Month: February 2019

If you’re proactive, you don’t have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
~ Stephen Covey ~

In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey stresses the importance of being proactive. 

Being proactive means that you take conscious control over your life. You set goals and work to achieve them.  Instead of reacting to events and waiting for things to happen, proactive people create their own events and opportunities.

Most people live their lives reacting to situations as they occur. To be honest, reacting to certain events can be all well and good.  However, it can become a problem when that is the primary way a person decides to act. Instinctively reacting to stimulation does not lead to good decision making. Continue reading “Get Proactive”

Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.
~ Robert Collier ~

Most of us have areas of our lives we’d like to improve.  It could be our career, relationship, fitness, or maybe an overhaul on our mental or emotional state.

Although tackling this might sound like a huge undertaking, it all starts with taking that first step.

Does that sound too daunting to even consider?

I get like that sometimes.  So full of overwhelm, I don’t even know what the first step is! Continue reading “Take the First Step”

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
~ Marilyn Monroe ~

Growing up in Hawaii, I had the opportunity to be immersed in many different cultures.  A predominant one was the Asian way of life, Japanese in particular.

Over the years, I would find myself staring at various decorative objects at friends and family homes; gorgeous colorful scrolls, exquisite bonsai arrangements, and tranquil sand/rock gardens.   However, I was always struck by beautiful pottery pieces which usually had some lines of gold or silver randomly placed within its structure.

Little did I know I was actually looking at the Japanese art of Kintsugi. Continue reading “Kintsugi: The Beauty of Imperfection”