We never know how our influence will reverberate through the lives of the people we come into contact with. We do not know how far-reaching and long-lasting our presence and our actions will be in the lives of others. For this reason, it is important that we try our best to put good into the…
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Our History Is Not Our Fate
There is more to us than our personal history. What we have experienced is only a small part of who we are. It is an even smaller part of who we are meant to be or are capable of becoming. While our experiences inevitably shape our attitudes, opinions, and expectations, they are not the sole…
The Choice Is Yours And Mine
Our legacies are built one decision, one action, and one interaction at a time. Every day, from the moment we wake up until we fall asleep, we have a multitude of choices to make, so many choices, in fact, that there is no possible way to be right all of the time. Often, the best…
Embrace Optimism
“The most important thing is to teach your kids to be optimists—to train them to be optimists—because without that, you’re lost. With the ability to see the silver lining, to see the benefits of even a very dire situation, you can at least look for and see solutions. And if you conversely have a pessimistic…
Building Or Destroying Our Future
Every relationship, every interaction we have, becomes the foundation for our future. We cannot live in spite of others, successfully, forever. Along the path, at some point, for some reason, we are going to truly need other people’s help. When this occurs, if, up to this point, our only contribution to our relationships has been…