C. L. Harmon

Being out of a negative situation is standing on the outside looking inside. It’s a perspective like no other. The pain no longer has a hold on us and the misery is falling away. But when we see it with anger, we are still connected to the negativity regardless of…

It’s okay to bring remnants of yesterday into today. But only bring the pieces that help you appreciate the now and entice the anticipation of tomorrow. Everything else is already spent and should remain only in our wisdom and memories. C.L. Harmon

There’s glory in the difficult and conviction in the complicated. So many situations in life seem to test us with unwarranted difficulties. And to make it worse, they often seem like such futile tests. But it’s not so much about the experiences as where they lead us. When we need…

The easy way to anything was used up a long time ago. This leaves us with the hard way or the belief there is no way. Either way we choose, the universe will let us. And in the end, there will be no doubt to anyone as to which one…

When we feel something passionately, it changes us profoundly. It’s as though an energy source has been released inside us that cannot be harnessed. It is an intensity that is rare due to its overwhelming effect. And it comes with purpose that must be realized. Passion without purpose is wind…

There is something inside you clawing to get out and you are unknowingly its prison. It may be hope or passion or even the truth. And only you hold the key to let it out. Every day what is locked up inside yearns for freedom. And within its release resides…

Weathering the storm does not mean you will not get wet in the pouring rain or lose your possessions to the fierce winds. It does not mean you will always be safe and sheltered from the hale and lightning. It means you are willing to carry on in its aftermath…

A new beginning does not come because there is a new day or a new opportunity. It is possible because we build it. Circumstances are either invitations into something different or excuses to remain the same. The ability to change our lives resides in our willingness to move forward when…

Finding your way in this life is not about taking all the right roads and following the directions. It’s about getting so utterly lost that the only way out is to build a new road. Every known path was once a wilderness that had to first be travelled by a…

Our actions are seeds we plant throughout our lives. And as those seeds take root and grow, they begin growing in other people’s lives. Anger grows into thorny underbrush that overtakes fertile lands. Deceit grows into poison weeds which choke out the beauty of lush pastures. Kindness grows fragrant flowers…