Keep Your Eye on the Donut

There was a sign on the wall at a coffee shop in Chicago that stated a great wisdom.  It said “As you wander on through life, sister/brother, whatever be your goal, keep your eye upon the donut and not upon the hole.”  Remember the hole is what I don’t have, the donut...

Who Shall I Blame?

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.  I don’t believe in circumstances.  The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, they make them.  ~George Bernard...

Life is a Miracle

The Zen master Ling Chi said that the miracle is not to walk on burning coals or on water; the miracle is just to walk on earth.  You breathe in.  You become aware of the fact that you are alive.  You are still alive and you are walking on this beautiful planet.  The...

Peace

If there is to be peace in our hearts and in the world it will not come from getting; it will come from giving.  Choose today to give love, goodness, kindness, gentleness.  You are giving peace.  “Blessed are the peace makers.”  The Beatitudes         ~Sherry...

Ask the Coach

Have you ever felt you just needed a different perspective on something?  Or what about that feeling:  “No one ever taught me this in the school of life, where is the Policy Manual?”  Ask the Coach is here to assist whether it is a relational, personal or...