Choice

You Can’t or You Won’t?

Let’s get honest here.  There are things you won’t do.  There are things that I won’t do.  But, how often do we disguise our “I won’t” by “I can’t”? What do I mean? Well, it can be anything.  Years ago,…
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Living life by default or by design

If you have ever arranged a wedding – yours or someone else’s – you know just how much attention to detail goes into creating that event.  The same could be said for any major event – a big birthday celebration,…
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Are you looking for solutions or obstacles?

Thinking of making a change in your life?  Want to try something new or different? What happens next will determine your success or failure.  It’s a simple thing, but a very powerful thing. It’s the questions you ask yourself. Are…
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Focus on what you DO have

We’ve all done it.  You know…  The pity party.  The ‘woe is me’. The ‘why did this happen to me?’ It’s so easy to fall into the trap on staying focused on what we don’t have, what we’ve lost or…
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If then, why not now?

One of the funniest things I observe couples do is, that when they have an argument, one of them, if not both of them, will give the other ‘the silent treatment’ for a period of time. In their view, they…
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Get out of the way

Over his many interviews and throughout his teachings, Dr. Wayne Dyer used to frequently say: Let go and let God. There’s a lot of meaning in that quote.  Those of us who follow the principles of God, or if you…
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You can’t steer a parked car

I was listening to a podcast last night where a caller had rung in to ask the presenter what job she should go for, given her age and her previous experience. I laughed at the answer – not because it…
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What it means to forgive

Forgiveness is for our own benefit, not the for the benefit of the person who has done us wrong. It is also a choice.  A decision. An action.  It doesn’t just ‘simply happen’. To paraphrase a popular quote: “To hold…
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