How many times have you told yourself, “When I have ________ (money, time, better health, etc.) then I’ll be able to _________ (change the world, etc., etc., etc.)” Or you’ve convinced yourself that, “When they finally do ______ (quit picking on me, make me a manager, etc.), then I can ________ (be happy, whatever.)” There […]

How many times have you said the word “can’t” in your life? In actuality the more appropriate word would be “won’t”. It’s not that you can’t, it’s not that you aren’t able, it’s that you are choosing not to do ____________ (wash your car, write the paper, learn something new, confront a troublesome person in […]

I crossed paths with this quote years ago. It stopped me in my tracks. I’d never thought about duty in this way. Robert Louis Stevenson said, “There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.” The duty of being happy……… What a concept! We accept the duty of doing a […]