“Around here we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things.” – Walt Disney
Life can hit hard. Sometimes you get knocked down when you don’t even see it coming. Some are cheap shots, some are glancing blows and some can bring you to your […]

“I’ll embrace every moment I’m given. There’s a reason I’m alive for a blink of an eye.” – Mercy Me
Last Friday was a long day. Mary Beth underwent a surgical procedure for an issue she has been experiencing for quite some time. Earlier that morning, the unspoken words between us were deafening as we were […]

But now, all ignorant of the length of time’s uncertain wing, it goads me like the goblin bee that will not state its sting. - Emily Dickinson

Sometimes life doesn’t feel very fair. We work, we wait and we hope, but the results we would like to see seem so out of reach. There is a […]

The enemy waits and listens for your desperation. When you can no longer feel what hope looks like, the enemy of your soul pounces on your confidence, interrupts your dreams, and will cast a very dark shadow of doubt over what you want to be or do in your life.
The enemy does not want you […]

Commitment takes courage. Many times we are content to stand on the sidelines and just watch as the game is being played. It’s safer there; but there’s no action and no opportunity for success, or growth.
Sometimes we just need to jump into it and see what happens. Sometimes we just need to burn the boats.
The […]

Music and song can evoke feelings and emotions like no other medium. Music is played at weddings, graduations, life-changing celebrations and funerals. Music allows us to connect better our feelings to the circumstance. If we are happy, we play happy music and songs; if we are somber, we prefer more solemn music.
Lola Fayemi, author of […]

Every now and then we feel a nudge somewhere deep inside and close to our souls. We feel the emptiness and the panic when the realization hits us that something is missing – but we don’t know what it is, or when it may have disappeared or even if we had it in the first […]

My son, Brandon, turns 22 years old today. There is no question time has rushed by too quickly. The cliché, “just blink and they are grown” is especially true when I think of my oldest child. He is a young man now with his own vision and a healthy appetite for life. He will find […]

by Akemi Gaines, creator of Gratitude Magic
Publisher’s Note: The following article from guest writer Akemi Gaines speaks to the power, and magic, in expressing gratitude. An important piece of this project is to express, specifically, what you want to improve in your life and your level of gratitude for these thing(s).
For example, if you […]

The following song, Seasons of Love, from the Broadway musical and movie Rent provides some compelling answers:

It’s only natural to use New Year’s Eve as a marker. This year is ending tonight and a fresh, new year begins tomorrow. Some of us use this day to take an inventory of our lives– to see where […]