Dream Your Dream: 5 Lessons to Learn from Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle, a simple woman from a town in Scotland, bravely stepped out on a worldwide stage (Britain’s Got Talent television show) to pursue a dream. Her dream. Watching this woman blow the world away with confidence reminded me of many five great lessons I’ve learned in my life. You can learn from her too!

Make No Small Plans

Every new year we’re always bound and determined to set resolutions from great to small. It’s like this clock that resets in our heads and hearts as well as on the calendar. We do a mental inventory of where we are and where we would like to go. Sometimes it’s depressing. [...]

Live: Leaping

When life comes at you hard, it’s time to shake things up.
About two years ago I decided to do something I’ve always wanted to do…SkyDive. (Well…..strapped to someone who knows what they’re doing.) It was exhilarating! Fantastic! Mind-blowing! This was my controlled risk I wanted to take challenging every norm I’ve lived with my [...]

Live: Raise Your Voice

Get out and vote.  Let your voice, your choice, be heard.  Stand for something, raise awareness.  Be passionate.  And go!

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Live: Take A Bite Out Of Life

I’ve often wondered if those who have these manicured pretty lives really understand how amazing they could be if they rolled up their sleeves every now and then and shook things up.  I wonder if they know how truly powerful their lives are if they looked at life not as something that has to be [...]

Live: Tolerating Uncertainty

Today’s news of Lehman Brother’s bankruptcy filing, the hit in the financial markets, the surge of gas prices climbing at least 25 cents overnight from Hurricane Ike has many, for good reasons, afraid and uncertain.
Uncertainty can crop up in anything though: a relationship, finances, job security, or even health crisis’ like finding a lump [...]

Live: The Summer Day

Summer, I hardly knew ya. I can’t believe we’re already into August and I’ve barely baked summer in. Things can come and go so quickly. Before you know it, the things that seemed like they’d last forever are gone.
I recently picked up a book called “Teaching With Fire.” I’m not a teacher, I just liked [...]

Tim Russert Was No Head of State

by Kelley Taylor, Make Every Day A Holiday
Tim Russert was no head of state. He was never elected into office, he wasn’t a president of a large corporation, founder of an organization, leader of a nation, movie or rock star.
Yet with his passing, he has been mourned by media, politicians, business leaders, and common folk [...]

Live: Drive Time

Have you ever just gone through the motions of your day without really paying attention to what’s around you? I have! I swear I’ve even driven to work and back when, turning the key off, I wonder, “How did I get here?”
I’ve somehow managed to get lost in what I have to do, what’s [...]

Live: Beginning Today

Beginning Today
I will no longer worry about yesterday.
It is in the past and the past will never change.
Only I can change by choosing to do so.
Beginning Today
I will no longer worry about tomorrow.
Tomorrow will always be there,
waiting for me to make the most of it.
But I cannot make the most of tomorrow
without first making the [...]