7 Things You Must Sacrifice If You Want to Freely Follow Your Passion

Post written by Mohamed Tohami. According to a 2-year study conducted by Northwestern National Life Insurance, 72 percent of American workers experience frequent physical and mental conditions that are directly related to stress in their jobs – that’s 3 out of 4 are getting sick from their jobs. Fact is, if you want to FREELY [...]

How To Overcome Fear, Timidity & Self Pity

As a boy I struggled with all three of these giants. They particularly played a dominant role in my life when I was nine years old and my parents decided to invite a twelve-year-old boy to live with us. Being super-athletic, on the very first day he attended my school, he was challenged to race [...]

From That Heart

I remember the first time that I fell in love with poetry. I think it was when I heard read to me The Owl & The Pussy Cat as a child. Then as a teenager I had a teacher introduce me to the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and John Donne. So from time to time [...]

Whatever You Focus on Becomes Real to You

Post written by Justin Mazza. One thing that all of us have in common is the ability to focus on external objects or events. Today I was watching my beloved Baltimore Ravens play the Houston Texans for the AFC playoff hunt. Maybe you don’t care a lick about American Football and I am alright with [...]

47 Inspirational Quotes & Responses To Empower Your Life

Brian May • “I am not judged by the  number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying!” Tom Hopkins  and a recent favorite… “Figure out the one [...]

How Long Must I Persist To Achieve Success?

In a recent interview my interviewer, who had done his research by reading many of my past blog articles, said that the outstanding quality represented in my life, as recorded in all my writings, was my ability to persist. That statement caused me to pause for a moment and review my life. To be honest, [...]

6 Life Lessons Learned from Teaching High School

Post written By Ken Wert. “While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” ~ Unknown As a 10 year veteran high school teacher, I’ve spent a lot of time working in the trenches with teens who struggle to find their way in life. I’ve [...]

How Short Life Is

Over 2,000 years ago Seneca wrote the following powerful material as he addressed The Shortness Of Life. As I found that I could not present such a topic with such eloquence as this master, I felt compelled to allow him to share the first 3 chapters of this work, with you. The thoughts contained are [...]

The 5 Indispensable Ways To Heal Life’s Wounds

‘Like wounded oyster, he mends his shell with pearl.’ Ralph Waldo Emerson To pass through a lifetime, while living on planet earth, unscathed would take a miracle Now don’t get me wrong. I believe in miracles, but at the same time I’m a realist. Just like you, I have scars to prove that at times [...]