Here’s the Real Deal on New Year’s Resolutions
Setting a few meaningful goals that we can break down into bite sized tasks can lead to greater fulfillment and less stress in our lives.
Survival Tips for the Holidays
The holidays are stressful but they can also bring new sources of joy if we’re willing to evaluate what matters most to us.
Being Thankful for Each New Morning
Let’s try to ingrain gratitude into our lives by paying just a bit more attention to the smallest gifts like the privilege of waking up to experience another new day.
Plant the Tree Even though We Might Not Enjoy its Shade
Doing worthwhile work that will outlive us is perhaps one of those most noble kinds of efforts because we’re helping plant seeds of hope and passion in others that will mature after us but partly because of us too.
Legacies of Unified Effort
Working together to accomplish unified goals has always been the only way humans have been successful on the long run. Why would things be any different today?
The Power of One Touch in our Lives
Even supporting actors in our lives can have profound impacts. How grateful we can be for those encouraging life touches.
Sunlight Drinking Moments
Our tasks and concerns and fears are always waiting for us, so let’s seek for a few quiet moments each day where we can just embrace the sunlight flooding the world with warmth in the morning.
If a Tree Changes Color in the Woods, Do We Notice?
We can learn from trees that our urgent need to accomplish things to feel valued is a losing proposition. Instead, let’s reflect on the good moments from each day and be grateful.
Pruning Back Before the Wind Storms
If we can prune away the excess uses of our attention and time, we’ll be in a better position to enjoy the activities and relationships that really matter most to us.
Bearing the Cankers of Life
Rather than just gritting our teeth in painful situations, we can bear it better by celebrating the anticipation of the alleviation of pain and do our best to empathize also dealing with pain.
Reach Out and Touch Someone
As adults, we could all use support and comfort very much like we did as kids. We can help each other and we need to be willing to accept the help when offered if we could use it.
Watching for the Sunbreaks
If we can anticipate the brighter sunlight that comes after dark days, we can maintain vibrant hope that can set us up for seeing new opportunities.
Looking at the Whole Human
If we can look at the whole person rather than just the projected single slice we can see on social media, we can get to care for and appreciate for just about anyone.
Winning the Waiting Game
Waiting can be more tolerable when we shift the mindset from frustration to a gift of a few extra moments of time.
Letting our Mistakes Flow Down River
Taking a walk in the park isn’t such a simple thing as the saying implies. Seeing the dozens of human connections being strengthened before our eyes can bring profound gratitude and encouragement.
A Walk in the Park
Taking a walk in the park isn’t such a simple thing as the saying implies. Seeing the dozens of human connections being strengthened before our eyes can bring profound gratitude and encouragement.
The Amazing Phenomenon Called Parades
By giving up a little bit of our personal choice together, we gain so much more by building a community that we actually want to live in.
Watering the Plants Even When Nobody Sees
Let’s celebrate those people who quietly go about their tasks well while nobody notices the good it brings to our lives.
Making Blackberry Jam
Let’s give ourselves the latitude of having some untidiness while we are in the process of being refined and transformed.
Giving Positive Stories More Playtime
Let’s choose positive messages as much as we can as we select our playlists for our days.