Jenny Evans Dunham

Since I hope this blog is encouraging you to find ways to life your best life, I would be remiss not to recommend Mike Robbins to you. He is a motivational speaker who focuses on the importance of appreciation. This week his newsletter article is about telling the truth. You can read it here . He also has a corresponding audio you can listen to.

I encourage you to sign for his newsletter and to read his book Focus on the Good Stuff: The Power of Appreciation. With so many discouraging things in the news right now, we can all use a lift.

Well, I promised to let you know what I thought of Focus on the Good Stuff by Mike Robbins. It’s a wonderful book that teaches the importance of appreciating what we have in life. Continue reading »

I found this wonderful quote while reading Focus on the Good Stuff by Mike Robbins:

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. — Mother Teresa

This quote is so true. I know how kind words have affected me personally. Take the time to share some kind words of your own with some of the people in your life.

I was watching the news last night and heard a truly heartrending story. During the recent earthquake in China, many parents lost their children - their only children. For a number of years, China has had a “one child only” policy in place. Therefore, when these parents lost their children, they truly lost their entire future. Watching the news story, I could see how utterly devastated these parents were. One set of parents who were interviewed said they did not plan to have another child because it would be too painful to risk also losing that child. Continue reading »