Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.”— John Burroughs It is so easy to say that we want to do great things in our lives. It is also easy to feel overwhelmed with anxiety to expect to do great things but only to be left with great intentions. […]
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.
Remake Ourselves
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves.”— Mahatma Gandhi If we continuously allow ourselves to be affected by unpleasant events that we can’t control, then it is time for an internal change. Clearly, this is not to imply that […]
Going Beyond Our Limitations
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”— Albert Einstein This quote above demonstrates that acceptance can be very powerful, instead of thinking that we’re the only ones with a limitation or limitations. Everyone we know has limitations especially the ones that we look up to. When we hide […]
Persistence And Opportunities
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Persistence brings us closer to achieving our goals. It will be difficult at times but it will get easier too. We need persistence the most is when we’re first starting out. There are opportunities when we are persistent. Opportunities are there to express our best self to others and ourselves. […]
Better To Do Something
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.”— Robert H. Schuller One of our biggest fears is to take the first step to do something because we think it should be done flawlessly the first time. We can still achieve our goals without being perfect. We need to […]
It’s About The Story
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Maybe it’s not about the happy ending. Maybe it’s about the story.”— Unknown Everyday we’re writing our own story of our lives. We’re the authors of our lives. We can make our own decisions that will affect us in the long run. If we don’t know our story, then we’re […]
Self-Discovery Through Obstacles
Post Written By Eugene Morgan We don’t have to give up on our dreams when things aren’t working well at the moment. Set backs are only temporary. Obstacles are there to not discourage us but to challenge us to stay with it. Obstacles are telling us that if we want something bad enough we have […]
The Way We Treat
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Life treats you the way you treat you.”— Laura Frederickson Life treats us the way we treat ourselves because we first learn this from life or specifically from modeling another person. Most of our unconscious learnings come from our conscious learnings. Although it is difficult to treat another with respect, […]
Limitations and Potentials
Post Written By Eugene Morgan We all have experienced our limitations but somehow we got around them when we wanted to pursue our dreams. We realized that we had to let go of some biases for us to move beyond our limitations. We don’t deny what was limiting to us. And, we don’t accept the fact […]
Relationship and Communications
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Communication is the hallmark of building a relationship. When there is break down of communications, there is really no relationship. Communication is exchanging ideas, thoughts and feelings to one another. Listening is the most important part of communication. Listening is not about waiting our turn to speak. Instead, listening is […]
Flexibility is Creativity
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Where there is creativity, there is flexibility. In other words, we must be flexible to create creativity. It is all right to allow our minds to wonder and brainstorm about things. Brainstorming allows us to imagine things without restrictions. Kids do this all the time. We were once kids. So […]
Our Feelings, Our Emotions, Our Thoughts
Post Written By Eugene Morgan When it comes to emotions patience is required of us. Sometimes it is hard to control how we feel about things. Feelings tell us what we’re thinking at the moment. It is easy to compartmentalized our thoughts from what we feel. It is not easy to trace what thoughts […]
Life Is Too Short
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Life is too short to waste time waiting for other people’s approval on how you live it.”— Steve Maraboli If we spend our time worrying about what other people think, we will never do what interests us. Yes we have relationships with others, but we also have a relationship with […]
The Right Use Of Knowledge
Post Written By Eugene Morgan ‘Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.’— Charles H. Spurgeon Although acquiring knowledge is a good start to understanding wisdom, we won’t get a true understanding until we apply our knowledge to everyday life. The right use of knowledge comes with experience and understanding. Experience and understanding is the hallmark of […]
Today Is a New Day
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Today is a new day and a new year. Today is the time to start our new beginnings. Today we start from the beginning again. We build on our previous experiences. We can only hope that we made the best decisions last year so that we can have a better […]
Reflection Of Our Experiences
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “If it’s still in your mind, it is worth taking the risk.” — Paulo Coelho We all can imagine something we want to make real in our lives. Imagination is very powerful because we can rehearse as many ways possible in our mind how we want something. Imagination allows us to […]
Continuous Effort
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential.”—Winston Churchill ‘Continuous effort’ implies an attitude of determination without giving up. Our potential awakes us when we don’t stop making continuous effort in our journeys. Strength and intelligence is the by-product of our potential to succeed in our efforts. […]
What I Choose To Become
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”— Carl Jung We don’t have to be victims of what we can’t control. Instead, we can choose to be the victor of what we can control. It can be easy to fall into a trap of […]
Time Was Yesterday
Post Written By Eugene Morgan A week from yesterday will be a new year, 2015. That means that we have been in millennium, the 21st century for 15 years. And for those who have been born a millennium only knows millennium. It is amazing how time flies. That’s one thing we cannot get back is […]
Celebration Leads To Reflection
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Today is a time for celebrating, meeting loved-ones, friends, and gathering at the table for a feast, then afterwards exchanging gifts. All the preparation has ended yesterday for this moment. Now we can relax and be with the people we love. Today is also a time to reflect on the […]