Stranger Things

Day 351 “Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one personContinue reading “Stranger Things”

It’s The Real Thing

Day 317 “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” – Barack Obama While I was at theContinue reading “It’s The Real Thing”

Nip It In The Bud

Day 287 “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.” – Mark Twain I took my cat to the vet yesterday for her annual checkup. After her examination, the doctor told me that Ippa is “in intensely good health.” She suffered from mild asthma as aContinue reading “Nip It In The Bud”

Live & Let Live

Day 257 “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” – George Bernard Shaw If you haven’t heard by now, Ryan Lochte was almost attacked by two protestors who rushed the stage last night on the season premier of Dancing With the Stars. LikeContinue reading “Live & Let Live”

Take A Penny, Leave A Penny

Day 256 “That best portion of a man’s life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.” – William Wordsworth I manifested an expensive item a couple of weeks ago, and I was elated. On my way home from picking it up, I saw a homeless man standing at a street corner. I was too far toContinue reading “Take A Penny, Leave A Penny”

Valor

Day 255 “9/11, a day that changed this nation forever. RIP to all the fallen heroes. Gone but never forgotten.” – Unknown There are so many incredible stories of heroism from 9/11, and it seems more come out every year. I watched a couple of those stories today, and was reminded of a documentary from 2008 called 102Continue reading “Valor”

Second Chances

Day 244 “But for that one moment – that one mistake – life would have been much different today. While it can’t be taken back, life is about second chances.” – William E. Lewis Jr. Today marks the completion of Kurilane’s eighth month of my year-long Positivity Project. I’ve covered the gamut as far as topics go, ranging from how toContinue reading “Second Chances”

Get Moving

Day 196 “Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.” – Booker T. Washington I started to make small changes towards my health and fitness goals a few weeksContinue reading “Get Moving”

Kinder Garden

Day 192 “Live each day as if it’s your last; that was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energy for that? What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn’t practical. The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a difference. Not changeContinue reading “Kinder Garden”

P.INK

Day 128 “What makes you beautiful is that you accept yourself for who you are not for what you want to be like or who you want to be like or who you want to impress. Being beautiful is something from within. Begin to accept your beauty by accepting yourself as that individual which youContinue reading “P.INK”