Challenges don\’t always bring out the best

Subscribe to these notes Today’s Sunshine: \”Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.\” Cicely Tyson Basically I\’m a wimp. That\’s about the summation of what challenges reveal to me. The better side of me does not rise to the surface with some challenges. Especially if they belong to figuring out […]

The greatest barrier we face

Subscribe to these notes Today’s Sunshine: \”The greatest barrier to success is fear – fear of change, fear of loss, fear of not being able to progress, fear of failure.\” Adam Houghe I think fear is not such a bad thing. It\’s a part of being alive. Something that keeps us from stepping too close […]

Risk more, Dream more

Subscribe to these notes Today’s Sunshine: \”Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.\” Claude T Bissell Once in a while I like to watch old \”Twilight Zone\” movies on Netflix. They are in black and white with limited effects but they are a bit fun in a bizarre […]

The ultimate source of happiness

Subscribe to these notes Today’s Sunshine: \”The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power but warm-heartedness.\” Dahlai Lama This looks like a very nice cat. Don\’t tell Buddy – he spends his time outside defending his territory and he would not be pleased. Today was an uphill battle learning this new shopping cart […]

Never have a completely bad day

\”You will never have a completely bad day if you show kindness at least once.\” Greg Henry Quinn – Motivational quote

The language of kindness

Subscribe to these notes Today’s Sunshine: \”Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the  blind can see.\” Mark Twain An over the top super, wonderful weekend. A spur of the moment family get together at our house. Two from Seattle area and two from Oregon and that made six fun folks (and […]

Life is an experiment

Subscribe to these notes Today’s Sunshine: \”Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.\” Ralph Waldo Emerson Today I read a great blog post from Darren Rowse at ProBlogger.com. It was about setting goals for a blog but coming at it from the readers perspective. In the post […]

You never know until you try

Subscribe to these notes Today’s Sunshine: \”You never know what you can do until you try.\” C. S. Lewis It\’s amazing really how our mindset is about some things. Impossible things or at least what we tell ourselves are impossible things. The rest of the quote by Lewis I think is a bit negative – […]