by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 26, 2022 | Friday Quote, Inner Peace, Inspirational, Perspective, Self Improvement
“We can make ourselves miserable or we can make ourselves strong. The amount of effort is the same.” Pema Chodron I don’t believe most people will ever stop to consider the truth of Chodron’s quote. If she’s right and it does require an...
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 25, 2022 | Help, Luck
Yesterday, I overheard one of my daughter’s say to my other daughter’s rescue dog, “Benny, you really won the lottery when we rescued you!” She was referring to his new life of “luxury” and love—he’s no longer living on the...
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 24, 2022 | Compassion, Kindness
I was looking at this apartment building the other day and I was captivated by the small distance between floors. To me, it doesn’t even look like 2 feet. Within this small distance is the floor to one person’s apartment, the ceiling of another...
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 23, 2022 | Determination, Grit, Inspirational, Money, Obstacles, Resourcefulness
My first job, when I graduated from Rutgers University, was working for a small boutique hedge fund on Wall Street, 40 Wall to be exact. I was making a whopping $20k/year and I was commuting from Morristown, NJ—which for those of you who don’t know, is like...
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 22, 2022 | Motivational Monday, Obstacles
I was walking along the Hudson River the other day and I was mesmerized by the tide. Maybe because the Hudson is right off the Atlantic, it’s seems to ebb and flow with a mind of it’s own, never looking the same on any given day. What this river does do...
