Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Tough times never last, but tough people do.”— Robert Schuller When we’re in the mist of a tough time, it feels like eternity. When we continue to focus on the feeling of that experience, it becomes difficult for us to see that this will end and that we can get through […]
Month: June 2014
It is Just a Test
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Waiting is the hardest thing to do when we’re waiting for the results of a test. It could be an exam that we’ve studied so hard for. All kinds of things can go through our minds from if we have failed the test to second guessing ourselves. Anticipating the result […]
What is Worth Doing
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.” —Buddha What we think is worth doing really depends on how important it is to us. It is through our background and our experiences that we acquire what we think is worth doing. One person may find running is […]
Expectations Too High
Post Written By Eugene Morgan If we’re constantly and easily disappointed about something, then that must mean that our expectations is too high. It is difficult for us to have a positive attitude when we have high expectations. But if we lower our expectations about things, then we can easily manage our lives without being […]
Developing Our Strengths
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.”—Marilyn vos Savant Sometimes we get caught up in looking at what we lack instead of developing what we already have, are our strengths. It is easier to develop our strengths than it is to make our weaknesses into our […]
Peace From Within
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind.”— Gerald Jampolsky We don’t have to change for other people for them to experience peace of mind. Instead, we can change for ourselves for us to experience peace of mind. Having a peace of mind happens from […]
Doubt Our Power
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.”—Honore de Balzac Our doubts are fueled by the same energy as our courage. We could either watch through the lens of doubt or through the lens of courage. We have a choice. We don’t have to be defined by […]
A Little is A Lot
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.”—Hausa Proverb When we begin to give thanks for what little we have, we begin to see that we do have a lot. And when we realize that there were others who spent time schooling us about life, we then […]
The Right Use of Knowledge
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.”— Charles H. Spurgeon Through trial and error we gain some experiences. And with experiences we have the opportunity to gain some wisdom along the way. The most misunderstanding in using words or hypnotic suggestions is that they have power. There is no such thing […]
Curiosity And Answers
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Curiosity stimulates our brains in to wanting to know something. Curiosity is the basis of learning something new that’s intriguing. We want to know everything about everything. Not all our questions will be answered. Not all questions are answerable. Sometimes we’ve got to ask the right questions for us to […]
Let Go of What Was
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.”—Sonia Ricotti If we let go of what was, then it is easier to accept what is and have faith in what will be. Since we can do nothing about our past or foresee what’s […]
Our Beliefs Are Meant To Be Tested
Post Written By Eugene Morgan If we see a task as something unpleasant to do, then we will experience unpleasant feelings. When we start to experience unpleasant feelings about a task, then we would find a way to avoid doing it. We sometimes get caught up in the feelings of unpleasantry of doing […]
Keep Going
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”—Sam Levenson This quote is a good analogy of how we get ourselves so easily distracted, instead of doing the work we set out to do. When we look at the clock, we’re looking to see how much time we have […]
Unexpectedly Surprised
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.”—Fay Weldon If we do something unexpectedly, then different results may happen. The possibility of getting different results is greater when we do something unexpectedly. However, if we do something that’s not beyond what we’re already been doing, then we will expect the […]
Let Out Joy, After Sadness
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out the joy.”—Jim Rohn Sadness comes from the same place as joy. We build walls around ourselves because we don’t want to get hurt again. We sometimes forget that we don’t have to ignore our feelings, but to […]
Enjoying Life
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “No man is a failure who is enjoying life.”—William Faulkner We can still enjoy life because when we fail, we can get right back up. When we get back up, we can see that our life continues and we have another opportunity to try again. Failing is only temporary. We […]
Care and Diligence Bring Luck
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Care and diligence bring luck.”—Proverb Milton Erickson once said that we each have bad luck and good luck. He also said that we don’t have to add to our bad luck, instead we can add to our good luck. In other words, let us work with what we already have and […]
On Respecting Yourself
Post Written By Eugene Morgan For us to respect others, we must first respect ourselves. Respecting ourselves means to do things we know is right and healthy. If we’re continuously placing ourselves in difficult situations and we know we have a choice to get out of them, then we’re disrespecting ourselves. If we ignore the […]
Possibility For Opportunities
Post Written By Eugene Morgan When we see that there is no possibility for opportunities, then this means that we haven’t been looking for them or our view is so narrowed that we can’t see them. For us to at least to see the possibility for opportunities, we need to change our mindset or our […]
A Laser-Like Focus
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”— Bruce Lee When we are focused on a task in front of us, we can’t go wrong because we know we are doing our best. When we are focused with the task, we become as one with it—and it is […]