Meaningful Mondays

Happy Meaningful Monday from Amsterdam! “Comparison is the thief of joy.” -Theodore Roosevelt

Do you remember the 9-word question that will change the way you experience life? Reactive people make gratitude a feeling. Proactive people make gratitude a verb. True gratitude is something you do: the sacrifices you make, the giving of self...

"What matters most is what last the longest." - Russell M. Ballard

You know you've done your best when your opponent cannot tell by looking at you after the game whether you won or lost.

Empowered Freedom... We can choose our choices. Can we choose our consequences? What never sleeps nor sickens nor dies? Yet works every day with no love nor sympathy?

"Use your values as a gift, not a weapon."  - Arthur C. Brooks "Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt." Is there a difference between being disagreeing and being disagreeable?

"I am not what I want to be; not what I am going to be; but, I am grateful I am not what I used to be." - John Wooden "Legacy is to be lived, not left." - Lee Brower

Is there a relationship between Gratitude and Trust? “The ultimate act of leadership is to extend trust.” – Stephen M. R. Covey Like gratitude, trust blesses twice- both he that receives it and he that gives it.

What is that word?... And, can one word really make a difference?

"All limitations are self-imposed."  - Icarus "Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours."  - Richard Bach

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.” ― Alphonse Karr“ I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” ― Og Mandino “In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.” ― Bertrand Russell

"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow." - Melody Beattie

How Gayle Sayers gave me GOY (pronounced JOY) “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” ― C.S. Lewis My question for you is, "How would you have handled it?" if you had been Brian Piccolo or Gayle Sayers?

“Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you.” “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” -Voltaire

"Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. All that is needed is the willingness and courage to express it."

“What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.” – Brene Brown “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” – Thornton Wilder

Would you be willing to take a Challenge? Start the 21 Day Challenge today... with P.O.T.E.N.T Gratitude

"Don't give up what you want most for what you want now." Do something so great, that if God didn't intervene you would fail. What is that need doing that you know something about, that probably won't happen unless you take responsibility?

"Joy is found in the moment." "In the absence of wanting, then we find true happiness."

Culture is not Blue Jeans Friday. "The decisions we make, make us." Want to know how you can make even better decisions?