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You Hold the Power

Note to Self ChroniclesBy tonybrigmon July 10, 2025

You Hold the Power: You create your own heartbreak when you demand more from life than it’s ready to give—but you hold the power to heal it by celebrating the abundance already flowing through your days.

The Birthday Secret

Note to Self ChroniclesBy tonybrigmon July 9, 2025

The Birthday Secret: If you practice gratitude every day, will you likely have more birthdays? Probably. Plus, you’ll live happier, so why not try it? What do you have to be grateful for?

Happy Thoughts Return: Spread Kindness, Feel Joy

By tonybrigmon January 19, 2025

Happy Thoughts Return—Sending kind thoughts like, ‘I wish you well. May you be happy,’ fills YOU with a sense of happiness and wellness. Happy Day!

Blessing Perspective: Appreciate What You Don’t Have

By tonybrigmon January 18, 2025

Blessing Perspective: Some of the best things you have right now are the things you don’t. Remember this when counting your blessings today!

Math of Happiness: Add the Good, Recalculate Your Joy

By tonybrigmon January 11, 2025

Math of Happiness: If you think WHAT’S BAD > WHAT’S GOOD, you’ve got an ADDITION problem! Recalculate—add ALL the GOOD, and watch your total soar!

Gratitude and Snacks: A Simple Recipe for a Good Day

By tonybrigmon June 7, 2023

Gratitude and Snacks: How to have a really good day: Wake up, say ‘Thank You,’ then bribe the universe with snacks—because who can resist gratitude and cookies?

Why Not Today? Find the Good and Say Thanks

By tonybrigmon September 6, 2019

Why Not Today? My name is Tony. Tony spelled backward is YNOT—as in YNOT name three things that were good about today and say, ‘Thank You!’

Cool Kids Say Thanks: The Power of Gratitude in Kids

By tonybrigmon August 2, 2019

Cool Kids Say Thanks: There’s something unmistakably cool about a child who has been taught to say ‘Thank you.’

Embrace the Get-To: Transform Tasks into Opportunities

By tonybrigmon July 16, 2019

Embrace the Get-To: Change have to to get to—it transforms chores into exciting opportunities. I get to do the dishes? Wow!

Yesterday’s Paradox: Best or Worst of Today?

By tonybrigmon June 19, 2019

Yesterday’s Paradox: Sometimes, the best of yesterday is the worst of today—YAY! Sometimes, the worst of yesterday is the best of today—PRAY!

Choose Joy, Not Fear: Blessings Over Worries

By tonybrigmon May 23, 2019

Choose Joy, Not Fear — Counting your blessings gives you a better return than hoarding your worries—I’ve done the math!