about the fallen soldiers’ families […]
Light A Lamp
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path.”—Buddha We help ourselves when we help others in need. It is better to give back than to receive. But to be most effective in assisting others in need, we first have to make sure that our […]
True Belongings
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Your actions are your only true belongings.”—Allan Lokos We can’t take all our belongings with us, but we can take our actions everywhere. The question we need to ask ourselves, is when it is proper to act? It really depends on what action we take in a given situation. We […]
Joy and Potential
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Joy comes from using your potential.”— Will Schultz We all have potential ready for use. When we begin to use our potential, our confidence increases. We begin to realize that we can trust and rely on ourselves. Doubting our potentials ceases when we use them. Potentials are the accumulations of our […]
The Good Life
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.”— Carl Rogers Life is about a process. A process is small and with gradual changes along the way of our lives’ journey. Changes are always inevitable in every area of our lives so […]
You Alone Are Enough
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anyone.”—Maya Angelou Sometimes we get caught up in trying to prove our self-worth to our families and friends when we don’t have to. We don’t have to prove our self-worth to our families and friends because they already accept us […]
How Does Your Story Ends
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “At any given moment, you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end.”— Christine Mason Miller If we see that our lives are going to be the same, then we must believe that we do have the power to change. It is never […]
Time
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.”— Theophrastus No amount of money can buy us time. The time we have now is all we have. Whatever we do with our time is all up to us. We spend time on what is most valuable to us. If we […]
All The Wonders
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “All the wonders you seek are within yourself.”— Sir Thomas Browne It is how we perceive and discover new things through our experiences that make us excited about life. It is through our senses that we get the information from external events, but it is through our criteria or our filters […]
Past Mistakes
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Your past mistakes are meant to guide you, not define you.”— Unknown It is easier to see what mistakes we have made than to see what good things we have made. Just as the quotes states that we don’t have to be define by our mistakes but to learn from them. We’re […]
Trust Thyself
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”— Johann Von Goethe Trust ourselves because we know what we want. Trust ourselves because we know our story. Trust ourselves because we have unique experiences. Trust ourselves because ultimately we have to make our own decisions. Trust ourselves because […]
To Get Something
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.”— Unknown Sometimes we’ve got to work more than we’ve ever done. Sometimes we’ve got to take risks that will make us feel uncomfortable. Sometimes we have to venture out our territory. Sometimes we’ve got to learn new […]
The Future is Now
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The future is always beginning now.”— Mark Strand The quote is a powerful because we don’t have to wait until tomorrow to do something, instead we can start working on it now. Mark reframed it beautifully that the future is the beginning of now. If we say we will start tomorrow, […]
You Will Find A Way, Or Not
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.”— Unknown The most of what is important to us is where we spend most of our time on. The least of what is important to us is where we spend least of our time […]
Wisdom, Skill and Virtue
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.”— David Starr Jordan In the above quotes represent three different ideas— wisdom, skill and virtue. The most resistance of the three would be virtue. For wisdom regarding knowing what to do next […]
The Colors of Our Experiences
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Don’t miss all the beautiful colors of the rainbow looking for that pot of gold.”—Unknown In other words, enjoy in the experience as we’re getting where we want to go. Experiencing the process has its own reward. While we’re experiencing, we’re constantly learning things. Although, we want to meet our […]