September 2020

It’s so easy to cruise. So easy to assume our precious family and friends will still be with us tomorrow. Every day is a gift – the present. Every day has moments to remember. Moments we presume will come again. Don’t ever take for granted what you have today, because tomorrow it just might not […]

We don’t always see how others see us. We are often oblivious to the impression and image we project to the world around us. It’s our own limited thinking which keeps us restricted and bound inside a prison of our own making. Many times we can’t forgive ourselves of the things we are ashamed. It’s

Giving up is easy. It can be a short pause or a punctuation mark but either way, putting plans aside can be a sign of desperation, impatience or lack of tenacity. Staying the course requires determination, persistence, stickability, focus and constant eyes on the prize. Achieving completion of what we commence hits a ‘sweet spot’.

Don’t trust your tongue when your heart is bitter. Hush till you heal. Slowing down our thoughts and tongues is imperative because we cannot retract words already spoken. Once the words are released into the atmosphere and audible to others, they can never return. What’s said is said. Concise and few words are impacting. There

Complacency leads to inactivity and lifelessness. It’s a slothful type of emotion which drains excitement, dampens vision and robs joy from every ambience it enters. There is no initiative where complacency lives; ideas grow stale and mission becomes stagnant. Just around the corner from complacency is depression followed by the slow death of one’s dreams.

With little knowledge we often presume our assessment is right. We often don’t check the facts, seek further evidence, get another perspective or even sleep on it. Waiting just one day to recollect thoughts and give our mind the chance to reconsider our view is a wise way forward. Sleep clears the mind. We wake

To speak clearly, to speak with clarity and to speak sincerely, is to be kind. When communications are vague or convoluted, the wrong impressions can be given and the wrong conclusions can be reached. Saying what you mean and meaning what you say, reduces confusion and uncertainty. Answering the question seems to be difficult for

At the end of the day we fuss about nothing. Small, unimportant topics which torment us and cause us to argue, fight and stress? It was only toothpaste, toilet paper, a forgotten errand or a simple misunderstanding. No actually I can’t recall what we were arguing about. In the grand scheme of things we need