“The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.”~ Helen Keller, Optimism (1903) ~ Some changes show up with a bang. A loss. A wake-up call. The day everything turns over. Those are the mighty shoves. But…

“The only keeper of your happiness is you. Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your worth and your attitude.”~ Mandy Hale ~ Every angler knows the drill…you feel the hit…you reel it in…you look it over…and you decide…keeper…or back in the water. Funny thing is, most of us never run that same…

“How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.”~ Wayne Dyer ~ Somebody cuts you off in traffic. Somebody’s short with you at the counter. Somebody doesn’t call back. That’s on them…that’s their stuff, their day, their stack of whatever they’re carrying. What you do next? That’s yours. Every bit of it….

“Small actions are at the heart of kaizen. By taking steps so tiny that they seem trivial, you’ll sail calmly past obstacles.”~ Robert D. Maurer ~ Alright, I stumbled onto a new word the other day and I’m way too excited about it…Kaizen. Japanese. Six letters. Sounds like a guy who’d beat you in chess…

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”~ Proverb ~ Nobody loves the alarm clock. But there’s something to getting up before the world does…before the noise starts, before the phone lights up, before anybody needs anything from you. That first hour is yours. Coffee’s quiet. The house is…