I Have been wrestling with this question particularly in regards to my 14 year old son who is just not achieving the grades his intelligence suggests he should – mostly due to a refusal to do homework. I have tried so many different methods to help him from positive rewards to negative consequences and to [...]

Aristotle:
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Helen Keller:
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
John Capuzzi:
A free lunch is only found in mousetraps.
Liane Cordes:
Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – [...]

My son is a big Beatles fan and he particularly likes this song
What would you think if I sang out of tune
Would you stand up and walk out on me
Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song
and I’ll try not to sing out of key

Oh, I get by with a little help from [...]

If you would create something,
you must be something.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Although I rather like New Year’s resolutions because it is all about goal setting, I also recognize that they often last through the first week of January. Here is an interesting post about why they often fail (they do not talk much about mindset [...]

Every Tuesday I will bring you stories and quotes that I hope you will find inspirational in your journey to start living life fully.

Today I am inviting you to visit a website One Red Paperclip This is an inspiring story about how a man managed to swap a paperclip for a pen and then on [...]

My friend Sheila Finkelstein took the above picture (she is an amazingly talented photographer and I recommend signing up for her free ezine at http://www.picturetoponder.com/ so you too can get weekly inspiration)
The naivitee of the stork to the danger of the nearby alligator sums up the attitude I had to life until recently and I [...]