“Life is not always about trying to fix something that’s broken. Sometimes, it’s about starting over and creating something better” – Unknown Okay, so you blew it big time and you find yourself staring at the rest of your life like a deer in the headlights. You understand that quitting is not an […]
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“Have a vision. It is the ability to see the invisible. If you can see the invisible, you can achieve the impossible.” – Shiv Khera After years of doctor’s visits and receiving consistent reports of perfect vision, I have finally reached a new (sad) milestone. One that is probably inevitable for most people, but
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing” – Abraham Lincoln I remember it was back in May 2007. I sat in a room with nineteen other colleagues from various divisions of my current company. We were all
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“The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.” – Pierre Corneille Like most people I love receiving gifts on my birthday, holidays or the “just because” ones are the best. The thoughtfulness behind someone taking the time to give you something meaningful to them is a priceless moment to experience. As
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“You will struggle, you will sweat, you will cry, you will want to give up, but above all, YOU WILL OVERCOME, because you are meant for greatness” – Unknown As I approach the one year mark of writing my first official post on this blog, I find myself reflecting on the initial reasons
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“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” – Henry David Thoreau We live in a day and age where negative news runs rampant across the airwaves of social media. A good and nice story, unfortunately is not always enticing to the ears. As much as we may complain about the prevalent violence
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“Success is not final, failure is not final: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill I recently went on a long over due vacation, nothing tropical this time, but nonetheless fun, a bit adventurous and relaxing. On the days leading up to my glorious day of departure from
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“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther I recently celebrated my forty-seventh birthday and as I get closer to that magic number of fifty, I’m realizing there are fewer things that impact me the way they
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“I am more than my scars” – Andrew Davidson Whenever I think of layers I tend to think of things like clothing or eating fruit and vegetables. Both are essential for obvious reasons, and both have unique reasons for being important towards our daily lives. Layers can provide protection, warmth, comfort and quite possibly
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“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” – Ernest Hemingway If you have ever been in the car with a group of young kids, this is a question that you would hear quite often while on a road trip. Whether the
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