Meaningful Mondays

How do YOU stay afloat in troubled waters? “Ships don’t sink because of the water around them. They sink because of the water that gets inside.”

Appreciation precedes generocity. The enemy of thriving is arriving.

"But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor's troubles were like, would be glad to go home with his own." Storms make roots grow deeper. In the midst of life storms we are reminded of how strong our roots are.

We all can use a “Pity Party”.

Do you have a Whip Cream Mindset? "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." -Martin Luther King Jr. "It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." - Eleanor Roosevelt

The ability to carry out a worth while decision, once the emotion of making that decision has past.

"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."  Pope John Paul II Can we enable the desire for the Freedom that enables us to Do?

Turn Your Lights On! "When we carry the burdens of the past, we can not live joyfully now."  - Lloyd Newell "Turn your face to the sun, the shadows fall behind you."  - Maori Proverb

"Those you influence are greatly influenced by what influences you." - Lee Brower "He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow." - Elbert Hubbard

"EAT THE MEAT, THROW AWAY THE BONES!" This will be my longest Meaningful Monday of 2018. Don't miss a simple, yet proven, formula that will guarantee you an even more meaningful 2018.

What can I do today (before the end of the year) to create a milestone into 2018? Let's get a movement going, to find ways to show kindness.

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."  - Helen Keller

Why do seeds grow down before they grow up? Over time, great traditions become the roots that strengthen families, and create stability in a world of volatility and uncertainty.

"Happiness comes and goes. But, when life is really good or life is really bad, having meaning gives you something to hold on to."   - Emily Esfahani Smith Some groups offer a cheap form of belonging. That is not meaningfulness.

Is there a relationship between gratitude and self-control? "Man's greatest enemy is himself. Man, in his weakness is the creature of circumstances. Man, in his strength is the creator of circumstances." -  William George Jordan, 1905

"How much of life do we miss by waiting to see the rainbow before thanking God that there is rain?"  - Dieter Uchtdorf Hands on the tablecloth that keep on helping.

What is the #1 question I get asked from highly successful leaders? And, how does the answer to the following question lead to the answer to their question: "What is the you that makes you-- you?"

"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." - Pericles "Legacy is not what you leave. Legacy is how you live." -LMB Why do you you needlessly torture yourself with comparison and competition? There is no such thing as low self-discipline!

WE The People.. Are we losing the concept of society-- where all sorts of people come together in the common aim of pursuing the common good?  Has the We become Me?

Is there a relationship between Meaningfulness and Happiness? If so, which one drives which? 4 Pillars of Meaningfulness: Belonging; Purpose; Transcendence; Story Telling.