My own thoughts hold me hostage. Not long ago someone delivered a gentle reminder of this truth in the form of a comment. She complimented me, but it left me perplexed. So, I reached out to someone who knows me well to help me untangle my thoughts on the matter. Her response to me lead
Category: Encouragement
The View from the Valley
I grew up in central Mississippi. It is hilly in places but is basically a flat state. During family travels, as a child, I was always awestruck by mountains. I love them. My love for mountains partially drove my life goal of moving to Virginia. This week I learned that according to peakvisor.com there are
Leveraging Our Uniqueness
Here is a question for you. How do you catch a unique rabbit? Give up? You-nique up on him. HA! That is my favorite joke of all time. It comes back to me on a regular basis. I have always enjoyed the wordplay with unique and you sneak. The thing, though, that has been more
Time Machine
My daughter just graduated from high school. Her graduation party was a week prior. Her favorite teacher of all time came to the party. She just happened to be her 8th grade English teacher. I find that special because my favorite teacher of all time was my 6th grade English teacher. What is it about
Dream Building
The practice of “dream building” was meant to be encouraging to them to keep working hard in their business. We were touring “what could be”. I think inadvertently they got the same message I did. They ultimately quit the business, divorced, and never had any of those things we spent so much time shopping for.