I’d be remiss in talking about being upbeat and positive if I didn’t touch on the subject caused by recent celebrities who have taken their lives. One late night a few years ago, an acquaintance seemed perilously close to taking her life. I thought about that night a lot afterward. Here’s what came out of it….
Category: Being Courageous
Overcoming fear, adversity, what if?, setbacks and nay sayers; facing reality
Are You On the Road to Success?
While driving back from an appointment, I got trapped in a pocket of cars going slightly under the speed limit. If I stayed with it, I would not be able to move over and would miss my exit. If I missed my turn off, it would be two more exits before I could turn around,…
Not Feeling 100 Percent? It could be GIGO
Unlike a computer, we are not able to purge bad, useless or outdated information.
What I Learned from Crossing the Chicken Line
A bold and beautiful friend of mine said an angel spoke to her when she was just a little girl and laid out the divine call on her life. She feels led to share God’s love with people who don’t know it and prays to change the course of their lives. It might be the…
Chasing the Blues Away: 9 Ideas to Lift Your Spirits
Have you ever had days that you just felt blue? Your transmission blows out, you overspend, you’re out of coffee, get a bad review, someone gets the job you want or maybe for no reason you have a pervasive feeling of sadness you just can’t shake. Sometimes it’s too many cloudy days, maybe a bad…
Once in a Lifetime Trip
Two families dream and save for the trip of a lifetime. They both want to go spend time by the ocean, enjoying the beach and warm weather. They plan to stay in a 5-star resort hotel and see the sights, go dancing, have exotic dinners and snag a few souvenirs. Both families leave the same…
How Ready Are You for the Grand Finale?
The End of the World predictions made another tour on tongues around the globe recently. It seems every so many years, we hear about the most recent reasons why the end is imminent. Despite current events, now isn’t the darkest time in world history. But according to the keepers of the doomsday clock, we’re only…
How to Fight Back when Defeating Doubt Stops You Cold
“What’s your topic for our upcoming one on one meeting?” In a recent online class, the instructor emailed the question and the air froze in my lungs. It didn’t matter that I had been out of school for decades. Suddenly, I’m in the 7th grade, mind filled with a black void where my running mental commentary…
Can A Positive Attitude Face Down Life’s Storms?
In the 21st century, some meteorologists are so accurate that can predict not only the storm but tell you the time it will begin to rain and when it will finish. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a personal meteorologist to predict the storms of our lives? “At such and such a time, you will…
Learning to Fly
Do you have some goals you’ve hope to accomplish? What’s holding you back or blocking your progress? One thing that held me back for years was lack of clarity. I couldn’t bring into reality my biggest dreams because they were too vague. The first time I hit a bump or it doesn’t go as hoped,…
Juli Ocean 