When I feel like I have to brace myself for the start of the week…I remind myself of all the folks who don’t have the opportunity of another Monday.  It’s a perspective shifter for me, almost instantly.

Just breathe.

When I operate too long in fifth gear, in over drive, I find my productivity going down and my blood pressure going up.  Two little words are a mighty reminder: just breathe.

This image and today’s featured quotes are from my book published through Conari Press, LIVE WITH INTENTION.

STRONG people have strong weaknesses.  – Peter Drucker –

You are lost the instant you know what the result will be.  – Juan Gris –

There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines and the glare that obscures.  – James Thurber –

In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm.  In the real world, all rests on perseverance. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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