“We should count each day as a separate life.” - Seneca
My friend Tim Brownson at A Daring Adventure recently published an article providing seven reasons to be cheerful in spite of your circumstances.
On the particular day Tim wrote this article, he was experiencing the ultimate bad mood creator – transitioning all of his computer files […]

by Jonathan Nasman

“Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” - Joshua J. Marine
Overcoming setbacks is one of the most difficult things to do. It’s hard to remain positive and take action when all you can focus on are your shortcoming. We easily get caught up in thinking […]

“The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.” - Joan Borysenko

In the book The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, author John Izzo interviewed over 200 individuals in order to discover the stories of these people and to learn the secrets of life.
The people interviewed ranged in age […]

Sometimes it’s hard to reconcile, or even understand, how things like this are allowed to happen. It would be easy to become cynical and begin doubting that our lives can be full of hope and happiness when we are reminded at any moment it can all be taken from us; without cause and without mercy.
Our […]

Good movies not only provide entertainment and chance to shut-off the outside world for a little while; good movies also allow us an opportunity to get in touch with our emotions in a very real and confident way.
Good movies can also make us cry.
If you sometimes find it difficult getting in touch with your […]

“Flames to dust. Lovers to friends. Why do all good things come to an end?” - Nelly Furtado

The ride is an exciting one. You and your partner have been sharing life at a high- level of connection and intimacy. Everything at work is positive and fulfilling. You feel truly aligned with your life’s purpose […]

“If you’re alive, there’s a purpose for your life.” - Rick Warren
What do you want the epitaph on your tombstone to say when you die? Many would be satisfied, if not relieved, if their epitaph proclaimed, “I Survived.”
Others, perhaps you, want more out of life than just going through the motions, day after day, […]

“None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives.” - Kathleen Norris

The unexpected can change our lives. When surprising changes occur, our daily patterns, lifestyles and relationships can […]

“The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.” - Gilbert K. Chesterton

Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? (holds up one finger)
Curly: This.
Mitch: Your finger?
Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and the rest don’t mean shit.
Mitch: But, what is the “one thing?”
Curly: (smiles) […]

by Nick Pagan
Most of us spend a great deal of time just reacting to emotions. We are either attempting to evade negative emotions or hoping for positive emotions. Emotions don’t happen by accident. There is a clear mechanism at work that most of us don’t know about.
This article explains how emotions are caused and […]