Singer/songwriter and Motivational Speaker Catherine Graham begins a conversation about losing and then finding her passion which will get you thinking about the question… what’s your passion and have you lost it?

Many of you will already know the classic, Bye Bye American Pie, sung by Don McLean.  The song is about three of history’s greats, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper.  Buddy Holly at the time was Don McLean’s hero, and hence, why Don wrote, “the day the music died“.

I, too, had a very similar experience.  In February, 1999, after a long battle with lung cancer, my father passed away.  I was only sixteen at the time……

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THE CHOICE IS YOURS

Patrick Mathieu, Author, Life Coach, Speaker

When something happens, the outcome is either positive or negative, right? Well, I maintain that outcomes depend entirely on your choice!

We create our realities by virtue of the meanings we assign to the happenings in our lives.  The cliché is that some people see the glass as half full and some see the same glass as half empty.  Even though that metaphor has been used over and over again, it still points to the fact that a half-glass of something has no inherent meaning until someone looks at it and decides whether it will have a positive or a negative impact on their frame of mind. We always have a choice.

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