Welcome to Our Enjoy Life Community

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This is a really amazing day.  A day that something exciting is taking place... a PROACTIVE, solution-based event. Today we are installing a visual reminder to enjoy life... our Welcome to Our Enjoy Life Community sign in Port Jefferson Station…

Are You Ready to Change?

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Something I’ve identified in my lifetime doing quality improvement and providing education to different groups of people regarding life situations (for example, I recently have been lecturing on diabetes prevention) is the concept of forever…

2015 – Whatcha Gonna Do With It?

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As I sit here on New Year’s Day eating a piece of leftover coffee cake (thank you to Carmela), I reflect on the pressure we find ourselves in to set “resolutions”. On New Year’s we feel obligated to “start over”, to reflect on…

Responsibility and Our Own Actions

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With the risk of making people angry at me, I felt compelled to write this article.  It’s not intended to insult anyone but to make people THINK on their own and to stop casting blame.  Guess what?  WE are part of every situation and…

The Enjoy Life Community™ Project

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I was privileged this past week to have our Enjoy Life Community™ committee and members of the Time to Play Foundation's Business Advisory Board attend the Town of Brookhaven's Board meeting to announce the Enjoy Life Community™ Project.…

The effects of inconsiderate behavior on others

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Look around.  It’s everywhere.  I like to learn and observe.  It’s how I understand things and how I grow.  Over and over again I have become more aware of examples of behaviors that completely adversely affect others.  I truly believe,…

Inspire Someone

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  The articles I have written for the past months have all centered on how to empower yourself and how to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move forward, no matter what the situation.  Usually I base these articles on some type…

You can run but you can’t hide

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This quote, "You can run but you can't hide", attributed to Joe Lewis, American Heavyweight Boxer, popped into my mind the other day.  It can’t be more true. As I sit here writing this, I think about the dentist appointment I’ve been putting…

I Can't Do It

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How many times have you said “I CAN’T”.  How many times have you heard others say “I CAN’T”. I believe that these two words used together should be banished from our vocabulary, as well as from our minds. As a student of everyday…