Today’s Peace of Wisdom can be found when you strive despite the naysayers.
Smiling Through the Storm
Today’s Peace of Wisdom can be found in smiling through the storm.
Accept Loss; Experience Gain
Today’s Peace of Wisdom can be found in choosing to accept loss so we can experience gain.
Forgiveness
I recently read the story of an exhausted firefighter who fell asleep at the wheel on his way home after a long, difficult shift, crashing his car just four miles from home. The accident took the life of a young pregnant mother, and injured her little girl. A short...
Simplicity
Simplicity is a term you might associate with something being easy, but Leonardo DaVinci said, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Simplicity is a practice you can invite into every facet of your life – business, relationships, finances… even the kitchen. ...
Loneliness
Even extroverts need some alone time now and then – but solitude and loneliness are two very different things. Loneliness is a sadness that envelops us because our social needs aren’t being met. Our post-pandemic world, with more people working remotely, is...
Discipline
Frog man…Navy SEAL…these words conjure images of fearless warriors emerging from dark, oily seas. Hulking figures whose weapons and equipment drip with the brine of lashing tides. They accomplish the impossible and are forged into supermen by discipline. On their...
Loss of a Loved One
Suffering through the loss of a loved one can be devastating. Textbooks list the stages of grief in great detail, and while they aren’t wrong, it seems trite to reduce them to mere words on a page. Each stage is deeply personal – the whole process entirely...
Resilience
Have you ever heard of the “Ship of Theseus”? It's a thought experiment that asks the ‘thinker’ to ponder a paradoxical idea. A paradox is a seemingly contradictory statement or proposition that when explained may prove to be well founded or true. Imagine a ship...
Happiness
Happiness as a feeling is often the outcome of a decision to be grateful. It seems that most everyone strives to be happy each day, but few recognize the relationship between the happy feeling we seek and the grateful spirit that must be unleashed for it to occur. ...
The Advantage of Disadvantage
Have you ever been in fog so thick you couldn’t see the road ahead? It’s not pleasant, but there’s a valuable life lesson to be learned from the experience. Next time you’re in this situation, find a safe place to stop, silence any noise, and just sit and enjoy the...
Positive Attitude
Author Victor Frankl wrote extensively about the horrible tragedies he underwent after being thrown into a Nazi concentration camp in 1942. He lost nearly all he held dear — his family, most of his friends, his life’s work – but one day he realized, the Nazis hadn’t...