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Success: Six Ingredients

Soul Songs

Decades ago, I wrote the six ingredients of a successful life on a manila folder and tacked it on my sewing room wall.

You Deserve Delight

Soul Songs

“Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve

Thanks-Giving

Soul Songs

If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "Thank you," that would suffice. -- Meister Eckhart Traditions change. Now, some celebrate

Circles Guaranteed

Soul Songs

Think of the wonderful circles in which our whole being moves and from which we cannot escape no matter how we try. E. T.

Seven Intentions

Soul Songs

Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it. Begin it now.

Autumn Treasures

Soul Songs

“Memories are the treasures locked deep within the storehouse of our souls; to keep our hearts warm.” -- Becky Aligata A Meditation Once upon a summer,

Solstice

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Face the Sun, and all your shadows fall behind you. – African Proverb A meditation When hydrogen atoms become helium deep inside the sun, gamma ray

Happy New Year & Delicious Dishes

Wise Ways

We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what

The Rescue Airboat

Soul Songs

And now let us welcome the new year, full of things that never were. -Rainer Maria Rilke In German, the ancient knot is called, palstek.

Discovery

Soul Songs

Your heart is the size of the ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths. – Rumi In 2010, I flew across the Rocky Mountains

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Time: Important and Urgent

Soul Songs

As Amtrak’s Capitol Limited approached Connellsville, Pennsylvania, the rows of black holes in wilderness covered with thick, fresh-fallen snow registered at the edge

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Making Hot Sauce

Wise Ways

Each of us, as we journey through life, has the opportunity to find and to give his or her unique gift. Whether this

Horseshoe Curve

Soul Songs

There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart. -- Willie Nelson Horseshoe Curve is the engineering feat

Forgive and Forget? Part 1 of 2: Sometimes, Maybe.

Wise Ways

For the past week, I‘ve been rethinking whether ‘forgive and forget’ is a good idea and found recommendations like Sydney Banks’, “If we can forgive

Forgive and Forget? Part 2 of 2: Sometimes Never.

Wise Ways

Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson. – Paulo Coelho Dr. Gerald

Because You Live. Thank Goodness!

Soul Songs

To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and

LEAP(ing) Day

Soul Songs

Whatever you are ready for is ready for you. -- Reverend Ike A Meditation: LEAP(ing) Day U.S. Route 30 is Pennsylvania’s portion of this country’s

The Road from Casper

Soul Songs

Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone, Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own. -- Adam Lindsay Gordon A MEDITATION: The Road from Casper The

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Circles and The Hero's Journey

Soul Songs

The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning. ~ Ivy Baker Priest A Meditation Years ago, I

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Face Everything And Rise (fear)

Soul Songs

When I was in tenth grade, my family lived on a lonely hilltop . The narrow, two-story house was surrounded by apple and

Desiderata [the List]

Wise Ways

When I was twenty, I worked for an airline and used my first travel passes to fly my mom cross country to San

New Schedule

Wise Ways

One year ago, Succeed and Soar launched. Since then, illustrated inspirations have posted each week. Thank you for reading. For the next year, I'll post

We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For.

Wise Ways

Every moment offers choices. As this year progresses, decisions about how we live have larger effects with multi-generational influences. Although my posts were

Scorpio Season: Halloween, Samhain & Day of The Dead

Soul Songs

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself. —Alan Watts Imagine long ago, when people lit the night with

Post Election Oasis

Wise Ways

You must be the change you want to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi Have you, like me, worked to avoid being upset about

Fire Cider

Wise Ways

Every since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you. – Hafiz Have you ever juggled a bunch too

To Be Great Again

Wise Ways

You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born

Thank You

Wise Ways

The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches.

Love 1: Key to The Gates of Happiness

Love Is

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness. - Oliver Wendell Holmes What does love mean? The ancient Greeks identified several types.

Love 2: A Glimpse of Heaven

Love Is

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven. --Karen Sunde Succeed and Soar’s first Love Is post advised, "Love is the master key that

Love is 3: Miracles & Heroes

Love Is

Where there is great love there are always miracles. -- Willa Cather Isn’t the possibility of being miracle-making heroes wonderful? This week, along with Willa Cather’s

Love is 4: Fairytale

Love Is

Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale. – Melissa Brown, Picturing Perfect Today, I’ll be soaking

Love Is 5th of 5: Happiness & Husband Recipes

Love Is

Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we practice its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning

Samurai Code & Change

Wise Ways

It is said that what is called ‘the spirit of an age’ is something to which one cannot return. … For this reason,

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False Evidence Appearing Real & Cosmic Destinies

Wise Ways

I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it has never seen but

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Soul Words: Traumatic Wisdom

Soul Words

The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect. – Peter A Levine Throughout

A View from Forbes and Braddock

Wise Ways

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have

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Soul Words: Conditional Love

Soul Words

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. --Buddha This year, Succeed and Soar explores eight, enlightening words.

Mistakes a/k/a Sub-Optimal Decisions

Soul Songs,Story Talk

You are not the mistake that you made, unless you continue to do it. – Rodney Stotts According to the Tessian Report, “a mistake is a

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Soul Words: Emotional Intelligence

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Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. – Henry Ford In my twenties, a theory about relationships became very

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Seek Quality Life

Wise Ways

Tough times never last, but tough people do. – Rev. Robert. H. Schuller As our country wrestles with birth rights, why not pour the same

Forgive and Forget Revisited

Soul Songs

In February, 2020, the merits of 'Forgive and Forget' were weighed. Part 1 of 2 were titled "Sometimes, Maybe." Here are inspirations that

Right to Bear Arms & Gunfight at OK Corral

Soul Songs

Did you know that the most famous gunfight in the wild west happened when Vigil Earp deputized his brothers Wyatt and Morgan plus

Soul Words: Created Family

Soul Words

Cousins are friends who already know how crazy your family is. – Source Unknown Sometimes, Richard Bach’s words prove true, “Family isn’t always blood. It’s

Earth's Best Hope 1: We The People

Wise Ways

On December 1, 1862, Abraham Lincoln ended his Annual Message to Congress with, We -- even we here -- hold the power, and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom

Earth's Best Hope 2: US

Wise Ways

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of

Earth's Best Hope 3: Heaven

Wise Ways

As a man thinks, so he is. -- Proverbs 23:7 An easy way to defeat others is to get them fighting among themselves. In this

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Farewells & Circles

Wise Ways

The world offer lots of ways to part ways, like, Adios in Spanish, Auf Widersehen in German, Bless in Icelandic and Sayonara in Japanese. In some languages, ‘Good bye’’ is

Soul Words: Relational Wealth

Soul Words

Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have. — Ernie Banks August 2 is Mid-Summer,

Soul Words: Third Eye

Soul Words

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. – Benjamin Spock In a few days, we reach Autumn Equinox, a time when night

Soul Words: Paradox

Soul Words

As a man thinks, so he is. -- Proverbs 23:7 From October 31 to November 2, Earth reaches the seventh of eight celestial turning points,

Voting

Wise Ways

Don't let the truth get in the way of making a deal. [Or, gathering votes.] -- American Greed [here's the program] Succeed and Soar exists to encourage

Soul Words: The Present Moment & Mindfulness

Soul Words

Winter Solstice Traditions 2-Minute Video Click here to View The Present is the point at which Time touches eternity. C.S. Lewis December 21 is Winter Solstice. Viewed from

Your Birthday

Soul Songs

Updated March 30, 2024 Your birthday is a transition from what is to what is to be. -- Margaret Minnicks Last week, I finished another ride

Words, Absolute Magnitude

Soul Words

Life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end. --Virginia Woolf Succeed and Soar’s first, the 2022