Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.”— George Bernard Shaw When we act we’re implying that we have made a plan and maybe rehearsed the act in our heads. A plan is important because it gives us something to fall back on and to focus our […]
Month: April 2015
What Do We Say To Ourselves
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “It isn’t what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it’s what we say to ourselves about what happens.”— Pema Chodron Things happen to us all the time. We each have our own way to cope with what comes along. It is through our backgrounds, our customs and our experiences […]
Yesterday Versus Today
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.”— Cherokee Proverb Today is the only thing we got. Yesterday is just a memory. And tomorrow is just an imagination. Today is our present to unwrap on how things are going to be. Today is a gift and an opportunity to […]
Weather The Storm
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Let us not deceive ourselves into believing that every aspect of a task or tasks we do should always be satisfying. We will have struggles, and not everything will go as plan. We will get frustrated, impatient, and especially at the beginning, have some doubts completing our tasks. These feelings […]
Praises In the Sunlight
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it.”— Jess Lair When we have done our best and done the hard work, we need to feel appreciated by others. It makes a different when we receive praises from others. Praises feed our egos and […]
Using Our Unique Abilities
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “You are the only person on Earth who can use your ability.”— Zig Ziglar This is an intriguing quote. Every one of us has unique abilities. We each have the opportunity to use our abilities each day of our lives. Using our abilities is our way of self-expression of becoming […]
The Decisions We Make
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love them.” — Unknown When we love our decisions more, we’re letting go of the need for others to guide us or to get their approval. We’re beginning to make our own path by relying more on ourselves and […]
Make Good On An Attitude
Post Written by Eugene Morgan “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.”— John Wooden This quote above is really about our attitude. Our attitude is really what makes a difference on how we make the best of how things work out. We may not have control over […]
What Can Go Right?
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Stop worrying about what can go wrong and get excited about what can go right.” — unknown When we continue to worry about what could go wrong, we lose focus on the possibility as to what can go right; therefore we don’t do anything at all to find out. Not everything is going to go right as […]
My Religion is Kindness
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”— Dalai Lama We have a choice in being kind towards one another. Kindness seems to affect the heart and can melt away resentment. We can’t stay angry with someone for too long because it takes a lot of energy to sustain […]
It Is Time To Pause and Reflect
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”— Mark Twain Mark Twain is suggesting to us to be different or to realize that we’re different in every way and then embrace it. Each and every one of us is unique. There […]
Pressures Of Being Perfect
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The only pressure I’m under is the pressure I’ve put on myself.”— Mark Messier If the only pressure we’re under is the pressure we put on ourselves, then we can ease up on the pressure anytime we want. We have control on how much pressure we put on ourselves. We […]
Different Approach Makes Different Results
Post Written By Eugene Morgan How come we approach a problem in the same way to expect a different result? The good news is that we don’t have to continuously use the same approach when we know that it is not working for us. It is better to constantly find new ways to affect an outcome. […]
The Smallest Acts
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.”— Swami Sivananda Self-confidence starts with small goals. Each time we succeed in accomplishing a small goal we gain self-confidence. It is easer this way than to start out accomplishing something grandiose. If we […]
The Truth We Believe
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.” — Pema Chodron We hold on to our beliefs tenaciously sometimes without considering new possibilities. Our minds are already made up without questioning our assumptions. We dare not question our own beliefs because we feel it could be […]
More To Life, Than Speed
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “There is more to life than increasing its speed.”— Mahatma Gandhi We live in a fast-pace world. We want to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible. We sometimes, express impatient with one another or with ourselves. We angrily tale-gate another vehicle because of our lateness. […]
Enjoy The Dream Today
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Letting go of the past means that you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now.”— Don Miguel Ruiz Sometimes we don’t want to let go of the past is because there is a familiarity. We’re comfortable with familiarity of the past even though it can sometimes hurt. The […]
The Beginning Of Self Improvement
“Self knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.”— Spanish Proverb We all have blind spots we don’t know about. It’s impossible to observe every behaviors we do and every thoughts we think. Self-discovery is like an answer to a riddle, we’re always surprised to discover something new about ourselves. However when we do get the answer, we can […]
Meaning In The End
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Meaning is not what you start with but what you end up with.” — Peter Elbow For us to have meaning we must first experience the struggles of life. When we struggle together in life we find meanings and as result of what we’ve been through together we develop closeness. We […]
Truly In The Present
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.” Thich Nhat Hanh When we look in our past and in our future, we’re spending 2/3 of our time away from the present. While our minds are either in the past or in the future, our […]