We each have gifts to share with the world. By sharing these gifts we create a life of meaning and purpose. Yet often, our fears and insecurities prevent us from recognizing our uniqueness and paralyze us from sharing our greatest gifts. At times, physical, emotional or circumstantial challenges prevent us from meeting expectations or achieving […]
It happens to all of us. We get so caught up in all the things we need to do that we forget why we wanted to do them in the first place. There are days when we struggle to get through all the things that need to get done. Sometimes, it’s hard to recognize what […]
We’ve all been there, the alarm clock goes off and you think to yourself “do I really have to get out of bed?” It takes a few minutes, but you rationalize that it is in your best interest to start your day and get to work. What about situations where the only person you are […]
There are endless rationalizations that we can use to explain why we settle for less than what we have the capacity for. We can get into the habit of accepting less from ourselves and, in turn, start expecting less from life. It’s so easy to fall into the habit of using where we have been, […]
Last month I underwent surgery to correct a misalignment of the extraocular muscles of both eyes. This condition developed as a result of the brain infection that affected me 11 years ago. The misalignment is called strabismus and initially only resulted in very minor visual disturbances that were easily corrected with glasses. Over the years […]
Often, we set our standard for how things should or could be, based on our past experience. We expect no more or no less than we have been accustomed to believe is possible. Most of the time, we do get what we had expected though it usually does not come to us as we had […]