We crave new beginnings, don’t we? If New Year’s is the time to write resolutions and begin anew, spring is the time to freshen up and begin yet again. In northern Ohio we watch closely for the signs of spring long before the temperatures rise. Long before we even think of opening the windows, or [...]
I read (and copied it into my journal) a quote from William Blake: “No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.” And the thought struck me: Opportunity is like that bird — high-soaring, inviting us to come along, take hold, and fly under our own wing-power. Opportunities do not land… Opportunity [...]
I live where my focus is. The Good Book says, ‘Where your heart is, there will be your treasure.” Where my heart is… hmm. In the ancient text, the word heart referred to everything I’m made up of – my substance. So it must matter where I focus my thoughts, my energies, my choices, my [...]