Or are you…
- Doing uninspired work?
- Not getting enough sleep?
- Emotionally disconnected?
- Surrounded by emotional vampires?
- Letting media suck the life from you?
Lazy is usually a symptom; not a character trait.
Helping busy people do inner work.
Or are you…
Lazy is usually a symptom; not a character trait.
A beautiful home isn’t something that happens—it’s something you make happen.
A beautiful mindset isn’t something that happens—it’s something you make happen.
A beautiful life isn’t something that happens—it’s something you make happen.
If you let life happen to you, the byproduct will be a mess—for life always moves towards chaos.
Beauty is the byproduct of taking those given messes and turning them into something you can be proud of.
Maybe great moods Aren't something we arrive in Maybe they're something we figure out. Maybe great days Aren’t something we have Maybe they’re something we make. Maybe great lives Aren't something we're born with Maybe they're something we create with what we're given.
With exercise: you get out what you put in.
With learning: you get out what you put in.
With relationships: you get out what you put in.
If you don’t feel like you’re getting enough out, try putting more in.
Inspired by a quote shared with me by a friend, I propose a toast.
The holidays aren’t an easy time for many, so as we undergo the next few days let us…
Mend a quarrel. Life is too short.
Seek out a forgotten friend. There’s no greater feeling than that of feeling seen and heard.
Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Somebody has to give first. Let it be you.
Write a letter or send a text to someone to let them know you’re thinking about them.
Give conversation some grace and reply with fun, light-hearted, compassionate answers.
Encourage youth and be a true model of the holiday spirit.
Follow through with what you say you’re going to do. Keep a promise. Manifest your loyalty in word and deed.
Forgo a grudge. There’s no better time than today to call a truce. And maybe not even for them, but for you.
Forgive an enemy. Fill your heart with love.
Apologize.
Seek first to understand. Listen fully before you reply.
Think first of someone else.
Be kind.
Be gentle.
Laugh a little more. Judge a little less.
Express your gratitude. Thinking gratitude only robs it if it’s true power.
Welcome a stranger. Include an outsider. Invite a loner.
Gladden the heart of a child. With things other than things.
Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. We’ll never get to experience it again the way we will today.
Speak your love and then speak it again.
Much love to each of you and may the true spirit of the holidays live fruitfully through you.
Cheers!
Life is a piece of art that we slowly create over time.
We don’t get to choose the paint, but we get to choose what to paint.
Choosing not to paint, to complain about your paint, to curse your paint, to hate your paint, to compare and mope about your paint vs. other people’s paint—to expend energy doing anything that involves not painting your masterpiece—is a waste. Period.
Complain less about what colors you’ve been granted and focus more on how you’ll create a masterpiece with those very colors instead.
There aren’t any colors or color combinations that can’t be turned into masterpieces.
Never forget it.
Starting a stopped body is hard.
Keeping a body in motion is easier.
Even if that motion is heading in the wrong direction.
Redirecting is easier than starting.
Which is why you should start even without knowing which direction is the perfect direction to head. You can always turn the steering wheel as you go. It’s really no big deal.
Just do what’s hard, start your damn engine, and get going already.