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Good news, Baby Boomers – you don’t need to give up your flip-flops! We grew up with these inexpensive, easy-on, easy-off “shoes” and millions of us still love them. Most of us were told by our parents, doctors and “science” that anything that flimsy and cheap could not possibly be good for us. I’ve . . . → Read More: You don’t need to give up your flip-flops There is a danger in the avid pursuit of one’s dreams – selfishness, self-absorption, self-centeredness. The way to avoid this danger is to always stop to live each day and cherish each friend or family member. When we value each person for their dreams and hopes and struggles and pain, we deny selfishness a . . . → Read More: Live Each Day and Cherish Each Friend You cannot make progress toward your goals until you take the first step. The New Year brings to each of us the challenge to just BEGIN. No matter how large or how small your goals and plans, you will not achieve them until you BEGIN. Gather your support group, gather your resources, gather your . . . → Read More: You must BEGIN There are always so many things to do. There is work, kids, spouse, grandchildren, friends, housework, and yard work. In January there are winter challenges and tasks – shoveling snow, scraping ice, bringing in firewood, building fires and more. January is also when we start thinking about taxes and about planning for the . . . → Read More: In January there is so much to do. “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” – Pamela Vaull Starr Whether you call them dreams, goals, aspirations or something else, make them big; make them profound; make them worth your best effort. Let them draw you out of your past, away from your . . . → Read More: Pamela Vaull Starr on Dreams “First, say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” – Epictetus, Discourses Who do your dreams call you to become? How will fulfilling your dreams transform you? If fulfilling a dream will not make you better or stronger is it worth pursuing? I am convinced that as . . . → Read More: Epictetus asks "What would you be?" “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Throughout our lives we dream of a future we would like to design. From childhood dreams of a world filled with lollipops and cotton candy, available to us every moment, our dreams change to what life would be . . . → Read More: Eleanor Roosevelt on Dreams “There is nothing like a dream to create the future.” – Victor Hugo Human history glows with the truth of Hugo’s words. Human civilization has progressed through every age because courageous people dared to dream a better future and then dared to make it true. If you doubt it, pick up any novel by . . . → Read More: Victor Hugo on Dreams
Enjoy a Break We’ve gotten so used to the rat race that we think stopping awhile means losing opportunities. Everyone is rushing without letup, aiming for one thing and then the next, setting no ceiling for contentment. Time passes by so quickly, as though digital timekeeping has sped up the Earth’s rotation. Our routine . . . → Read More: Remembering To Take Time
One Minute Retreat Did you know, stress causes you to age faster? You may not know it but it even adds up to that tummy bulge we often call “middle aged spread.” Blame it on leptin, the protein that’s depleted when you’re always beating deadlines and chasing after the subway train every day but, . . . → Read More: 1 Minute Stress Buster |
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