Meaningful Mondays

What distracts you from what matters most? What is the difference between True Wealth and False Wealth?

What do you value more than money?

15,220,770 texts sent each minute. Trillions each day! "The irony of our time is that we have guided missiles but misguided men." - Martin Luther King. Have you ever found it perplexing that we can go all the way to the moon and back, yet, we struggle to start a conversation across the road or across the aisle?

What is True Legacy? Am I saying you can find ways to be grateful FOR Harvey, Erma or Cancer? NO!!! But you can be grateful IN. Being IN gratitude creates True Legacy.

Adversity does not build Character, it reveals it." ... James Allen "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved." ... Helen Keller "America is great because she is good. But, if she ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great. Alexis de Toqueville Knowing the Good, Desiring the Good, Doing the Good.

I REALLY BLEW IT!!! "True happiness is ... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future."  - Seneca "Unfortunately, I chose to limit my gratitude. Being truly present magnifies the joy of our gratitude."  - L M Brower

"Losers gather in small groups and complain about the coaches and players. Winners assemble as a team and find ways to win." Mother Teresa: "What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family" "If you hold an anti-war rally, I shall not attend. But if you hold a Pro-Peace rally invite me"

Frustrated? Overwhelmed? Exhausted? What is one very simple thing you are afraid to do because you fear you don't deserve it? Learn how that one thing can bring you intentionality, clarity and empowerment. Attract don't chase.

"Motivation follows action." Motivation without action is a "Someday". If it doesn't serve your future; make you better and/or benefit society - find a better "Someday".

MAY I BE A GUARD FOR THOSE WHO NEED PROTECTION A GUIDE FOR THOSE ON THE PATH A BOAT, A RAFT, A BRIDGE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO CROSS THE FLOOD MAY I BE A LAMP IN THE DARKNESS A RESTING PLACE FOR THE WEARY A HEALING MEDICINE FOR ALL WHO ARE SICK A VASE OF PLENTY, A TREE OF MIRACLES AND FOR THE BOUNDLESS MULTITUDES OF LIVING BEINGS MAY I BRING SUSTENANCE AND AWAKENING ENDURING LIKE THE EARTH AND SKY UNTIL ALL BEINGS ARE FREED FROM SORROW AND ALL ARE AWAKENED - SHANTIDEVA, INDIAN BUDDHIST SAGE   700 A.D.

“Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.” - Buckminster Fuller

"Everything will be ok!"

Can you have courage without fear? What commitments are you afraid of? "Courage is the ability to carry out a worthwhile commitment once the emotion of making that commitment has passed."

The Last Freedom: the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

PAYDAY: a richly rewarding day of those things that matter most. "Daily Routine leads to habit which leads to a trait which develops your character." - Lee Brower

Can just one letter make the difference between success and frustration; gratitude and scarcity?

"In just a couple of years, your children will never be able to lie to you again!"... world renowned authority on exponential growth. "Trust founded in gratitude creates a culture of immense momentum, possibility and power."  Lee Brower

"We see the world, not as it is, but as we are--or, as we are conditioned to see it." --  Stephen R. Covey "Trust begins by searching for and seeing gratitude in our relationships, conditions, and circumstances." -- Lee Brower

True freedom is only available by making choices that align with our highest purpose. If you don't know your highest purpose, how can you make the best choices? -- Lee Brower

Trust-- Quit trying to figure it out!!!  "Lean not unto thine own understanding."