Post Written By Eugene Morgan “If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.”—Fay Weldon If we do something unexpectedly, then different results may happen. The possibility of getting different results is greater when we do something unexpectedly. However, if we do something that’s not beyond what we’re already been doing, then we will expect the […]
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.
Let Out Joy, After Sadness
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out the joy.”—Jim Rohn Sadness comes from the same place as joy. We build walls around ourselves because we don’t want to get hurt again. We sometimes forget that we don’t have to ignore our feelings, but to […]
Enjoying Life
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “No man is a failure who is enjoying life.”—William Faulkner We can still enjoy life because when we fail, we can get right back up. When we get back up, we can see that our life continues and we have another opportunity to try again. Failing is only temporary. We […]
Care and Diligence Bring Luck
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Care and diligence bring luck.”—Proverb Milton Erickson once said that we each have bad luck and good luck. He also said that we don’t have to add to our bad luck, instead we can add to our good luck. In other words, let us work with what we already have and […]
On Respecting Yourself
Post Written By Eugene Morgan For us to respect others, we must first respect ourselves. Respecting ourselves means to do things we know is right and healthy. If we’re continuously placing ourselves in difficult situations and we know we have a choice to get out of them, then we’re disrespecting ourselves. If we ignore the […]
Possibility For Opportunities
Post Written By Eugene Morgan When we see that there is no possibility for opportunities, then this means that we haven’t been looking for them or our view is so narrowed that we can’t see them. For us to at least to see the possibility for opportunities, we need to change our mindset or our […]
A Laser-Like Focus
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”— Bruce Lee When we are focused on a task in front of us, we can’t go wrong because we know we are doing our best. When we are focused with the task, we become as one with it—and it is […]
Create Change
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “If you don’t create change, change will create you.”— unknown When change creates us, we don’t have to complain that we have no control over our lives. But instead we ought to invite some of those changes when they are not made by us that are useful. Most changes are […]
Smile Because It Happened
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss It is great that we can do things that please us especially when we want them to last. When we look back we can smile at them because it happened. We know it is a good story when we don’t […]
Unless You Do
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Nothing will work unless you do.”— Maya Angelou When we do something, our chances are greater in making something happen. Unless we do, progress is impossible. Unless we do, there is no possibility for growth. We ultimately have to do something, but to have our bodies to do something; we […]
In A Meaningful Way
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Meaning is not what you start with but what you end up with.”—Peter Elbow Meaning is the result of everything we have experienced. Meaning is created when we go through experiences that impact our lives the most. We remember events in our lives that altered our lives in a meaningful. […]
No More Worries
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.” — Swedish Proverb Worrying is looking for something to project our fears to. Worrying preoccupies our mind, which keep us from taking action. Worrying is making small things bigger than what they really are. It is important to repair small things that we […]
Memorial Day: Thank You
Post Written By Eugene Morgan It is time to close our eyes and bow our heads to think and reflect back on our fallen soldiers. We should never forget them because they have sacrificed their lives so that we can continue to live in freedom. We also ought not forget about the fallen soldiers’ families […]
Light A Lamp
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path.”—Buddha We help ourselves when we help others in need. It is better to give back than to receive. But to be most effective in assisting others in need, we first have to make sure that our […]
True Belongings
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Your actions are your only true belongings.”—Allan Lokos We can’t take all our belongings with us, but we can take our actions everywhere. The question we need to ask ourselves, is when it is proper to act? It really depends on what action we take in a given situation. We […]
Joy and Potential
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Joy comes from using your potential.”— Will Schultz We all have potential ready for use. When we begin to use our potential, our confidence increases. We begin to realize that we can trust and rely on ourselves. Doubting our potentials ceases when we use them. Potentials are the accumulations of our […]
The Good Life
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.”— Carl Rogers Life is about a process. A process is small and with gradual changes along the way of our lives’ journey. Changes are always inevitable in every area of our lives so […]
You Alone Are Enough
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anyone.”—Maya Angelou Sometimes we get caught up in trying to prove our self-worth to our families and friends when we don’t have to. We don’t have to prove our self-worth to our families and friends because they already accept us […]
How Does Your Story Ends
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “At any given moment, you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end.”— Christine Mason Miller If we see that our lives are going to be the same, then we must believe that we do have the power to change. It is never […]
Time
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.”— Theophrastus No amount of money can buy us time. The time we have now is all we have. Whatever we do with our time is all up to us. We spend time on what is most valuable to us. If we […]