Post Written By Eugene Morgan “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”— Sir Edmund Hillary This is a very powerful message for us to understand. It is not easy for us to stay focus on a goal. Distractions are inevitable when it comes to staying on track with our goals. There are some days […]
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.
Self-Acceptance
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “What you think of yourself is much more important than what people think of you.”— Seneca Sometimes we keep ourselves from making progress, because we’re so preoccupied about how people may think of us. What’s interesting is that many of us think about what others think of us because we […]
Live In Harmony
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world.— Marcus Aurelius When we find ourselves in conflict with ourselves, then there is conflict with others and the world. It is all right to retreat and close our eyes to look inward to see what’s going on […]
A Community of People
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “How far we travel in life matters far less than those we meet along the way.”— Unknown When we highlight our moments, we usually recall the people who touched our lives the most. We have traces of people over the years have made an impression and we have made a […]
Freedom is The Will
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves.”— Friedrich Nietzsche Freedom and responsibility go hand and hand. We can be free to do whatever we please as long as we don’t harm another. We must as a society agree on a set of rules to protect others and ourselves. […]
Experience Enlightens the Mind
Post Written By Eugene Morgan The best way to get an understanding about life or about anything, we must go through some sort of experience. Book learning is good but we can only go so far with it. We both need information from a book and information from our experiences. Experiences help us to widen our […]
From Doubt To Courage
Post Written By Eugene Morgan We all have experiences with doubt, but we also have experiences with courage. Doubt can plague our abilities to do what we desire and want. Having courage is our understanding that in spite of doubts we will do things anyway to fulfill a desire or a want. Doubts are in […]
Find Ways
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find ways to do it.”— Dr. David Schwartz The mind is only instructed to do by belief. If we believe that we can’t do something, then we will find ways to sabotage, however, if we know that we […]
It Is Time To Laugh
Post Written By Eugene Morgan It is time to laugh. It is time to laugh at ourselves. It is time to laugh with ourselves and with others. We forget to laugh, when we take life so seriously. Laughter is a release of an emotion. We feel so much better after a good laugh. We should […]
When It Is Time
Post Written By Eugene Morgan When it is time to rest, then let us rest. When it is time to work, then let us work. When it is time to eat, then let us enjoy eating with family. When it is time to meet up with others, then let us meet up. Everything has a […]
Meaning We Live By
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Meaning is not what you start with but what you end up with.”— Peter Elbow Meaning is accumulations of our past experiences. The meanings are the highlight of our experiences. We tend to reflect on the highlights because they bring us back to those moments in time. We have a […]
Troubles & Blessings
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.”— William Penn It is easy to discount the positive while we’re experiencing an unpleasant event in our lives. However, it is okay to look at both the positive and negative side of things. The […]
Plan an Outcome
Post Written By Eugene Morgan We all heard the saying it is better do than to think. This is generally true, however, if we don’t have a plan or direction, then just doing is not going to work either. In other words, if we don’t have a plan or direction on what we want to […]
The Future Remains
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Just remember, when you think all is lost, the future remains.”— Dr. Robert H. Goddard There is hope in our future, when we have lost everything today.Our tomorrows are our opportunities to make up for the lost. It is only a sad ending when we lose our hope in our […]
Struggle Leads To Strength
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don’t give up.” — Robert Tew We all have experienced going through a struggle. When we are in the mist of a struggle we see no end in sight. We see no end in sight because our attention […]
A True Measure
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.”— Cullen Hightower If we were hanging around successful people, if we like it or not, will be influenced directly or indirectly by them. Success begets success. It is nice to see that we can […]
Be What You Are
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.”— Julius Charles Hare It is okay to admire someone. Admiration is really about seeing the same qualities in us of someone else. It’s only a concern when we feel a need to be more like […]
We Do or Fail To Do
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.”— Dhammapada When we give our attention to what others do or fail to do, we neglect to focus our attention on what we do or fail to […]
Discover New Oceans
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”— Andre Gide For us to move forward, we must let go of old ideas. It does take courage to risk stepping into new territory. It is natural to respond with some trepidation when we’re […]
Another Chance To Change
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Every new day is another chance to change your life.”— Unknown When we look back in regret of our past, we are not giving ourselves another chance to change our life. We make ourselves feel powerless when we think we can change our past. The good news is that it […]