Post Written By Eugene Morgan “He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.”— Raymond Hull We can’t please everyone. We will never satisfy everyone because it’s impossible. Not everyone is going to like us and we’re not going to like everyone. If we want to please someone, then we should be […]
Month: May 2015
Change With Values
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.”— Dalai Lama In other words, what Dalai Lama is saying in the above quote is to change for what is good for us rather than change for what others think we should be. It is within our power to change […]
When We’re Willing To Work
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.” — Gene Stratton-Porter, A Girl of The Limberlost If we are just sitting by waiting for something to happen, then it will never […]
Patience Rewards
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “He that can have patience can have what he will.” — Benjamin Franklin Sometimes we don’t want to put forth the effort that it would take to learn something is because we don’t want to wait. We want quick results. We want to learn it instantly. However, learning takes time at first. […]
With Open Arms
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Today is Monday Memorial Day. This is the time to remember those we’ve lost and to shake the hands of former soldiers, and say to them “thank you for risking your life so I may live.” It takes dedication, commitment, discipline and most of all courage to put one’s life […]
When We Deserve Self-Love
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” — Gautama Buddha When we lie, exaggerate the truth or even disclosed some parts of the truth and not reveal the truth about ourselves to others, then ultimately, we’re not being truthful with ourselves. However, the […]
Decision To Do
Post Written By Eugene Morgan It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.— Elbert Hubbard When we decide to do something we no longer wrestle with the thoughts of what ifs. When we decide on what to do, we create steps to complete […]
Imagination Takes You Everywhere
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”— Albert Einstein We can go everywhere we want to as long as we can imagine. Imagination frees us from our biases and our inflexibilities if we allow ourselves to be opened. Imagination is like a rehearsal without […]
One Kick 10,000 Times
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”— Bruce Lee If we work on one thing at a time, we would go a long way. Once we master one thing, then we can learn how […]
Self-Knowledge and Self-Improvement
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.” — Spanish Proverb How can we make changes when we don’t know what changes to make. For change to occur we must look inside ourselves to see what we’re doing to avoid changing. The things we don’t want to change in us are probably […]
Small Beginnings
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “From small beginnings come great things.”— Proverb Everything starts out small. Small beginnings are our growing and learning times. There are a tremendous sacrifice and struggle in the beginning. We have to start with a new mind-set because we aren’t used to this new pattern of work. Just starting somewhere is […]
Life’s Under No Obligation
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.” — Margaret Mitchell We all have certain expectations. We have different levels of expectations. Sometimes we find ourselves wanting to make things a certain way because we’re unhappy the way things are going. However, we don’t have to fall prey to having […]
Take A Look In The Mirror
Post Written Eugene Morgan “If you’re still looking for that one person who will change your life, take a look in the mirror.” — Roman Price We can’t wait for change to occur because we’re the only person who can make a change. The person that’s looking back at us in the mirror is the person who […]
Enjoying This Point In Time
< em>Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The whole life of a man is but a point in time; let us enjoy it.” — Plutarch We get so busy with our tasks that we forget to enjoy the hard work we put into it. It’s all right to allow ourselves to enjoy our lives since we have […]
Something Good In Every Day
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.”— Unknown The media show us what’s bad in the world because that’s their job to inform us. However, bad news can overshadow the good news and that can affect us in our personal life. We also need […]
The Quest For Clarity
Post Written By Eugene Morgan More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity. — Francois Gautier Without clarity there is no certainty. We need understanding when we are unsure about things. Certainty in life is not always guaranteed. We can’t foretell our future. What is most important is what we do today […]
Questions & Answers
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. — William S. Burroughs Denial is very powerful when it comes to not facing truths about ourselves. We can answer most questions about ourselves, if we really want to know. Self-denial is simply to protect […]
He Is Able
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “He is able who thinks he is able.”— Buddha It is through our thinking that we’re able. If we think we’re able, then we’re able, but if we think we’re not able, then we will not be able. We have accumulated experiences that will give us proof that we’re able in which […]
Make Every Hour Count
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Don’t count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count.”— Unknown We’re most productive when we make every hour in the day count than if we count every hour. Someone who procrastinate counts every hour in the day, because the procrastinator wants to know how long […]
Expanding Our World
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”— Anais Nin Courage is not about taking the fear away. Courage is about living a life we want and dream about. When we have courage, we are giving ourselves the opportunity to expand our worlds so we can discover and see […]