SOAPBOX of the week: The sabotage of success

Posted on August 11, 2008 by admin

“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.” – Anonymous

We all know what fear of failure feels like, right? Trepidations overwhelm our initiatives and we fear falling flat on our faces…perhaps because we believe that WHO WE ARE ain’t up to par for the challenge at hand. Makes sense right? Well, there are also frequent times when we fear success just as strongly, if not moreso. Crazy, huh? Here, we let our self-images run amuck in negative energy and we end up believing that WE’RE NOT that person ready for the next level. We sense the success we’ve created is just within reach …but convince ourselves there’s no way we’re prepared for the changes and greater opportunities that’ll come along with the leap. Folks, release yourself from a doomed image! Imagine a great new one and you’ll become it. Elect to bury the fear and bring blossom to a brighter future.

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SOAPBOX of the week: Pleasure in the pilgrimage

Posted on August 4, 2008 by admin

“To live only for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.” – Robert M. Pirsig, writer & philosopher

On “the journey of life”, we aspire to reach countless goals, marked by flashy finish lines. Strapped in, we hit cruise-control, determined to follow our self-made map. En route, though, we must stop for fuel, get caught in speed traps, miss street signs, and sometimes end up entirely lost! Our course? Looks more like an Etch-a-Sketch drawing! But, folks, it always will. The beauty is found in the scribble, not the spreadsheet. Finish lines get blurred and even replaced by the surprise successes that pop up. Sometimes we’ll forget where we were heading in the first place! How fabulous is that?! So, go on: pull over for gorgeous sunsets. Chat with the locals. Get distracted by the luscious landscape and pack a camera for a wonderfully unmappable journey!

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SOAPBOX of the week: Unharness your heart

Posted on July 14, 2008 by admin

“The heart has the ability to experience so much –and we don’t have much time.” – Jack Gilbert, poet

There’s always tomorrow, right? At least that’s what we always ignorantly say. And we’ve allowed our analytical, compartmentalized minds to brainwash our hearts to run on the same autopilot. Think of all those times you stopped just short of saying or doing something that would’ve delighted your heart. Delayed gratification ain’t all it’s cracked up to be; because while you’re holding out for the “perfect one” or the “right moment”, your heart loses out on the experiences that would grow it exponentially. Funny, how you’ll neglect your emotions for the sake of your thoughts. Isn’t it time to find a balance? After all, you don’t know how much time you’ve got left. Folks, the mind is a terrible thing to waste – and so is the heart. So relinquish the reigns and relish the results.

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SOAPBOX of the week: Transcend the abyss of remorse

Posted on July 7, 2008 by admin

“The only thing you live to regret are the risks you didn’t take.” -Anonymous

All the woulda, coulda, shoulda’s… confetti your life with little black holes of what might have been storybook memories. A laundry list of experiences you’ll never get to laugh about, only shake your head in wondering what if. So was playing it safe worth sleepless nights? Not speaking your mind. Declining that dance. Not voting. Not graduating. Leaving the New Year’s party early. Not quitting that horrible job. Not going back to school. Not telling the truth. Not saying “I love you”. Regardless, it all comes down to choices, not circumstances. Stop stockpiling the regrets…you’ll block out the light of promise and possibility, and probably a heckuvalotta tears of joy and laughter. Instead, leap with the faith that you’ll land on both feet…and stomp out that burning curiosity. Then pull out those celebrations plans!

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SOAPBOX of the week: Humility is priceless

Posted on June 30, 2008 by admin

“Poverty is a lot like childbirth –you know it’s going to hurt before it happens, but you’ll never know how much until you experience it.” – JK Rowling, author

If you know the frightful sound of your last coins rubbing together… then we’re on the same page. And it’s tough to say which is more painful – not having the basics for civilized living, or having to ask someone, especially family, for some of theirs. Losing everything at once or stuck struggling to fight the bleakness of poverty is humility in the making …and stinks of pride and judgment. Pride of the suffering. Judgment of those who label, shun and ridicule the population of have-nots. Ironically, though, those who survive and rise up from the trenches are both blessed and truly aware. Alas, it is the “privileged”who are cursed with the naivety of just how close they themselves might be to the bottom rung. Lesson at hand, folks? Take the high road whatever you bank account reads. And remember to always count your blessing while counting your pennies.

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SOAPBOX of the week: Comedy, the great connector

Posted on June 9, 2008 by admin

“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” – Victor Borge, humorist

The feeling is priceless. Someone cracks a joke and you’re doubled over in uncontrollable laughter. Wait! Stop! Your cheeks hurt from smiling so much and in that brilliant moment… a connection is made. The playing field is leveled. You and this person are one with the world and life is good! So what then is that magic you experience? It’s your inner child reemerging to make an indescribable human bond that you can never get enough of. You realize you both have a pulse, a sense of humor, fears, hopes, embarrassing moments, a yearning to belong, a love of life. If mere laughter can ignite this gorgeous chain reaction… I say, bring on the one-liners and draw in a crowd.

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