People think that life is HARD. Maybe it is. But we should be thankful that life is hard. I want to repeat a story that I heard many years ago about a young man (late 20’s – early 30’s) who…
Author: Ken Koenen
Ken is a Tax Attorney licensed in Arizona and California. He is a fiscal conservative and a social moderate, unhappy with the lack of common sense in the United States today.
Positive Thought for the Week of February 24, 2020
Today the word is “Gratitude.” We should all be thankful for what we have, even if it is not everything we want. Jim Rohn said that we should be grateful for what we have while in pursuit of what we…
Positive Thought for the Week of February 17, 2020
You may or may not have noticed that over the past few weeks I have made my thoughts around the letters in the alphabet. There was Ants, Building, Control, Deceived and Education. I can’t wait for the weeks containing X…
Positive Thought for the Week of February 10, 2020
Education is your ticket to freedom This is so very true. Education is something that no one can ever take away from you. However, some do not emphasize the importance to their children, or to themselves. Furthermore, education is something…
Positive Thought for the Week of February 3, 2020
Don’t be deceived by what you think you perceived. I am going to tell a little true story that happened to me, which will illustrate what I mean. Make sure that you read all the way to the end. Many…
Positive Though for the Week of January 27, 2020
Don’t let other people control your life and emotions. A guy was driving down the street, when suddenly someone pulls out of a driveway and causes him to brake in order to avoid hitting the other car. The other car…
Positive Thought for the Week of January 20, 2020
How do you get the tallest building in town? There are positive and negative ways to do that. The positive way is to get to work and build a building taller than those that already exist. That takes work and…
Positive Thoughts for the Week of January 13, 2020
The Ant Philosophy: This is a great one to share with your children or grandchildren. 1. Ants NEVER quit. If you put something in their way, they will find another way to get to where they are going. 2. Ants…
Positive Thought for the Week of January 6, 2020
You can catch more bees with honey than with vinegar. What a simple saying. I remember when I was a kid living in Santa Maria, California, I had a newspaper route (when is was safe for kids to have one).…
Positive Quotes for the Week of December 30, 2010
Of all sounds of all bells, the most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the old year. I have never heard it without a gathering up of my mind to a concentration of all the images of…