I don’t feel like it  Don’t feel like doing the laundry or going to work Or making food, mowing the lawn, chasing those goals,  Don’t feel like making that apology, or writing that plan  And the best part is We don’t have to do anything Yeah, they’ll be consequences to our actions but we’re still … Continue reading 241. Don’t do it

We can’t control others  What they say or what they do  No matter how smart or stupid it may be  And letting it raise our blood pressure or put is in a mood is doing no good  It shows that we don’t have control over ourselves  And that the other person has control over us  … Continue reading 240. We can’t

Since you're a member I’ll do this for you.  That’s what someone said to me today.  This is affiliation, you're affiliated with us, so we’ll help you.  Thankfully, I was a member.  But what if I wasn’t? why can’t it be - we’ll help you no matter what?  Because if I wasn’t a member, I … Continue reading 239. Since you’re a member

Things that happened in the past, we can’t change them But we can learn from them.  And people get caught up on the details, who came to America first, who said this quote to who When the bigger picture is what we could be learning from the past...  Someone sailed a vast ocean with no … Continue reading 238. History and the past.

Have we ever pointed something out about someone  Something like: “That person complains all the time”  “This person is so negative”  It’s one thing to point this out and move on  To learn from it, to understand how not to be  It’s another to judge, to say that’s bad or wrong  To let it eat … Continue reading 237. What we see

We’re our own people  Who can do and say whatever we want  That’s free will right?  Let’s not forget though that what we do and say influences those around us  And with that comes a question: from the outside in - overall - Are we influencing others negatively or positively? That’s going to have a … Continue reading 236. Influence

Growing up is about making decisions on our own  based on our own experiences, influences, and biases  The moment we grow up though  Is the moment we start to take responsibility for our actions  The moment we decide to become the person we want to become and not who others want us to become  We … Continue reading 235. Hand holdin’

We’re influenced by all the people around us from the second we’re born  Our views, habits, perspectives  Granted we can choose to be our own person and do our own thing  But we don’t know what we don’t know  We don’t know what’s even possible from the beginning We  don’t know that we can change … Continue reading 234. How do we know

We know we’re “supposed” to do things that benefit us: eating healthy working out MediatingPrayingReadingTalk to family and friends Keep our finances in check  And so many more…  Knowing what to do is great because if we don’t know what to do we won’t do anything - how could we?  But knowing isn’t enough  In fact, it doesn’t … Continue reading 233. We know

That bill  Money What to do for a living  The future, the past Work Kids  Illness and health  Missing something  Why do we worry about those things?  After all we could die right this second  And then those things wouldn’t matter Why do we worry? Because we’re human? That’s not good enough for me. Instead … Continue reading 232. Why do we worry about that?