Staying Inspired in 2013 and Beyond!

Contributed by Donna Marie   It’s that time of year when resolutions are in the air.  In years gone by I would begin the new year with the best intentions and very quickly into the new year, my enthusiasm would fade and soon after that so would my...

Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

“When I find myself focusing overmuch on the anticipated future happiness of arriving at a certain goal, I remind myself to ‘Enjoy now.’ If I can enjoy the present, I don’t need to count on the happiness that is (or isn’t) waiting for me in the...

Alan Watts

“No work of love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.”

Seneca

“Putting things off is the biggest waste of life: it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present by promising the future. The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow, and loses today. The whole future lies in uncertainty:...