by beth | Feb 13, 2023 | Courage, Failure, Forgiveness, Growth, Motivational Monday, Persistence, Success
As much as I don’t want to talk about the Philadelphia Eagles loss yesterday in the Super Bowl, it has to be how we start this week. We call it, “losing,” when we are talking about sports, and rightfully so. Every football game (and most...
by beth | Feb 7, 2023 | Burdens, Courage, Hard Work, Perseverance, Self-Care
My extended family went out to dinner on Saturday night to celebrate the birthday of our family’s fabulous matriarch! It was a great night with lots of laughs. While we were enjoying cocktails, I happen to see this sculpture on the bookshelf. I assumed it was...
by beth | Jan 27, 2023 | Bravery, Courage, Friday Quote, Risk-Taking
“Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.” ~ Mark Twain Truer words were never spoken! Everyone always wants to make good decisions, but that isn’t always possible. I don’t think anyone intentionally...
by beth | Jan 23, 2023 | Bravery, Courage, Failure, Motivational Monday
Motivational Monday! Over the weekend, while visiting our dear friends in Delaware, they shared a video of Eli Manning going undercover at the Penn State Football walk-on tryouts. Actually, they don’t call it walk-ons there, more accurately Penn State prefers to...
by Beth FItzgerald | Jan 2, 2023 | Courage, Motivational Monday, Self Improvement, Self-Confidence
Happy New Year everyone! Many of you may be off in observance of New Year’s Day, but I believe it really is the best Monday to be motivational, so on we go! As most of you know, I moved. Some of our things couldn’t come with us due to space issues so we...
by beth | Nov 15, 2022 | Bravery, Courage, Determination, Success
As I told you yesterday, I spent Friday and Saturday in Camden, NJ. I grew up not too far from Camden so I do have respect for this city. Prior to about 1950, Camden was a prosperous industrial city mainly due to its manufacturing. But as manufacturing declined,...