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Tag: #persistence

  • Daily Spark: Do Not Stop

    Transformation and change can be scary. I’m comforted by the words of Confucius, “It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.”

  • Learn to Draw

    “Curiosity drives you to try something new!” Walt Disney

  • Daily Spark: Keep Standing

    Watching a toddler practice over and over at standing this week, and seeing them just brushing themselves off and trying again and again, gave me cause to look at my own failure / success mindset!

  • Daily Spark: The Rock and the Stream

    “In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not through strength, but through persistence.” Buddha

  • Daily Spark: Learn to Surf

    Sometimes I feel tossed about on stormy seas. I can take heart from the quote by Jon Kabat-Zinn, who said, “You can’t stop the waves but you can learn how to surf”. When I can overcome the challenges by keeping my balance and keeping myself steady, then I can truly ride out the event.

  • Daily Spark: Nurture the Flame

    What flame in your soul needs protecting, needs nurturing?  What is that tiny voice telling you is possible, if only you’d believe?

  • Stay on the Train!

    It is easier to stay on the train than to get off and chase after it! Said another way, there is power in staying in motion; sustaining momentum.

  • NOT the Same Place

    “Don’t fear failure.  Fear being in the exact same place next year as you are today,” Michael Hyatt. Even the smallest steps can move us forward, and the exponential impact of a year of small steps can transform our lives.

  • Daily Spark: A Shower a Day

     I am going to treat some of my daily tasks as if they are as simple, as taken for granted, as easy as taking a shower every day.  Not anything to stress about, or have fear about my ability to continue, or to waste even a moment of today’s precious time in concern about.  Just…

  • Daily Spark: Stubborn or Persistent?

    Growing up I was a stubborn little thing. I have learned to turn that stubbornness into the positive trait of PERSISTENCE, which is defined as: the quality that allows someone to continue doing something or trying to do something even though it is difficult or opposed by other people. Persistence has allowed me to continue taking…