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“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” William Faulkner Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours. Let's generate some electricity and charge our family and friends with gratitude and the spirit of the season.

“You ought to be thankful a whole heaping lot, for the places and people you’re lucky you’re not!” Dr. Seuss

Times are tense, check in with coworkers and allow passion to help us through difficult times.

We have explored meditation and mindfulness this week and today's quote by Dana White examines fixing things with passion.

We discussed yesterday The Passion of Your Vision and the Courage to Act and how so many of the people around us are showing vision and courage as they act to make changes in this time of trial. Today's quote from LEonardo da Vinci reveals what can be seen all around us as stress and strain increases and how we must learn to release our feelings to move forward on our own path.

Today's quote from John C Maxwell states: A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision come from passion, not position. This quote has a lot of meaning to me today as we are watching leader's being tested all over the world in the last few weeks.   I think it is interesting that some of the leaders rising to the challenge of this Corona situation are not among the list people we might...

Key Takeaways: Anxiety and stress can overwhelm individuals, but it's important to recognize that we have the power to change our perception and address our suffering. Meditation is a personal practice that can be adjusted to suit individual needs and preferences. Focusing on deep breathing and releasing tension in the body can help achieve a state of calm and relaxation. Regular practice and self...

Welcome back to Make a Difference.   Real, raw, power, excitement; these are feelings that need no introduction once you know what they feel like.    They can become addictive and that energy can fuel your pursuits.

Today's quote from Mia Hamm states: If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion. If you read about Mia's career, you will see that this statement is not just a quote but a way of life for her.

Putting things off until you think you have more time is a real challenge to passion.   People say, "I don't have time for that", but time still continues and opportunities are missed,  and all the while your passion can be building a sense of frustration as missed opportunities and growth grow.  Today's quote helps you put this into perspective.

Today is a bonus episode on Today is March 15, 2020.  I think the date is important today to mark what is taking place in the world around us. People are really starting to show some signs of stress as COVID-19 shows signs in their world locally.

We have been examining how to communicate our passion with others this week so they can connect with our expressions.   In yesterday's episode I shared the question of how to show your passion and today's quote by John Ruskin helps shape this into more clear terms that others can understand.

A lot of people use terms like: grit, resolve, drive, or plain stubborn.   No matter how you describe it, it all comes back to passion.  Neil deGrasse Tyson's quote puts this in perspective

Today's quote by DH Lawrence reminds us that timing is important when you choose to share you passion

This week we have looked passion through some very famous points of view.   If any of this week's quotes inspired or clarified your views, it is natural that you might want to share that excitement and passion with others.   You may have found it difficult to get someone as excited as you were about it. T.S. Eliot's quote sums up why it may be challenging to fire up others with...

Today's quote shows that man has been looking at his passions for a long time and recognized the power they had in driving him to action. Aristotle stated: All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. 

Your not seeing double and you did not tune into yesterday's quote by mistake.   I felt these 2 quotes together were a more impacting statement on passion; he states: "Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek."

Today's quote from Mario Andretti sums passion up in a short and powerful statement, and he states: Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that's their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.

Today's quote by Robin Sharma offers some strong reminders about leadership and the currency that drives it.

What does golf have in common with life?

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.     Again: Miya Angelou I don't think all of us have taken the time to create a vision statement and I don't think we have to.  What we must have is some sort of heading that we steer our lives by.

@Ms_Sampson23 on Twitter shared the 7 Rules of Life today and this is some good materials for reflection before we start the work week. She mirrored my feelings stating: Welcoming March. W/Everything going on worldwide.... sending out positive vibes. Check out my thoughts and the 7 rules in this episode.

Closing thoughts on the month's study of attitude and a summary quote from John C Maxwell.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. Stephen Covey

We are nearing the end of February and with it our study on attitude. During January and February we have examined how attitude extends from the choices that we make. Looking back to the quotes of Ghandi where choices, values and attitude become your destiny and Roy T Bennet stating that what ever you choose becomes you, and to choose wisely. Today's quote by George Bernard Shaw offers a short and...