You Are Free

“Whatever you call it — it’s enough.”~ The Dude ~ It’s hard to deny there’s something bigger than us as we watch a morning sunrise. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the DayToday I choose to lean on my higher power — not be it.

“You already hit the jackpot. You just have to notice it.”~ Anonymous ~ People chase the big win their whole life…the score…the deal…the lucky break. And every once in a while, it’s worth stopping to look around at what’s already sitting in front of you. A roof over your head. Someone who picks up the…

“Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.”~ Helen Keller ~ Feels like everybody’s a little more disconnected these days. Heads down, earbuds in, everybody in their own little world, scrolling past each other instead of talking to each other. But nothing worth much ever got built by one guy alone…

“…the last of the human freedoms: to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.”~ Viktor Frankl ~ Frankl lost nearly everything in the Nazi camps. But he wrote that a person can keep their spiritual freedom and independence of mind, even there. His body was held. His mind wasn’t. Your circumstances today are…

“You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.”~Walt Schmidt~ Some days adversity shows up loud — a hard conversation, a stack of papers you’ve been avoiding, a friend who needs you to just listen. You don’t dodge it. You step into the ring with it, round after round, and you come out sharper. Today’s…

“A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and then it will go on overload and blow up.”~Erma Bombeck~ Sound familiar? You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re just full — running fourteen tabs your brain never asked to open. Computers get a reboot. You get a porch,…