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When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
~William Arthur Ward
The Year Of Focus: Week 17
Word of the Week:  Seek
to try to find or discover by searching or questioning:I have always been a seeker, striving for meaning, better understanding, and the possibility of learning something new along the way. On a recent car ride with my husband, I made...

 Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony.
The Year Of Focus: Week 16
Word of the Week: Rhythm 
movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.There is rhythm in our lives that for me, feels like habits stacked. When I decide to change or learn something new, it takes a shift in perspective to act and create...

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. ~Frederick William Robertson 
The Year of Focus: Week 15
Word of the Week: Forgiveness
  noun
act of forgiving; state of being forgiven.Forgiveness can be a thorny conversation. There are things that feel too painful to forgive, but holding on to bitterness will eventually decay you from the inside. Forgiveness is not a sign of weakness,...

Life presents many choices, the choices we make determine our future.
The Year of Focus: Week 14
Word of the Week: Choose 
            1. to make a choice, or select from two or more possibilities:
Every day we are faced with endless choices, some of those choices are so habitual, they don’t even feel like a choice. To wake early or sleep in, exercise or watch television, prepare...

Quiet the mind and the soul will speak. ~Buddha 
The Year Of Focus: Week 13
Word of the Week: Alert
1. an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
The world of today is in an endless state of alert, our minds are flooded with them. There are alerts on your phone for texts, emails, news. A relentless reminder with Facebook likes, Instagram hearts, and other types...

Error is discipline through which we advance. ~William Ellery Channing 
The Year Of Focus: Week 12
Word of the Week: Advance
1. to increase in quantity, value, price, etc.: His stock advanced three points.
What does it take to realize our participation is required for us to advance in life. We can complain on how difficult things are, however, it is still up to us to make the decisions to generate...

Change is inevitable, but transformation is a choice. 
The Year Of Focus: Week 11
Word Of The Week: Transformation
the act or process of transforming.How often do we see these great stories of transformation whether it is a story of weight loss or when individuals transform their lives. Usually, when we notice the transformation, it is in the final stages, and we miss the time and effort it took...

Authority is not a power, it is a responsibility  ~Amit Kalantri
The Year of Focus: Week 10
Word of the Week: Authority
(10) Authority - noun,plural au·thor·i·ties
the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.Knowledge is power and the more we learn, the more authority we have in different areas. I...

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy 
The Year of Focus:  Week 9
Word of the week: Anticipate
Anticipate - verb 
to expect; look forward to; be sure of, to anticipate a favorable decision. Anticipation can cause excitement or worry, depending on the setting. It shows up whether there’s a traffic jam you did not anticipate, or an unexpected expenditure not in the budget. Life...

“Invest your energy into something that is going to contribute in your growth.”
The Year of Focus:  Week 8
Word of the week: Invest
Invest- verb (used with object)
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.My father always told us, our greatest asset was time. It is a finite gift...