photo credit Keep on, with the force don’t stop. Don’t stop ’til you get enough” – Michael Jackson This is post #28 in my quest for 30 in 30. Determination: having strong motivation to succeed. Determination is something that many lack. It’s the absence of excuses or stories. It’s the will to complete our journey. It is what drives [...]
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photo credit “Misery loves company but she will never foot the bill” – Bourgeois Tagg This is post # 23 in my quest for 30 in 30. There is a lot of pain, heartache, and unhappiness on the planet these days. With homelessness and famine, a tanking economy and surging violence it’s a wonder that anyone [...]
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photo credit “I’m talking about forgiveness” – Leona Lewis This is post 21 in my quest for 30 in 30. Guilt, pain, anger and shame. All very powerful negative emotions that tend to carry a lot of weight. Any one of these four feelings can completely dominate a persons life if not kept in check. [...]
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photo credit “I have become comfortably numb” – Pink Floyd This is post #17 in my quest for 30 in 30. Yesterday I wrote about attending a lecture given by raw food athlete Tim VanOrden. During the lecture he spoke about peoples desire to “numb themselves down” with food and alcohol. We’ve all been there [...]
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photo credit “We are the people in your neighborhood” – Sesame Street Gang It’s hump day! This is post #15 in my quest for 30 in 30. Yesterday I wrote about the importance of having your own standards so that you aren’t doomed to live by someone else’s. Well, what do you do when your [...]
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photo credit “Hold your own, know your name and go your own way” – Jason Mraz This is post # 14 in my quest for 30 in 30. Setting high standards for yourself is about no longer compromising your own best interests in order to serve another’s agenda. In fact, I’ve often said that if you fail to live by [...]
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photo credit “Nothing can hold you back when you’re not holding back a thing”. – Atreyu This is post #13 in my quest for 30 in 30. Ninjas have become quite the the popular guys lately. Everybody is making ninja references in their writings and admittedly, I’ve made ninja references myself in a recent post. There’s even a new blockbuster [...]
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photo credit “Build up your confidence so you can be on top for once” – Mr. Big This is post #9 in my quest for 30 in 30. Establishing your Standards of Living can be as easy or as hard as you decide to make it. I personally feel that it’s a natural process of [...]
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photo credit “You’re gettin’ tired of starin’ at the same four walls” – Glen Frey This is post #6 in my quest for 30 in 30. Clutter clutter everywhere and not a space to think When I was developing my personal standards of living one of the first areas I thought about was my physical [...]
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