Reason enlivens the mind; the ineffable enlivens the Heart. Martin Buber.

Recently I came across a poem that I thought was especially meaningful in today’s daunting world.

It’s all about resilience and courage.

None of us can go back to who we were before the pandemic. Change is the new coinage. The challenge for each of us is how best adapt to the new realities. Here’s the poem: Over to you…

A Center

You must hold your quiet centre, where you do what only you can do.

If others call you a maniac or a fool, just let them wag their tongues.

If some praise your perseverance, don’t feel too happy about it – only solitude is a lasting friend.

You must hold your distant centre.

Don’t move even if earth and heaven quake.

If others think you are insignificant, that’s because you haven’t held on long enough.

As long as you stay put year after year, eventually you will find a world beginning to revolve around you.

Written by Ha Jin. A Chinese-American poet and novelist.

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Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been. Alan Alda.

We hear about it everyday. Creative thinking. It’s the magic elixir to improve our lives and take us to new heights, but what exactly is creativity?

Creativity is an energy that that works in that ‘middle space’ of your brain when you are at your best, listening to your right brain intuition, following a hunch about a new idea… then filtering it through your left brain smarts and experiences to effectively make the best choices and bring your new goal or objective to fruition.

How do they appear, these creative flashes of inspired thought?

There’s no one secret potion. They suddenly appear to the brave and the curious, people unafraid to take a risk. People, like you, always open to new ideas and opportunities, when none appeared before.

It can often happen in the middle of the night, or driving along the highway or standing in the shower.

Whenever and wherever it happens, at some moment, after you have been mulling things over for a while, the light goes on, something clicks in your mind and suddenly, unexpectedly, you “get it.”

And at that moment, you know you know.

You’re off and running again! To the next big thing in your life

Stay interested. Stay interesting. Stay engaged.  

As always, thank you for reading me. I hope to see you here again soon.

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For me, every hour is grace and I feel gratitude in my heart each time I meet someone and look at his or her smile. Elie Wiesel.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of a kindness received. Thankfulness is the action of expressing your feelings for the kindness shown you.

Living gratefully is an important link to those qualities of heart and mind which tend to lend themselves to simplicity and sustainable motivation. Something we all can use more of in our increasingly challenging times.

Fostering an attitude of gratitude for everything that happens to you, knowing that everything in life is an experience to learn from and grow more, is a step forward to achieving greater equilibrium in life.

Put another way, gratitude puts things in perspective.

Stay interested. Stay interesting. Stay engaged.  

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For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use to be anything else. Winston Churchill.

It’s practically impossible to escape the daily onslaught of bad news. The constant drum beat of uncertainty in the media, the never ending litany of fear, fake news and negativity constantly tries to drown out truth and integrity.

The naysayers and doubters would have us believe we’re doomed. It’s only a matter of time they say… (who is they, anyway?).

Don’t let them crush your spirit.

Sure, there are lot of issues that must be addressed, but as ominous as the sky may look, it is not falling in. There are many people just like you, never giving up, doing what they believe is the right thing to do, moving ahead, making a difference.

Courage. Resilience.

Remember who you are and what you stand for.

Life isn’t about waiting for the sun to come out but rather learning how to dance between the raindrops!

Stay interested. Stay interesting. Stay engaged.  

As always, thank you for reading me.

 I hope to see you here again soon.

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