Gratitude

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”~Jon Kabat-Zinn~ A hummingbird beats its wings 80 times per second. Eighty times. Per second. If your attention is somewhere else — and let’s be honest, it usually is — that thing was here and gone before you even looked up. A flash of green…

“Opportunity doesn’t always arrive looking inspiring. Sometimes it arrives disguised as the thing you would have avoided if you had been given the choice.”~Slim Sammy~ Nobody signs up for the hard version. You want the opportunity that shows up looking like a gift — easy, obvious, exciting. Instead it shows up looking like a delay,…

“Fellowship is heaven; lack of fellowship is hell.”~ William Morris ~ True fellowship has become a lost art in this world. Not networking, not being in the same space as somebody while you’re both looking down — real fellowship. Interacting with your fellows on a human level. That ability hasn’t gone anywhere. It’s still there,…

“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”~Albert Camus~ Nobody gets to tell you who you are today. Not your past. Not your mistakes. Not the people who wrote you off or the version of yourself you’re trying to leave behind. That’s what freedom really means. Not just flags and fireworks — though those…

“Whatever you call it — it’s enough.”~ The Dude ~ It’s hard to deny there’s something bigger than us as we watch a morning sunrise. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the DayToday I choose to lean on my higher power — not be it.