Finding Joy in Little Things

In the midst of dreaming big, setting up a goal, planning, and implementing it, we often tend to overlook the happiness that we can seek from the little things around us. Finding happiness in little things can refresh your mind. It can also help you to release stress from your mind. Little things seem nothing,Continue reading “Finding Joy in Little Things”

Turning Suffering into Blessings

The process of personal growth is not easy. If engaged with consciously, it is possible to transform the pain of life into great strength. Illness, loss, divorce, death, financial ruin, career failure, family issues, depression — everyone has experienced suffering of some kind. Many people are mired in the story of their personal hardship, relivingContinue reading “Turning Suffering into Blessings”

15 Habits of the Tough

Saying things like, “I’m not scared of anything,” or, “I didn’t want that promotion anyway,” doesn’t necessarily mean you’re mentally strong. In fact, there’s a good chance you might just be acting tough. While acting tough may meet your needs in the short term by artificially boosting your ego or by getting other people to back off, it’s notContinue reading “15 Habits of the Tough”

Be You

We spend a lot of our time comparing ourselves to others, how they dress, what gadgets they have, how good looking they are etc. We can’t help but notice how well they are all doing. These thoughts frequently flood our minds: “She has so many followers.” “Why does his work get so much attention?” “WhyContinue reading “Be You”

Leave your Comfort Zone, Enter your Growth Zone

Life is full of opportunities to step outside the comfort zone, but grabbing hold of them can be difficult. Sometimes the problem is not being aware of reasons to do so. After all, if the feeling of comfort signifies our most basic needs are being met, why should we seek to abandon it? What holdsContinue reading “Leave your Comfort Zone, Enter your Growth Zone”

Mistakes are Essential for Growth

“I made a mistake.” Those are four words nobody ever wants to have to admit. Mistakes are a part of the learning process of life. Mistakes don’t always have to be bad, but the human reaction to making a mistake is usually a bad one. If you are like me, you beat yourself up overContinue reading “Mistakes are Essential for Growth”

Is the Risk Worth Taking?

We all keep taking risks every day, some big, some small. Most, if not all of us only hesitate when you feel something important is at stake. Whether you love adventure or you always focus on what could go wrong, guidelines can help you objectively assess the value of taking risks. One question I keepContinue reading “Is the Risk Worth Taking?”

Not Everyone Is Genuinely Happy For You

When something beautiful comes our way we run to share the good news with friends, family or colleagues, and their wide smiles, giggles, hi-fives, and awkward jumps, fool us into thinking they are genuinely happy for us. Think again. Not many are genuinely happy for us. To be fair, a few are genuinely happy forContinue reading “Not Everyone Is Genuinely Happy For You”

Some of God’s Greatest Gifts Are Unanswered Prayers

All of us who have put something in God’s care always tend to steal it right back. It is not that we intentionally do it, but it is very natural for us to go back to something that we are concerned about. How do you leave a problem in God’s hands and not steal itContinue reading “Some of God’s Greatest Gifts Are Unanswered Prayers”

The Most Important Part Of The Body

When I read this quote I am reminded of this lovely story shared by a dear friend. My mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body is.Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correct Answer. When I was younger, I thought sound wasContinue reading “The Most Important Part Of The Body”