Post Written By Eugene Morgan When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade. — Dale Carnegie We ought not to be fooled that we’re the only one who has experienced void in our lives. The fact is that everyone has experienced a void in life. And we ought not to believe that the other person […]
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Approving Yourself
Post Written By Eugene Morgan You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.— Louise L. Hay If we’re criticizing ourselves, then has it worked for us? If we’re criticizing others, then have we asked ourselves has that person or persons made improvements? But, if we […]
An Unfamiliar Path
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Don’t be afraid to take an unfamiliar path. Sometimes they’re the ones that take you to the best places. — Unknown An unfamiliar path can easily evoke trepidation. However, once we get use to the path, our anxiety ceases. It is when we’re standing next to the unfamiliar and not moving can […]
Life and Work
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. — Horace Just because we work hard today, doesn’t mean we stop working hard. Working hard one time is not final. We have to put in the effort every time we work. It takes energy to work because there are resistances everywhere. There […]
The Gift
Post Written By Eugene Morgan To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift. — Steve Prefontaine Since we each have a gift, we should use it. A gift is our way to express who we’re in the world. Showing our gifts to the world makes us happy in life. We have […]
Life Is Something To Do
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.— Fran Lebowitz Those are bonus hours, not insomnia hours; Milton Erickson once said to an insomniac. Instead of tossing and turning in bed for hours, we might as well use those hours to get something done. We sleep when […]
Giving Back
Post Written By Eugene Morgan We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life. — William Osler We’re better off when we add what we can to life. We’re meant to contribute to life. We will never be satisfied if we’re constantly trying to get what we can from life. […]
Mental Attitude
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. — Dale Carnegie If our mental attitude governs our happiness, then we have a choice and an opportunity to change our attitude. We don’t have to be controlled by external forces or feel like they […]
Thought Over Another
Post Written By Eugene Morgan The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. — William Jame A single thought can cause us stress in the body. And a single thought can cause us to experience relaxation. It all depends on which thoughts to pay attention to. If we have stress in […]
Enjoy the Scenery
Post Written By Eugene Morgan A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour. — Unknown In other words, our happiness doesn’t have to be based on the conveniences of life. When we have to take another route or a detour, we might as well as enjoy the trip. We might […]
Testing Fear
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Fear is faith that it won’t work out. — Unknown Fear must be tested before we consider it to be true. Fear can keep away from what’s real and keeps us in our heads. We need to experience action to get through our unknowns. We can prepare ourselves, and we can anticipate […]
Letting Go Is Better
Post Written By Eugene Morgan It hurts to let go, but sometimes it hurts more to hold on. — Unknown It is not easy to let go when our ego is involved. We want to be right and better than we feel. We have a need to feed our egos. However, there is a price for everything. […]
Without Flaws
Post Written By Eugene Morgan I have too many flaws to be perfect, but I have too many blessings to be ungrateful. — Unknown No one is without a flaw or flaws. It is a matter of knowing that we have to live with our flaws and not allowing ourselves to focus too much on them. Instead, […]
CFH065: CHAPTER 7 Beliefs: You Have the Power Within to Follow Your Own Path
Our internal resource is our power to move things in our lives—resources that we have acquired over our lives through our experiences. Tweet
Life’s Mysteries
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong Life is a mystery. There are mysteries all around us to discover. We will only uncover a few in our lifetime. Life would be boring if we know anything about life. Having a mysteries […]
Do What’s Possible
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi When we start a new thing, we have to jump through hoops, before we start to see progress. Even during the beginning, it’s hard because things are new to us, […]
CFH064: CHAPTER 7 Beliefs: When We Believe In Limited Beliefs
When we live with limited beliefs, we rob ourselves of the opportunity to see how far we can go in our abilities. Tweet
CFH063: CHAPTER 7 Beliefs: Believe In The Possibilities
We need to believe in what’s possible before we have a clear picture of what’s possible, and for this we need to look to the past. Tweet
Art of Life
Post Written By Eugene Morgan The art of life is constant readjusting to your surroundings.— Kazoo Okokaura Flexibility is the way to go, and inflexibility gets us nowhere. Learning is the essential form of readjusting to new surroundings. Readjusting to surroundings can invoke temporary anxiety until we become familiar and to learn our way around things. […]
Nonsense Changes the Mind
Post Written By Eugene Morgan I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. — Dr. Seuss We get our creativity from nonsense. We’re forced to make nonsense out of patterns. But instead our patterns are disrupted, and our skew has been taken from our lens. We can see better what was once unclear. We […]