Grace

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”~ Oscar Wilde ~ There’s a version of you that shows up when you think someone’s watching, and there’s the one that shows up when the fire’s low and it’s just you and somebody you trust. Genuine isn’t a performance. It’s what’s left when you stop performing. People can…

“You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.”~Jan Glidewell~ Think about that for a second. Arms full of old stuff — old stories, old hurt, old wins even — leave no room for what’s standing right in front of you. Put some…

“You don’t have to go to work. You get to.”~ Anonymous ~ It’s easy to call it a grind. The alarm, the commute, the same conversations, the same tasks. But somewhere along the way we forgot…a lot of people would trade places with you in a heartbeat. And here’s the other thing nobody tells you:…

“A tree grows tall because it has strong and solid roots.”~ Chinese Proverb ~ Everything’s pulling at you today — the notifications, the noise, six directions at once wanting an answer right now. Before anything can grow up, it has to grow down first. Nobody sees the roots. They just see the tree standing tall,…

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”~ Bruce Lee ~ Talent’s overrated. Most people chasing a goal aren’t more gifted than the person next to them — they’ve just decided what actually matters and stopped giving energy to everything else. That’s focus. Not doing more. Doing less, better, on purpose. Distraction is…