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Because of economic unrest, excuses may be more assumed than they’ve ever been in your lifetime. That is, unless you survived the stock market crash of 1929; in which case, your age is another convenient excuse.

You can hide behind too old, too young, not enough money or no time, but there is no good excuse.

If there is something you want to do that you are not doing, all of your excuses come down to fear. And if Franklin D. Roosevelt were alive, he’d remind you that, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” He delivered those famous words during his inaugural address in the height of the Depression.

Roosevelt’s gift is to strip us of our excuses regardless of the situation, so that we might face our ultimate fear … and realize that we have nothing to be afraid of.v

People didn’t jump off buildings because their estates were devalued; they jumped because they felt like they were devalued.

I recently saw a billboard in NYC that read, “Recession 101: Self-worth beats net-worth.”

Want to know how you’re doing on self-worth? With “1” indicating that you strongly disagree and “5” indicating that you strongly agree, what number (1-5) best describes your position on Roosevelt’s statement, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself”?… More

Dear Friends,

I may make living a life of love seem easier than it is. A life of love, after all, is the “fairytale” we yearn for. And if it were easy, everybody would be doing it, right?

The only thing that stands in our way is fear, because fear is the only thing that CAN displace love (there is no fear in love). But letting go of fear is the work of a lifetime.

Still, in those moments when we have no fear, life is as glorious–and as easy–as it gets.

Here’s to growing our moments!

Love and hugs,
Jan… More