Meaningful Mondays - Arrows Out

Goldilocks Was Right

Not too hot. Not too cold. Just right

“We are not held back by stress itself, but by the lack of rituals that help us recover from it.”
- James Clear

“Rituals are the formulas by which harmony is restored.”
- Taoist Proverb

“In a world full of noise, rituals bring rhythm; in a world full of rush, they restore reason.”
- Lee Brower

The Happiness Trap - I have a gift for you

What if the more we chase happiness... the faster it runs away?

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“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue… as the unintended side effect of one’s dedication to a cause greater than oneself.”
- Viktor Frankl

“You cannot make a choice without being responsible for its consequences. Even joy has a cost — and meaning is the price worth paying.”
- Lee Brower

Is the world better because you are in it?

"What you do should dictate how you feel. Not the opposite."

"Gratitude expressed is gratitude expanded."

Who did I make invisible today, and what will I do about it tomorrow?

You can't always change the world--but you can always change someone's world.

Why Can't We Wait 28 Seconds Anymore

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
— Aristotle

"There is no app for building patience."
— Simon Sinek

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
— Lao Tzu

"You can't microwave trust. You can't instant-message intimacy."

Seeing Beyond First Impressions

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
— Anaïs Nin

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.”
— Benjamin Franklin

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
— Viktor Frankl

When we judge too quickly, we risk missing extraordinary people, extraordinary lessons, and extraordinary opportunities.

Gratitude in the now. Choices for the future. Ripples for generations.

From Complaint to Collaboration

One small shift you can make this week to change the tone of your family, business, and/or community.

‘Losers assemble in small groups and complain about the coaches and other players. Winners assemble as a team and find ways to win.’
- Bill Parcels

Remember, "We rise when lifting others."

Each time we pause before reacting, we stack one more positive moment.

Be The Music That Heals

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
– Mark Twain.

Arthur C. Brooks once said, “Kindness and warm-heartedness are the antivenom for the poisonous contempt coursing through the veins of our political discourse.”

Just because you disagree doesn't mean you have to be disagreeable.

Be the Compass or Just Another Passenger

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.

“You don’t have to wait for the rainbow to enjoy the rain.”
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf“

"Love is the ‘why’ of the leaders that can bring America back together, and of all of us in our families and communities.”
— Arthur C. Brooks

Don't Arrive... Flow

"The Enemy of Thriving is Arriving."
– Lee Brower

"Live life deliberately- no finish lines."
– Lee Brower

"Knowing your 'So That' will inspire others to find their own 'So That'.

“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
– John F. Kennedy

Rights vs Obligations vs Opportunities

We have God-given rights which bring with them obligations, which, when properly honored, become opportunities.

An indigenous elder of Cherokee descent, Stan Rushworth, reminded us of the difference between a Western settler mindset of "I have rights" and an indigenous mindset of "I have obligations." Instead of thinking, 'My rights entitle me,' what if we choose to think that we are born with obligations— not rights —to serve past, present, and future generations?