What brings you joy?

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “If we all did what brings us joy,rather then what we think will keep us safewe would live in a different world.That feeling of joy is what tells youthat you are in sync with God.It’s your GPS system.”Pam Grout – from Common Grace blog post I am writing this on Sunday […]

Fall in love with the process

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” ― Rumi I think I spend a great deal of my time thinking I should be more, do more and that is really such a waste of energy and time. Today I have spent a […]

You may never know how inspirational you are for someone else

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “A person who inspires is a personwho changes the world in a million waysthey will never know.”– Sheri Salata Exciting! Exciting! I have found a new blog that is \”perfectly my cup of tea.\” Sheri Salata. I have added her blog to my list of favorites on the sidebar. Good for […]

The value of friends is the true value in life

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”What you should not do, I think, is worry about the opinion of anyone beyond your friends\”Paul Graham – from blog BrainPickings on How to find your purpose and do what you love. Lately I have been thinking a lot about loved ones who have died. I really want to make […]

Can you do it for 15 minutes?

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: At some point I am going to make some real progress and stop running around in circles. I think James Clear is at least giving me a spark of hope for this. \”Small measures of progress help to maintain momentum over the long-run\” James Clear Today I got off to a […]

Deliberate Practice

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: For the moment I am pretty stuck with reading something from James Clear each morning. Saturday I read a bit on Deliberate Practice. \”Deliberate practice always follows the same pattern: break the overall process down into parts, identify your weaknesses, test new strategies for each section, and then integrate your learning […]

Focus by letting go

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: Another quote from James Clear. This one is from one of his articles on focusing. As soon as I read this I knew it explained exactly what I was going through. It\’s about Loss Aversion. \”Our tendency to avoid losses causes us to make silly decisions and change our behavior simply […]

I need a sleep day

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: James Clear (The science of sleep) – \”better sleep is critical for your mental and physical health\” Thoughts: Getting better sleep is something I need to work on. James Clear article has some very interesting facts that I didn\’t know. \”Insufficient or fragmented sleep can hamper your ability to form both […]

What\’s your super power?

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: From Nate Robinson \”Without a divided mindset, I began to really think about the possibilities of how good I could be as a basketball player.\” Thoughts: Working on a single mindset. I\’m basically throwing in the towel for getting another job. Maybe something will happen but in the eight years since […]

\”What if . . . ?\”

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: From James Clear: \”the faster you try to change, the more likely you are to backslide\” and \”the best way to achieve a new level … is not with radical change, but through small wins each day\” Thoughts: I have found that when I try to implement change if I get […]