Posts Tagged ‘poem’
Your Inner Child
I was playing with my kids today and just having an absolute blast. I love the opportunities I have as a father to spend time with the kids, especially on a lazy Sunday afternoon, when none of us are thinking about anything other than the moment. Plus, the sound of my kid's laughter is one of my all-time favorite things in all of life. Often, when I'm done having a blow-out time with my son and daughter, I reflect on the beauty of being a kid. The honesty, the fun, relying on imagination, and that endless supply of energy and [...]
Shall I Start Them This Year?
I found this poem about New Year's Resolutions and I thought it was pretty clever. It's funny and it captures the essence of how most of us truly feel about the resolutions we make on December 31st. Because, let's face it, deep down inside we know what's really going to happen, right? The truth is that the resolutions any of us make without an accompanying plan of action and commitment to establishing the successful habits necessary to achieve them, are just words we whisper to ourselves to fill space. Inevitably, they end up [...]
To Have Succeeded
There's a great little poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson that I love and thought was worth sharing with you today. There are many definitions of success, and truthfully because we are all so unique, we will all have different ways of measuring it in our own lives. It's always great to get someone's perspective on success, particularly if they are a really sharp person and successful themselves, like Emerson was. Read the poem he wrote and see if it inspires you or moves you in any certain way. I think it is as brilliant and meaningful as [...]
