Browsing all posts in February, 2012.

On Changing Your Thoughts

"Change your thoughts and you change your world." – Norman Vincent Peale, minister and author, best-known for The Power of Positive Thinking (1898-1993) How we choose to view our world makes all the difference in whether or not we feel that we are successful in our endeavors. And these endeavors take on all the more [...]

Grab Opportunities When They Arise

"Opportunities don’t often come along. So when they do, you have to grab them." – Audrey Hepburn, British Academy Award-winning actress and humanitarian, best-known for her roles in movies such as Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and My Fair Lady (1929-1993) How many times have we sat in the rooms and wondered how the [...]

Feel With Your Heart

"The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart." – Helen Keller, American author, political activist, and lecturer, the first deaf blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, went on to inspire millions, depicted in The Miracle Worker (1880-1968) Let’s [...]

Live the Life You Imagine

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." – Henry David Thoreau, American author, poet, essayist, philosopher, historian, best-known as the author of Walden (1817-1862) Now that we’re in recovery, it’s time to think about something that’s very important to our continuing ability to make progress, to have hopes, [...]

Time, Something We All Need in Recovery

"All great achievements require time." – Maya Angelou, Pulitzer Prize nominated poet, historian, author, actress, playwright, civil rights activist, producer and director, best-known as the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (born 1928) Do we ever have enough time to do all the things we want or need to do? If we’re [...]