Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was” [Dag Hammarskjold].
While making the three-hour trip to Thanksgiving dinner last week, I noticed a road sign I had not seen before. It was your typical yellow diamond-shaped warning sign which read, “Hill Blocks View.”
And [...]
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Hill Blocks View
Posted in Future, Persevere, Self Improvement, tagged Claude M. Bristol, Dag Hammarskjold, Deanna C. Stevens, Hill, Hill Blocks View, LinkedIn, persevere, view on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Posted in Attitude, Choices, Self Improvement, tagged Alexander, Bill Russell, Boston Celtics, Dale Carnegie, Deanna C. Stevens, Dennis Brown, Judity Viorst, lima beans, LinkedIn, Maya Angelou, Ralph Waldo Emerson on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
~ In celebration of “Black Friday,” I’m sharing one of my favorite essays. It was originally published May 21, 2009. Enjoy!
“The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude” [Dennis Brown].
Let’s face it: bad days happen to everyone — no one is immune. Sometimes you know from the minute you [...]
Live Gratitude
Posted in Attitude, Relationships, Self Improvement, tagged Albert Schweitzer, Appreciation, Deanna C. Stevens, Johannes A. Gaertner, LinkedIn, Ralph Marston, Thanksgiving on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant,
to enact gratitude is generous and noble,
but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven [Johannes A. Gaertner].
Beyond the occasional thank-you note you manage to get in the mail, or the quick, “Thanks!” you utter, are you truly living a life of gratitude?
Running around. Living our lives at an exhausting [...]
Out With The Old
Posted in Self Improvement, tagged Byrd Baggett, Deanna C. Stevens, discard, future, Jan Glidwell, LinkedIn, past, throw away, trash, trash day on November 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest, that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present” [Jan Glidwell].
Tomorrow is garbage day. The big yellow trucks will begin their rounds in our neighborhood while the skies are still dark. Picking up trash cans from front curbs and driveways, returning empty containers, [...]
Turn a Life Around
Posted in Attitude, Generosity, Relationships, Self Improvement, tagged Deanna C. Stevens, Dennis Weaver, Home, Jr., kindness, Leo Buscaglia, LinkedIn, Martin Luther King, service on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobile rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity” [Martin Luther King, Jr.].
Success is such a fleeting concept. What it means to me, sounds foreign to my neighbor. And what my friend considers success, [...]
I Dare You
Posted in Adventure, Choices, Courage, Self Improvement, tagged Bill Belichick, Columbus Dispatch, dare, Deanna C. Stevens, F. Bolen, Himalayas, Indianapolis Colts, LinkedIn, mountain climbing, New England Patriots, risk, Soren Kierkegaard, Tomaz Humar, Wall Street Journal on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The headline read, “Renowned climber dies in Himalayas.” I don’t know what drew my attention to a small article at the bottom of the page, tucked in the middle of a recent edition of the Columbus Dispatch.
Above all, he was a supreme climber who moved the boundaries of possible. He had an amazing gift and [...]
20/20
Posted in Misfortune, Potential, Reflection, Self Improvement, tagged LinkedIn, Deanna C. Stevens, Wayne Dyer, Karen Casey, Nietzsche, 20/20, Hindsight, new perspective on November 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hindsight provides new eyes” [Wayne Dyer].
Remember that “thing” that happened last week, last month, or last year?
The event that you labeled a disaster, the end, a horrible misfortune?
That situation that you allowed to muddy up the present, color your future, and leave a cloud hanging over your head?
Sometimes, all we need is determination to persevere [...]
Seven Words
Posted in Adversity, Encouragement, Self Improvement, tagged Deanna C. Stevens, determination, encourage yourself, LinkedIn, seven words, Southern California, Stafon Johnson, weight room on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
God has a plan. Run, Stafon, Run” [Stafon Johnson].
Have you heard the story of the Southern California tailback who suffered a potentially fatal weight room accident when a weight bar crushed his throat?
In an instant last September, Stafon Johnson’s future became doubtful.
The injury tore apart his vocal cords, crushed his trachea, and made it impossible [...]
Saddle Up Your Horses
Posted in Adventure, Courage, Self Improvement, tagged Deanna C. Stevens, Fight, George Bernard Shaw, LinkedIn, Make History, Napoleon Hill, persevere, Saddle Up Your Horses, Win on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is one quality which one must possess to win,
and that is definiteness of purpose,
the knowledge of what one wants,
and a burning desire to possess it.”
~ Napoleon Hill
It’s the beginning of the week . . . you’d better come out swinging!
Today is the perfect day to fight battles.
Slay dragons.
Test your courage.
Prove your determination.
Refuse to take “no” [...]
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