Have you ever gotten tired of trying to accomplish a task and just want to give up?  Failure Fatigue is a real thing!!!

Sometimes, its easy to forget what's really important, so don't.  No matter how bad or good things get, be thankful. Some folks don't make it as far as you have, and if they have, they may or may not have what you have.  Simply being 'here' is the blessing, so give thanks that you're here.

Control is a test. It's a test of how you manage ‘your-self’. (two words), in a circumstance you don't control in order to regain control over the one thing you have control over and that is, you!!

Folks sometimes talk about 'goin through it'. That 'it' is usually adversity.  When life becomes more challenging that it seems it should be?  I work a three-step process to get through adversity.  Let's see how close your process is to mine!!

In 2019, I had the opportunity to meet and sing a little with Kamala Harris!!! She returned back to Seattle on her book tour, and here's what happened.

How long is too long to keep trying to accomplish something?  Do you know when to say 'when'? I had that struggle one day and came to accept a certain conclusion. I needed to surrender.

Anything and everything that has a beginning and an end is a process.  Some are small and insignificant, others are large and consequential. We humans are always going through one process or another and sometimes many at one time.  It was advised that I try to determine where I am in any given process.  Can you identify what processes you're in or have just begun or ended???

Time is the most valuable thing any of us have.  You can't replace it and nobody knows how much they have left.  When's the last time you considered how you spend your time?

If you're feelin a bit run down, a bit defeated, this episode uses a Tom Petty song to show a possible way out of it.

Some days, we can feel like we can't go on, like the currents in life are just too strong to swim against.  I know you're tired.  You've come so far though.