Life sometimes brings powerful challenges that can cause you to lash out at yourself or others. Keeping you composure and sharing only positive, encouraging words is not always easy. One of the greatest lessons is learning how to deal with your own anger and moods. A good friend shared this story with me years ago………

Form the I Ching by Brian Browne Walker: “There are times when even a superior person is undermined by the time. It is natural that inferior elements periodically come to the forefront. Adversity is often a stimulant to our spiritual growth. What is most important is the spirit in which we meet it. When challenging…

One of my greatest fears was a fear of heights, so I jumped out of a plane with a parachute in a tandem jump in 1986.  The feeling was beyond words and to this day, I draw strength from it.  Such a powerful experience shattered those fears and belief systems and it turned out to be so much…

Everything happens for a reason and a purpose and it serves us.Any challenge can be overcome and any good thing can be improved upon. Life is full of opportunities.Some of them are cleverly disguised as challenges or problems. Challenge = Opportunity Problem = Growth False EvidenceAppearingReal “Every adversity contains within it the seed of an…

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