"The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Best Is Yet To Come

Your next move....the next big idea....the second chance....that light-bulb moment in the shower...It could happen and it could happen to YOU!

Never say never and never give up.....Keep pressing....whatever the situation is today can change in a moment.  If things aren't panning out as you planned, continue on the journey....make the needed adjustments and keep putting one foot in front of the other.  There are lessons in the trials....learn the lessons, because they are needed.

Just as consistent exercise gives strength, tone and endurance to the body, so does the trials that life brings.  It instills a capacity of resilience....a familiar strength that reminds you that the sun will continue to rise and fall and with each new day comes grand opportunities for us to 'choose' to stand tall and press our way through to our calling.

Never Give up....never give in....the tough days are behind you and you have gained new insight into adapting to change and you're more resilient than you were before you started, so....lace up...keep a good attitude....You ain't seen nothin' yet....The Best Is Yet To Come!

Happy Spring!

Yes....I'm skipping, whistling, singing and dancing....Spring has finally arrived! I'm sure most of you who have endured one of the worst seasons of winter are happy for the 'official' arrival of spring, although, this doesn't mean the effects of cold winter and continued effects of the winter season aren't still hanging around aggravating the heck out of some of us.

The sun is actually shining on the Southeastern coast and buds are on the trees, along with the aggravation of the pollen that arrives with it. I won't complain because I'm just happy that the atmosphere has physically changed/is changing.

Now is a great time to make some shifts/changes in your life that you've placed on hold. It's like putting away the winter clothing and spreading your wings for something lighter. Pull out that pad and wads of paper that you jotted down all those great ideas on during those dreary dark hours of frustration and cabin fever....Now is a great time to refresh the ideas, retool the invention, re-calibrate what you had in motion 'once upon a time.' Get the ball rolling again.....

It's the season of all things blooming.....Make sure you're in the mix....Plant seeds of success and nourish the dreams..../keep watch and prune often when adjustments should be made...Sow and watch for the harvest to spring forth in abundance. Happy Spring!

There is always a way.....

Erase the thoughts of impossibility, lack, can't and never from your life...from your vocabulary. There is always a way. Your course may not follow the pattern that others have used to achieve a similar accomplishment, but when you want something bad enough, you become the Innovator and you FIND a way....You MAKE a way....you BLAZE a trail. There is always a way: Figure it out and have fun on the journey of discovery! (No time to give up or give in...)  You have what it takes.....Become aware of your own greatness within....and Start believing in YOU!

Press Play Again...

No doubt, at some point in life, a few of you may have hit the 'pause' button on living and somewhere in the hustle and bustle of the ordinary, mundane, auto-pilot of daily activities, you failed to hit 'Play' again. Sure, there might have been something that called for you to take a sabbatical, regroup, get it together....whatever the cause for the pause, you became comfortable in the complacency of not having to confront the real business of living and you never got back in the game again.

For many, daylight savings time kicked in over the weekend and this usually signals an emerging season. Spring.....Yes, this is when everything starts to bloom again...the days are longer and brighter and you feel that you can get out, spread your wings....Begin Again.

Now is the perfect time to shake off the doldrums....Recall that you deserved the downtime, for whatever reason you needed it, but you absolutely must begin again....You must get right on back to living again.....the pause button is stuck....on nothing.....nothing happens until you Press PLAY again. Pause time is over.....Start anew....Get Back in the Game.....Press Play Again...a new season....new life begins....when you Begin!

Your Dreams are Valid......

"When I look down at this golden statue, may it remind me and every little child, that no matter where you're from, your dreams are valid." - Lupita Nyong'o (Oscar winner, Best Supporting Actress- '12 Years a Slave')

“12 Years A Slave” won best picture at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday night, a poignant victory for the harrowing look at slavery in the United States.

“Everyone deserves not just to survive but to live,” said British filmmaker Steve McQueen. “I dedicate this award to all the people who have endured slavery and to those who still suffer in slavery today." Besides best picture, the film received Oscars for John Ridley for adapted screenplay and newcomer Lupita Nyong’o for supporting actress.

Gather sweet memories

With the hole that's left when a life
suddenly flies away
Memories shall remain of the
life that takes flight

Gather moments to recall
Enjoy times that will soon
become thoughts of
yesterday, of yesteryear

The holes will be left to fill
with sweet times, good times
memories of love, laughter,
the best of times and the
worst of times.

Gather moments to recall
Enjoy times that will soon
become thoughts of
yesterday...of yesteryear

When that life takes flight
When that soul soars on
When only memories will
sustain you....Gather now.
© 2014 Brenda Gale