The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. — William Blake Post Written By Eugene Morgan When we give thanks, we’re taking a moment out of our busy schedule. When we give thanks, we’re reminding ourselves and each other what is more important in our life. It is easier to allow ourselves to be stressed out from trivial […]
Eugene Morgan
Eugene Morgan has been posting each day of the week (Monday through Friday) brief messages to encourage to inspire, to invoke, and to humor others to get through their week . He's been a blogger since 2009 and now an author.
The Motivating Factor
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life. — Jimmy Dean When stripped to almost nothing, there is something inside us that motivate us somehow to change our situation. Self-reliance grows out of life or death situations. There are times in our lives we had to hustle to get above the […]
Enjoy Your Life
Post Written By Eugene Morgan The best way to enjoy your own life is to stop comparing it to others. — Unknown It is no use to comparing ourselves to others. How can we find joy in our own lives when our attention is busy comparing another. If we redirect our attention on how best to […]
The Beginning of Happiness
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness” – George Santayana We’re unhappy when we get stuck in a rut. If we see no possibility of getting out of a rut, then our mind is closed for new ideas. For us to get out of a rut, we […]
Tie a Knot and Hang On
Post Written By Eugene Morgan When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. — Thomas Jefferson We all experienced days when nothing went right. Our patience was tested when everything decided to break around the same time. We just want the day to be over before we scream at […]
The Moment of Freedom
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Freedom is instantaneous the moment we accept things as they are. — Karen Maezen Miller What are we free from when we accept things as they are? We are free from worries. We no longer have to hold on to what we have no control over. We are free to live our […]
Thank You
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Praise the bridge that carried you over. ~George Colman When we become mindful of what we can be thankful about, then our problems become smaller. We can be thankful for the simplest thing like breathing the air. Breathing air is basic and life-saving because we can’t live without it. Simple […]
Apply What We Know
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe When we’re constantly learning but not applying what we’ve learned then we know we’re procrastinating. If we intent to apply the knowledge we’ve learned, nothing will ever get done. We will never have […]
Make A Way
Post Written By Eugene Morgan ” Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” — Philip Sidney If we search long enough eventually, we may find a way. If we can’t find a way, then we can create a way for us and for those who are looking for a way. Either finding a […]
Keep Going
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. — Sam Levenson We lose time when we keep checking a clock. Either we look at the clock to see how much we have left to be idle, or we look at the clock to interrupt what we’re doing. Therefore, we […]
Purpose and Direction
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” — John F. Kennedy We need a plan or an end game before we start. We need courage and effort to execute a plan. But before we make a plan, we need to sit down and to think about why we want […]
Value Upon Yourself
Post Written By Eugene Morgan If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.— Unknown We’re just as important as the next person. How we value ourselves determines how the world values us. Self-respect increases how we value ourselves. When we accomplish something that is life changing […]
Led By Your Dreams
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Don’t be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams. — Unknown We all have problems. We all have dreams. Our problems don’t have to interfere with our dreams. Our dreams don’t have to interfere with our problems. We must respect the two things. It is all right for our dreams […]
The Mightier Conquers Self
Post Written By Eugene Morgan He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. — Lao Tzu We tend to want to conquer others because we think that’s the source of the problem. If we don’t wield our power, someone will. If we want control back, then we must use our power. We must […]
From Good To Better
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Don’t be afraid of change. You may lose something good, but you may gain something better. — Unknown The first thing we think of when making a change is that we may lose something good. The reality is that we will lose something good. But for us to move forward on life’s […]
Feel Today Strong Tomorrow
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.” — Unknown No one likes to experience pain whether that’s emotional or physical. However, physical pain is our body’s way of telling us to pay attention and to make the pain go away. Psychological pain, we all experience, is, for […]
When Life Is Bittersweet
Post Written By Eugene Morgan The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter. — Unknown Life is bittersweet. There are some difficulties in life. There are some rewards in life. The good always comes with the bad. We ought to embrace all of it not just the good. We learn something about ourselves […]
A Game of Cards
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. ~Jawaharlal Nehru We all come from unique circumstances, which means we have a unique perspective on things. We each have to struggle with the cards that were dealt […]
A Day Closer
Post Written By Eugene Morgan I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday. — Author Unknown When we work on our dreams each day, it is another day closer to fulfilling our dreams. The times we want to give up are the times we have the opportunity to look again […]
The Next Chapter of Life
Post Written By Eugene Morgan You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one. — Unknown Holding on to the past is the very foundation as to why we can’t move forward. Letting go of the past, also means letting go of old ideas. Some of our ideas can be […]