“We cannot afford to walk sightless among miracles.” – Dani Shapiro Many live within the self-imposed walls of tunnel vision.  They focus on the minutae, and fail to explore the larger world around them.  In the process, they forfeit the experience of surprise.  They miss out on joyful astonishment and the discovery of possibility. The cure for this imposed blindness starts with the nurturing of curiosity, the cultivating of the desire to explore, to gain knowledge.  It starts with enabling the urge to look farther, and deeper

“When does it get easier?” Never.  It never gets easier.  If you’re doing it right, it gets harder.   When it gets easier, you’ve fallen prey to what worked in your past.  But today is not the past, so reject the flawed enchantment of predictable perfection.   Every day is the opportunity for rebirth, to challenge yourself and step out into uncertainty; to try again – only better.  Every day presents the opportunity to become more.  So become, become more – today. The post Never, if you’re doing it right appeared first on Healthy Mind Heart Body.

“It’s easy to sleepwalk through life.” – Carol Dweck All you have to do is be good, be good enough.   But you must choose – do you want to merely be good, or do you want to get better? The “just be good” mindset leaves you vulnerable to the hard times, when those around you start to excel and move ahead, when your abilities start to lag, and life –  the life you desire –  moves further from your grasp.  The just be good mindset lulls you into setting goals of modest difficulty, goals that…

“If today feels just like yesterday, something is wrong.”  – Stuart Mickle Why do so many want to return to yesterday?   Why do so many pursue the glory of their past?  Years from now, will they awaken and ask “What happened? Where did my life go?” It takes courage and burning desire  to