Luminous Inspirations

  Happy terrific Thursday. Our positive quote of the day states: “It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets,” by Wilma Rudolph. Our start in life isn’t nearly as important as our journey through life....

  Happy wise Wednesday. Our positive quote of the day states: “I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them,” by Madam C. J. Walker. Sometimes opportunities knock and at other times we need...

  Happy thought provoking Tuesday. Our positive quote of the day states: “People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead,” by James Baldwin. We can’t blame others for what we do or don’t do....

  Happy meaningful Monday. Our positive quote of the day states: “Walk away from friendships that make you feel small and insecure, and seek out people who inspire you and support you,” by Michelle Obama. We should surround ourselves with people who bring out the best in us. Those individuals who encourage and motivate us...

  Happy spiritual Sunday. Our positive quote of the day states: “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it,” by Dr. Maya Angelou. Life presents us with many different challenges and losses. 2020 presented monumental changes in our thinking, how we interacted, traveled and shopped. Yet,...

  Happy soaring Saturday. Our positive quote of the day states: "None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots,” by Thurgood...

  Happy final frontier Friday. Our positive quote of the day states: “Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster,” by Avery...

  Happy thankful Thursday. Our positive quote of the day states: “Greatness can be captured in one word: lifestyle. Life is God's gift to you, style is what you make of it,” by Dr. Mae Jemison. Our lives are a gift from God, how we live our lives are our gifts to the world. Our...

  Happy wise Wednesday. Our positive quote of the day states: “Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don't just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It's a daily struggle,” by...

  Happy thought provoking Tuesday. Our positive quote of the day states: “i am me. I don’t have a choice.,” by Queen Latifah. Life presents us with the opportunity to be ourselves. To be silly, courageous, caring, articulate, shy, hopeful, determined, or lackluster. We get to blaze our own trails, climb our mountains or sit...

  Happy President’s Day. Our positive quote of the day states: “Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others,” by Rosa Parks. We don’t live on an isolated island where we are the only ones affected by our deeds and actions. What we say and do matters because there...

Happy Valentine’s Day. Our positive quote of the day states: “For me, it’s a question of the way we pursue our creative dreams. There is something in our culture that says your dream or the thing you’re pursuing has to happen immediately and all at once, and that is destructive to the creative spirit,” by...

  Happy soaring Saturday. Our positive quote of the day states: “If I can create the minimum of my plans and desires, there shall be no regrets,” by Bessie Coleman. Our plans and dreams can go astray. It becomes our responsibility to get them back on track. Nothing can stop those who are determined, motivated...

  Happy fantastic Friday. Our positive quote of the day states: “I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody,” by Patti LaBelle. Trying to prove something to others is a waste of our energy, time and resources. There will also be people who don’t think we’re successful, beautiful, talented, caring or...

  Happy think through it Thursday. Our positive quote of the day states: ““Dig up all the information you can, then go with your instincts,” by Colin Powell. Share and listen to trusted confidants, research and do our due diligence to understand the issues. At the end of the day, the best tool we have to...