Spiritually Speaking Blog Insights

In the maze at the DMV to apply for the new driver’s license, I was sent to desk number 5. Before I sat down I noticed this sign on my clerk’s desk, reading, “Please be patient, I am Training”.

If you have strengths such as love, kindness, hope, creativity and 20 other positive powerhouses, you will still be missing the single best predictor of good relationships and emotional well being as reported in the Scientific American journal….that being GRATITUDE.

In his last year on this earth, Steve Jobs reflected on life. “The best six doctors in the world are sunlight, rest, exercise, diet, self-confidence and friends.”

Wouldn’t it be nice to just ring the bell to request anything that would satisfy our every whim? We’d have no worries, no pain, no sorrows, and anything to make our lives easier, more pleasant and more enjoyable. Buzz….buzzz

“Life is a beautiful thing. Pack a bag, make a playlist. Watch the world. Don’t speak. Just listen.”- John Mayer

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” – William James

s I walked down the pier in San Diego I related to this hand painted wooden sign:

Have you ever been deemed with “having great potential” or voted the “most likely to succeed”?

My eyes, drawn to this license plate, read: “Faithup”.

Do you ever think about going somewhere where nobody knows you and starting a new life?

We are not who we think we are! We are not defined by what we do for a living, where we live, what is in our bank account or who people think we are.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” Marcus Aurelius