perspective

Focus On What Truly Matters

Mike Robbins, November 26, 2011

Over the past few months I’ve been thinking a lot about what truly matters. My mom’s diagnosis, illness, and death have caused me to stop, question, and look more deeply at the things and people in my life that are important. Through the pain and challenge of this experience, I’ve also been grateful for the perspective and awareness it has opened up.

How Not Getting What We Want Can Be Just What We Want

Suzanne Bouffard, November 17, 2010

In the past few weeks, I’ve heard several stories from accomplished people about how glad they were that something they really wanted didn’t work out. In all three cases, the “failure” of the first opportunity opened a window for something else far more rewarding and life-altering.

C-H-O-I-C-E-S

Guest Author, September 3, 2010

Welcome back Syda Renai to the Pink Stage in honor of yet another Pink Posse Saturday. You first met Syda when she shared how Twitter led her to transformation. She is here now to share more of her brilliant wisdom on the choices we make. Take it away, Syda! -- Megan Monique

Everything will get... easier?

I recently read a post on Facebook from my young teenage cousin that read, “Everyone says that life will get easier. What I want to know is, when?” A friend suggested that, “They just say that. It never does.”

I began to think about my life and whether it is easier. I wondered if my life is better than it once was -- which was my cousin’s true question.

Meet Someone Exactly Where They Are

Danielle LaPorte, July 25, 2010

"You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you.
You have to go to them sometimes."
- Winnie the Pooh

She has a tendency to panic. Makes it hard to trust her.
He is chronically greedy. Grew up dirt poor. Money is everything.
She is a channel of pure wisdom, a naturally gifted seer.
He is a genius, able to connect vast intellectual concepts.
She is fragile, new, and green to the concept of cause and affect.
He is angry, wounded, perpetually antagonistic.

Rev Up Your Mojo By Living In Wonder

Sandra Carrington-Smith, April 10, 2010

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." -- Albert Einstein

Of all the things my children were blessed with, curiosity is certainly the trait that brings home the prize. They never tire of asking questions, and charge everything with a genuine interest to learn something new at every turn.