Live Inspired

Dozens of times throughout your life, you'll outgrow what you thought you couldn't live without, and fall in love with what you didn't even know you wanted.  Life will lead you one hard yet necessary paths you'd never travel by choice.  Don't be afraid.  Have faith.  Trust the journey.  -Marc and Angel Chernoff 

A friendly reminder that "your best" doesn't mean pushing yourself to your breaking point.  "Your best" means the best you can do while being your best you.  Get enough sleep, give yourself breaks, listen to your limits.  "Your best' is better when you are happy and healthy. A good reminder to stop beating yourself up over not meeting external expectations.  Sometimes in life, your best may not be good enough.  Or, maybe your best today is far from the best you can do.  But I'm here to tell you that it is OK.  Sometimes we are forced in circumstances that...

When this is over, May we never againTake for grantedA handshake with a strangerFull shelves at the storeConversations with the neighborsA crowded theatreFriday night outThe taste of communionA routine checkupThe school rush each morningCoffee with a friendThe stadium roaringEach deep breathA boring TuesdayLife itself. When this endsMay we findThat we have becomeMore like the peopleWe wanted to beWe were called to beWe hoped to beAnd may we stayThat way – betterFor each otherBecause of the worst. – Laura Kelly Fanucci Thinking and praying for everyone in the world right now.  May you all stay healthy and safe.  Let's use this...

What we do for ourselves dies with us.  What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal. -Albert Pike I was reading an article from Psychology Today recently and it talked about the positive correlation of helping and doing good for others with happiness in the brain.  There is now neural evidence showing the link between giving and happiness in our brains.  So, in helping others we are also helping ourselves.  By doing good for someone else, we increase our well-being and we lower depression. Aside from our own positive benefits, doing good for others by being...

You may think that you are completely insignificant in this world.  But someone drinks coffee from the favorite cup that you gave them.  Someone heard a song on the radio that reminded them of you.  Someone read the book that you recommended, and plunged headfirst into it.  Someone smiled after a hard day's work, because they remembered the joke that you told them today.  Someone loves themself a little bit more, because you fave them a compliment.  Never think that you have no influence whatsoever.  Your trace, which you leave behind with every good deed, cannot be erased. - Unknown I wanted to share this...