Paint the picture you would like your life to become and then do the things you need to do one step at a time, and one day at a time in order for the picture to become your life.” ~JJM I was working with a young gentleman the other day who was at a crossroads…
Category: Discipline
The Responsibility is Yours*
“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.â€Â ~Les Brown Les Brown’s quotes are so plain, simple and to the point. I often feel grateful for the fact I was born with a spirit of independence…actually it was more a spirit…
Whipping the devil – Day 2 – Can’t
“If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” ~Dale Carnegie Years ago when our kids were little I used to tell them “can’t” was a four letter word I didn’t want to hear come out of their mouths. The devil loves for us to live…
Daily focalPOINT – Soar
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” ~Helen Keller I for one believe we all have that “impulse to soar.” God did not make us to sit on our hind ends and grow fat, lazy, depressed and become cynical. The greater our lives become the more work He can…
Daily focalPOINT – Problem Solving for Dummies
If I’m not the problem, then there is no solution. This is an often used phrase that takes a little bit of time to understand and believe, but once you DO understand it and believe it; oh how peaceful life becomes!! Living the serenity prayer is a great way to handle your “problems” (i.e. you)….
Daily focalPOINT – Changing Behavior
“The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” ~Samuel Johnson I love this quote by Samuel Johnson and it is so true. Often we find when we still have the ability to break a habit we usually don’t have the desire to break it, but when…
Daily focalPOINT – Responsibility
“You can’t escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” ~Abraham Lincoln Responsibility begins with naming your responsibilities and roles in your life and prioritizing them. The most irresponsible act is to never name your responsibilities and what goes with them. I’ve watched a lot of people run from their responsibilities in life and…
Daily focalPOINT – Trails, Legacy, Digging or Building
Life is so strange. Once you get it figured out (if you ever do) you die or get dementia… This thought came to mind while doing my devotion yesterday morning. As a person in recovery we are taught to live in the moment in order to not let our past lives or the fears of…
Daily focalPOINT – Decisions, Death and Hot Tubs…
You become the decisions you make in your life. I was fortunate enough to survive the depths of hell from my drug abuse and am living proof of what bad and good decisions will do to a life. In a couple of weeks I will celebrate my 25th year of sobriety and even to this…
Daily focalPOINT – “Happens” vs. “Making Happens”
I saw this quote from Jim Rohn the other day and just had to share it: When dealing with people, I generally take the obvious approach. When someone says, “This always happens to me and that always happens to me. Why do these things always happen to me?” I simply say, “Beats me. I don’t…
Jay Meyer
I started this blog in 2008 because of my passion for helping others take their lives to the next level. My hope is that, through sharing my life experiences as a business leader, husband, father, and recovering drug addict, I will positively impact your life.