by Motivated Magazine | Dec 5, 2011 | Reflect
“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” — Henri Nouwen Don’t you love it when really amazing things happen to you? Those moments may seem few and far between but, if we take time to notice all the treasures we...
by Motivated Magazine | Nov 7, 2011 | Reflect
What do you miss the most about being 5 years old? I miss the incredible joy of riding my bike. I miss the excitement of helping my mother make Jello. I miss the anticipation of having my father arrive home from work. I miss enthusiastically embracing large amounts...
by Motivated Magazine | Oct 4, 2011 | Reflect
“Be yourself, everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde It’s been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But, if you think about it, the moment you try to imitate someone, you’re stuck. Imitation is the opposite of being your authentic self. You were born...
by Motivated Magazine | Aug 26, 2011 | Reflect
As the Salama Shield drama group gyrates, the beat of African drums escalates. A snake-line of young and old dancers dressed in bright green and red writhe past. Their sweat-soaked faces shine as they dance with the joyful message of, “Hope with a Plan”. Minutes away...
by Motivated Magazine | Jul 22, 2011 | Reflect
Olive Kay was a depression era single mother with a grade three education when she was abandoned by her alcoholic husband and began cooking for farmhands in the Prairie dustbowl. Decades later, when the Quebec Chronicle newspaper advertised for a “Women’s Editor”, she...
by Motivated Magazine | Jul 4, 2011 | Reflect
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein. ‘Would you like to Supersize that?’ Before the “super sized” option was phased out in 2004, McDonald’s employees used to ask customers if they would like the largest size of...
