by Beth Bostwick | Apr 9, 2018 | Beth's Voice, Experiences, From the YCC book, Observations
Ever have a day when everything seems to go wrong? Whatever you try, just doesn’t seem to work out no matter how much effort you put in? In fact, the more you work at it, the worse things become!! Days like that are precisely when you need to step back and let go....
by Beth Bostwick | Apr 3, 2018 | Beth's Voice, Experiences, Observations
Whenever we struggle with an important decision or event, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with the many different possible outcomes. Peter and I have a rule we try to live by: keep your thoughts focused on the 200 feet right in front of you. Don’t get too far out ahead...
by Beth Bostwick | Mar 26, 2018 | Beth's Voice, Experiences, Observations
How many times have you thought of the situations where you’ve failed? More often than you think of your successes? I’m guessing you think about failure more frequently than you want. When you think of an action or possible action as a failure, you limit your ability...
by Beth Bostwick | Mar 19, 2018 | Beth's Voice, Experiences, Observations
The word ‘impossible’ doesn’t belong in your vocabulary, just like the word ‘perfect’ I discussed in an earlier post. It’s another word that limits your thinking and ability to achieve what you desire. If you think about it, the word ‘impossible’ is often...
by Beth Bostwick | Mar 12, 2018 | Beth's Voice, Experiences, Observations
The other night I woke up with a pit at the bottom of my stomach. I couldn’t decipher what was causing it, but there was no way I was going back to sleep until I figured out. Instead of sleep, I decided to get up and start writing, just like I did a year ago when I...
by Peter and Beth Bostwick | Mar 12, 2018 | Happier, Observations, Peter's Voice
What is a happiness habit? It’s exactly what it sounds like. It’s when you are in the habit of being happy. You wake up happy, you work happy, you play happy, you eat happy, you go to bed happy. You get into a pattern where happy is the only way you know...