Tools That Serve You

“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”~ Oprah Winfrey ~ We forget to do it. Not the automatic kind — the real kind. The slow, deep, intentional breath that brings you back to right now. Good news or bad news. A big…

“Always do your best.”~ Don Miguel Ruiz ~ This is The Fourth Agreement. Your best changes every day. Some days your best is moving mountains. Other days your best is getting out of bed. Both count. Neither one is wrong. The agreement isn’t to be perfect. It’s to show up fully with what you have…

“The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.”~ Socrates ~ I call my higher power God. Good Orderly Direction. That’s my term. That’s what works for me.Whatever you call yours — sub it in. Adonai, Allah, Buddha, Creator, Father, Higher Power, Jesus Christ, The Universe — it doesn’t matter to me. What matters is…

“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.”~Lao Tzu~ Ollie doesn’t size up the other dogs at the river. Big dog, small dog, fast dog, slow dog — doesn’t matter to him. He just runs, tail going, completely himself, no comparing, no competing. And every dog…

“You ever look up from your phone and go — oh right, the sky’s been doing that this whole time?”~The Dude~ It’s been out there the whole time, not asking for a single like. We get so deep in the scroll we forget there’s an actual world running in the background — no notifications, no…

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”~Maya Angelou~ Some days you’re on fire — ideas flying, connections popping, everything clicking. Other days you can’t seem to get anything done and you wonder what’s wrong with you. Nothing’s wrong with you. You have two gears. Ideation mode and execute mode….