by Mary DeRosa | Jun 19, 2016 | Films, Gratitude, Resistance, Screenplays
“Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Mr. Emerson’s quote is famous for a reason. It really is an ideal way to see your existence. Adopting a viewpoint like his makes it easier to handle frustrations. To see great progress in small...
by Mary DeRosa | May 25, 2016 | Creativity, Encouragement, Gratitude, Perseverance, Resistance, Screenplays
We all have a back catalogue of things we regret doing or saying. And unfortunately, it’s all-too-available for us to use against ourselves when Life uses our self confidence as a piñata. When we’re already low, our monkey minds go to town…blowing up minor missteps...
by Mary DeRosa | May 4, 2016 | Encouragement, Gratitude
The word “should” is often vilified, and probably with good reason. Most of the time, it conjures up more guilt than it does motivation. Like, you should be exercising…but instead, you’re doing bicep curls with a pint of Ben & Jerry’s. (Hey, that’s called...
by Mary DeRosa | Mar 7, 2016 | Gratitude, Perseverance, Writing
A few years ago, I read an article about a 13 year old girl named Athena Orchard who died of a rare form of bone cancer. I’ve never forgotten Athena, for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the tragedy of her having such an unfairly short amount of time on this...
by Mary DeRosa | Jan 25, 2016 | Gratitude, Resistance
Today is one of those days where nothing is really working. And when that happens, I generally go to my impressive (or actually obscenely large) collection of self help books, CDs, downloads, widgets, gadgets and cards and pluck something that I think is going to help...
by Mary DeRosa | Jan 21, 2016 | Creativity, Gratitude, Rejection
I confess, I am a sucker for talent shows. Okay, so they’re cheesy, overproduced and hosted by vapid mannequins with serious self tanning issues. But I can’t help it. Every time I see one of the hopeful contestants take the stage, I am drawn in. Not...
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