Who Are You?

Before you read ahead, ask yourself this question: “who am I” and write your answer down. You don’t need to spend a lot of time. Just jot down what first comes to your  mind. Did you immediately jump to answers such as “I’m a mom”, “I’m an athlete”, I’m a student”, “I’m a secretary”? Perhaps you …

Tuning In or Tuning Out?

I learned how to tune my guitar this weekend. Well, let me rephrase. I had a lesson in tuning my guitar, and then when I tried it on my own, without my teacher giving me second my second instructions, I got a little lost. I could hear that things weren’t quite right, but I didn’t …

Reaching Past Your Grasp

“It’s just within my grasp!” “I can taste it! It’s that close!” “There’s a light at the end of the tunnel.” All of these quips represent something similar–a goal is close to being accomplished. The toiling we’ve done toward an important endeavor appears to finally be culminating in the “finished product.” How often during the …

Raising the Bar

“I’m not setting my expectations too high so that way if I fail I won’t be so disappointed.” SERIOUSLY?! I know you have heard this before, and you have likely thought it, whether you have said it out loud or not. Now you know what MY reaction will be if I do happen to hear …