The Inspirational Corner

"Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won't have a title until much later." ~Bob Goff~ The beauty about uncertainty is no matter how well we plan there will always be question marks on how the journey will unfold. Sometimes we allow the fear of the unknown keep us from pursuing our dreams and the life we always desired to live. However, if we focus on the journey i...

If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story. ~Terry Pratchett~ Are you willing to live life the way you want or conform to society's standards on how your life should be? The above question is something I had to ask myself after I finished my military career. I knew I no longer cared to live my life by society's metric of what is called "The American Dr...

The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. ~Eleanor Roosevelt~ I remember when I had my first experience of living abroad, it changed my life. My eyes were open to the idea of understanding that life is more significant than what we can imagine. However, we often get stuck living a monoton...

"Comparison is the thief of joy." ~Theodore Roosevelt~ What if we believed that we were the best instead of comparing ourselves with someone else?  In a technology-induced world, the enemy of comparison & competition has plagued us all at some point in our life. Social media has made it easy to play the game of comparison with strangers we never met. The small reel of a moment in someone'...

"Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all." ~Helen Keller~ So when will you cast away the fear, let go of the idea of failure, and dive into a life you have always dreamed of? This is the question but the answer may be hard to approach. Fear, failure and the ghost of being fraudulent often plagues us when taking a step in the direction of our dreams seems impossible. And to leap over impo...

"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently - they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we...

Summer is a perfect time to embrace the concept of doing less & living more because we are in a season of longer days with beautiful weather. However, in our American society, we have been conditioned to work harder, move up the ladder of success & leave behind the idea of enjoying life. How can we utilize the summer to slow down, delve into life pleasures and say no to the rat race of lif...

Often in life, we will encounter difficult moments that will take us off course and knock us out of the game. The heartache and heartbreaks of life can sometimes wreak havoc on our joy; that is why refueling ourselves is essential. Our joy is the anchor that keeps us hopeful in dark moments. However, when life gets us down, how can we regain the joy to continue on a brighter path?    In...

"Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust Today we are burying the idea of not being enough..." For too long, the concept of not being enough has damaged many people's self-image, self-esteem & much more. I spent twenty years replaying the song "not being enough" until it got exhausting. However, my life began to transform when I started to change my mindset, deal with internal issues, and crown myself wor...

"When you settle for crumbs you will always starve". ~Unknown Author~ Sometimes we settle for what is safe and familiar because it feels good. However, when we decide to release the bread crumb version of our life, relationships, and friendships, we can move into a land filled with milk and honey. In this episode, I discuss how I stopped accepting breadcrumbs and what you can do to level up into a...

Have you ever felt like you were searching for the passion or spark you once had for life?  Has the excitement for the things you use to enjoy withered away? Well, sometimes we hit detours because we are searching for a different path. The everyday mundane task begins to feel robotic and senseless. We want to feel alive in the present moment, but our reality has become filtered with society's...

Over the last several years, there has been a revolutionizing of women reclaiming their power over their bodies & redefining beauty standards. In this new era, we embrace our feminine essence and realize that our femininity is a unique gift to ourselves & the world.     After spending decades accepting societal definitions of beauty and body image, it is essential to reconne...

What old dream, old life are you ready to let go to create a new vision for your life?   Recently I was confronted with the overwhelming truth that I have outgrown the lifestyle I am currently living. The dreams I had in the past are stagnant because it is time to create new dreams & visions for another version of my life. Everything I prayed for years ago has already manifested.   W...