Meaningful Mondays - Arrows Out

What freedom do I have today that I didn't have a year ago?

"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."  Pope John Paul II

Can we enable the desire for the Freedom that enables us to Do?

Are You a Ruminator?

Turn Your Lights On!

"When we carry the burdens of the past, we can not live joyfully now."
 - Lloyd Newell

"Turn your face to the sun, the shadows fall behind you."
 - Maori Proverb

What is the one word that can make or break your 2018?

"Those you influence are greatly influenced by what influences you."
- Lee Brower
"He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow."
- Elbert Hubbard

A New Year - 2018

"EAT THE MEAT, THROW AWAY THE BONES!"
This will be my longest Meaningful Monday of 2018. Don't miss a simple, yet proven, formula that will guarantee you an even more meaningful 2018.

Kindness

What can I do today (before the end of the year) to create a milestone into 2018?
Let's get a movement going, to find ways to show kindness.

Ears, Eyes and the Heart!

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."
 - Helen Keller

Traditions

Why do seeds grow down before they grow up?
Over time, great traditions become the roots that strengthen families, and create stability in a world of volatility and uncertainty.

Chasing Happiness

"Happiness comes and goes. But, when life is really good or life is really bad, having meaning gives you something to hold on to." 
 - Emily Esfahani Smith

Some groups offer a cheap form of belonging. That is not meaningfulness.

Are you the Victim or the Victor?

Is there a relationship between gratitude and self-control?
"Man's greatest enemy is himself. Man, in his weakness is the creature of circumstances. Man, in his strength is the creator of circumstances."
-  William George Jordan, 1905

Rain or Rainbows?

"How much of life do we miss by waiting to see the rainbow before thanking God that there is rain?"

 - Dieter Uchtdorf

Hands on the tablecloth that keep on helping.