Encouragement, Inspiration and More…

Motherly love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.  — Marion C. Garretty

Encouragement Always.

I am thrilled to announce the launch of  ENCOURAGEMENTALWAYS.NET, it is a new on-line community of people who are connected by their commitment to give encouragement and their need to be encouraged. 

Please consider this to be your personal invitation to join.  It’s fun, it’s free and easy…

The first 10 people to join will receive a free copy of Jackie Stanley’s Dictionary of Encouragement.  I hope you will join and encourage your friends to do so as well.

Encouragement Always.

If God had wanted you otherwise.  He would have created you otherwise.

Encouragement Always.

I spent the entire weekend going door-to-door encouraging people to vote in our upcoming primary on May 6th.   In the past, voting has been the extent of my participation in the political process.  I have spent years thinking about change, longing for change and  praying for change.   This weekend it occurred to me that maybe it was time to take action.  Think and get stuck.  Act and change.

Encouragment Always. 

I created this short video to remind you who you really are.  I hope you will take a few minutes to sit down and remember that you are not your circumstances.

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change — this is the rhythm of living.  Our of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope.  And out of hope, progress.

Encouragement Always.

May today be filled with peace and good things.  May today be the day that you discover that you have what it takes to make the impossible possible.  May today be the day that you realize that there is more to you than meets the eye.  May today be the day that you begin moving in the direction of your dreams.  May today be the day that you begin embracing how wonderful you already are.

Encouragement Always.

I was standing in line at the grocery store when I saw a woman’s magazine with a headline that read: “Lose all the weight you want by tonight!”  Really?  It was 7 pm when I saw the ad.  Were they really claiming that it is possible to lose any measureable amount of weight in 5 hours?  Give me a break, suggesting that it is possible to lose unwanted pounds by dusk seems extreme even in a marketing world that has clealy gone over the moon in it’s attempt to sell stuff.

So over the moon, in fact, that if it were up to me, people who earn a living by promoting “instant” weight loss would gain a pound and lose a hair each time someone purchased one of their products.  And yet, even though I know it is ridiculous to suggest that we can lose weight overnight, I was still curious about the content of the article.

Ultimately, I resisted the temptation to dignify the headline by reading article.  But if someone like me who has been fairly successful at maintaining a normal weight was almost sucked in by the false promise, someone whose weight problem is the first thing they think about when they wake up in the morning and the last thing they think about before they go to bed at night, would find it virtually impossible not to be lured by the promise of instant weight loss.

Although it is not possible to lose weight overnight, you do have what it takes to achieve your weight loss goals.  

Encouragement Always.

Don’t worry about the world coming to an end.  It’s already tomorrow in Australia.  — Charles Schulz

Encouragement Always.

It rained all day yesterday and most of the day on Sunday.  This morning the sun is out and I feel like anything is possible.

Encouragement Always.