inspiration journal

wisdom and humor with a healthy dose of irreverance

wisdom stones

  • Responsibility

    “Somewhere along the way, meetings changed into events where we wait for someone to take responsibility (while everyone else dives for cover).” Seth Godin Are you taking responsibility for your [Continue reading...]

  • Are you average?

    What is it that keeps us from living up to our full potential: Is it the influence of anger, envy, greed, apathy or fear? Is it inconvenient? Is it the [Continue reading...]

  • Dogs are smarter than people.

    I watched this video after one of my best friends posted it. I was kind of surprised he had, so I was curious. Within moments, my first thought was not [Continue reading...]

  • Do you feel loved?

    What does it take to feel loved? How do you know when you are loved? Think about this for a few moments before you continue reading, please. What did you [Continue reading...]

  • All pizza is not created equal. (For the men)

    “Pizza is pizza,” he started off his theory. All pizza is good and you’ll never turn it down. Pizza is my favorite food, but it had been a long time [Continue reading...]

  • Hedonist

    Recently, I was called hedonist in the context of it being one of my flaws. Hedonists like to maximize pleasure by minimizing pain. I can’t really see that being a [Continue reading...]

  • Healing depression

    What if your body became your medicine? What if you could learn how to be present with the emotions without trying to fix it, stop it, or numb it? What [Continue reading...]

  • Turning on and creating change

    1. Dish out the delicious compliments People like to be recognized and it feels good to be complimented out of the blue. 2. Hold Back on the Criticism Does it [Continue reading...]

  • Divide and Conquer

    Enough. I want transparency. I want kindness. I want compassion. Listen, after watching Gov. Brewer put her finger in the face of the President of the United States because he [Continue reading...]