"We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles." - Stephen Covey Feel like giving up? Does it seem like every time you gain momentum on your goal, you run into an obstacle? Have you ever thought, "Why can't things be easy? Why is life so hard?" You are not alone. Every person has felt this way at one time. The reason there are hard times in life is that it is life. Plain and simple, you can not

"You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside." - Wayne Dyer We waste so much time and energy on things we can not control. We can not control the economy or the government. We can not control other people's opinions or actions. We allow other people to determine what we will do, how we will act, and who we will become. Sometimes it seems more natural to conform to others vision for us than to cr

"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. " - Willie Nelson We have about 60,000 thoughts a day. That's a lot of thoughts rambling around our heads. These thoughts have a direct impact on our moods, how we see ourselves and the world around us. Our thoughts shape who we are and who we will become. They are always with us, day and night, whispering to us. What are your thoughts whispe

"Balance is the key to everything. What we do, think, say, eat, feel, they all require awareness and through this awareness, we can grow." - Koi Fresco Do you ever feel out of balance? In the Wheel of Life, how do you find balance? If you are busy with work, your home life seems to take the back seat of your focus. You may be having a blast on vacation, but in the back of your mind, you are worried about your finances. You've never looked better and felt healthi

"Imagine your ideal future. Visualize yourself as if life were perfect in every aspect." - Brian Tracy Where do you want to be in five years? Visualize where you want your life to go, who you are, what you have achieved in five years. I've always been a huge daydreamer. As a child, I would daydream about being a movie star. The older I got, I realized that my daydreaming was visualizing what I wanted my future to become. When my husband and I were on the brink of