September 2014 Blog Posts (21)

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Lao Tzu

Lately I have been talking a lot about not waiting too long to do what will make you happy. Far too many of us delay breaking away to find happiness until someday. Unfortunately many find that someday is never today…

Listen to the compass of your heart. All you need lies within you.

Mary Anne Radmacher

I had lunch with an old friend the other day. He is now the semi-retired CEO of a large corporation where he continues as the…

Delicious autumn!

My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.

George Eliot

I am running behind and had a late night last…

Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.

Maya Angelou

This has been a busy and enjoyable week for me. I have been entertained by some excellent performers and tonight I will attend the Actors Theatre of Indiana’s…

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Maya Angelou

Yesterday I shared with you that I thought success should defined as living a well-rounded life that is not centered on wealth and the acquisition of…

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching”

Gerard Way

I was at a dinner party the other night chatting with an educator and expressed my concerns that it seemed like too many young people…

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...  It's about learning how to dance in the rain.

Vivian Greene

I have a question for you this morning, would you like to be happier than you are now? I know most of us would. Well I have some bad news and some good news. The…

Overthinking kills your happiness, insecurities kills your self-esteem, & lies kills your trust.

Ritu Ghatourey

As I have aged I have discovered that if I want to live an active and happy life I need to go about doing so without too much delay. I see way too many folks…

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.

Danish Proverb

A couple of days ago I took my car in for what I thought was some minor repairs only to find out that I had a catastrophic problem that would cost more than $3000 to repair, that…

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”

John Lennon

I hope you are staying as happy as I am. I am sometimes accused of being unrealistically happy, if I am I don’t care as I find deciding to…

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have had the good fortune during my numerous careers to meet many people, even movie stars, US and Foreign Leaders, non-profit and business CEO’s and hundreds of others.…

Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it.

Author Unknown

I had breakfast last Saturday with one of our cities most respected leaders. He recently retired as the head of a major health organization but continues wearing many hats as he works to…

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

One of the things that gives me pleasure is the thoughts others share with me, especially those that provide the…

There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.

Elizabeth Lawrence

Years ago I was told that in every…

“It`s not how old you are, it`s how you are old.”

Jules Renard

I would find it a lot easier forgetting how old I really am instead of how old my mind thinks I am if people would quit telling me. I just never really feel I am as…

Happiness is a journey, not a destination; happiness is to be found along the way not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it's too late. The time for happiness is today not tomorrow.

Paul H Dunn

We have talked a lot lately…

“In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”

Gordon B. Hinckley

If you are like I am you delight in being around people who always seem to be pleasant and generally…

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Stephen Covey

I have found there are two different retirement life styles, one is lived by folks with too little to do and the other is lived by folks with too much to do. In my circles I…

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”

Albert Camus

OK, it is September already and we are on the threshold of autumn in my part of the world. We leave a mild spring like summer behind and move…

I find that it is not the circumstances in which we are placed, but the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort.

Elizabeth T. King

Each of us is…