“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.”~Calvin Coolidge~ There’s a tree that grows sideways out of a crack in solid rock. No good soil, barely any water, wind hitting it every single day. By all logic it shouldn’t be there. But it just kept growing toward the light, a little at a…

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”~Anonymous~ Before you list what’s missing, list what’s already here. The coffee that was hot. The sun came up. The knees that still bend. Small stuff, easy to skip past on the way to the big complaint. Gratitude isn’t pretending everything’s fine. It’s just refusing to let the little…good…

“Grace is giving people more than they deserve, because someone did the same for you.”~Unknown~ Somebody’s gonna mess up right in front of you today. Say the wrong thing. Forget something. Drop the ball. You get to decide what happens next. The natural reaction is to criticize or judge their behavior. But haven’t we been…

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”~ Oscar Wilde ~ There’s a version of you that shows up when you think someone’s watching, and there’s the one that shows up when the fire’s low and it’s just you and somebody you trust. Genuine isn’t a performance. It’s what’s left when you stop performing. People can…

“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”~ Albert Camus ~ Look up. Before you order. Before you ask for anything. Before you even think about what you need — look up and find the person standing in front of you. Ask that person how their day is going.  That’s it…that’s…