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Greatest Lessons in Life

May we never let the things we can't have, or don't have, or shouldn't have, spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have. As we value our happiness, let us not forget it, for one of the greatest lessons in life is learning to be happy without the things we cannot or should not have.

- Richard L. Evans

Obstacles

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

- Orison Swett Marden

Love

Direct All Your Thoughts In The Positive & Right Direction

The method to finish waste thoughts is to deal with the mind with love. When there are waste thoughts in the mind which one tries to stop, it becomes difficult to do that. There is discomfort and difficulty experienced. On the other hand, when the mind is taught to take the right direction with love, there is a quick and dramatic change. When we learn the art of speaking to our mind with love, we are able to free ourselves from waste thoughts without any feelings of suppression. Concentration too becomes easy and all thoughts are directed towards the right direction.

- Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

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Good Wishes and Pure Feelings

Good wishes and pure feelings bring easy success while working at a task. If there are good feelings for both the task and the one who is carrying out the task, then the result attained by those feelings is automatically special. The feeling of giving love and cooperation, no matter what anyone is like gives good wishes and pure feelings. There is a deep impact of such good feelings which transforms others too. When we are able to maintain our own good feelings for others, we are able to enjoy the fruit of our pure thoughts. We are not disturbed by temporary clashes that we have because of the different nature of the persons we are working with, but enjoy working together. So there are also good feelings from the other person too and there is easy success experienced.

- Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Wild Expectations

Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations.

- Ralph Charell: Great Sayings

Change is Good... You Go First

The Truth

Some of us have emerged from the most painful circumstances with strong insights about who we are and what we want. Our mistakes? Necessary. Our frustrations, failures, and sometimes stumbling attempts at growth and progress? Necessary too. Each step of the way, we learned. We went through exactly the experiences we need to, to become who we are today. Each step of the way, we progressed. Is our past a mistake? No. The only mistake we can make is mistaking that for the truth.

Understanding

Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

- Tao Te Ching

The Future

The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age Are petrified forever.

- James Russell Lowell

A Second You Can't Get Back

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts. You'll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you'll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back.

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Ways to Self-Nuture You

1. Be Grateful (Keep a Gratitude Journal . . . write down 5 things you are grateful for each day)

2. Practice Relaxation Techniques/Relaxation Therapy

3. Surround Yourself with Positive People (Choose people who help you grow and thrive, Re-connect with loved ones with whom you've lost touch)

4. Practice Kindness and Compassion (Remember to help and pray for others)

5. Give Praise and Let Go of Criticism

6. Visualize (Choose where you want to be vs. where you are for your visualizations)

7. Do Not Complain (Learn to let it go)

Hope Blooms

When flowers bloom,
so does hope.

- Lady Bird Johnson

Project Images

People who point there fingers at others, should listen more to people who point there fingers up and around. The difference between the two, is that pointing around makes you know all around you. Pointing at someone else, is just desperately trying to project images of your believes to others.

- Frederik Kerling

Doing Somethings

Stress will only increase with your permission.
If you desire more of it, do nothing.
If you desire less of it, do something.
If you've been doing nothing,
doing something means everything!

- Debra Costanzo

Action

Action that is inspired from aligned thought is joyful action. Action that is offered from a place of contridicted thought is hard work that is not satisfying and does not yield good results. When you really feel like jumping into action, that is a clear sign that your vibration is pure and you are not offering contridicting thoughts to your own desire. When you are having a hard time making yourself do something, or when the action you offer does not produce the results you are seeking, it is always because you are offering thoughts in opposition to your desire.

- Esther Hicks

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A Fresh Meaning

The mistake we make is to turn upon our past with
angry wholesale negation … The way of wisdom is to
treat it airily, lightly, wantonly, and in a spirit of poetry;
and above all to use its symbols, which are its spiritual
essence, giving them a new connotation, a fresh
meaning.

- John Cowper Powys

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Native American Saying

Day and night cannot dwell together. Your religion was written on tables of stone, ours was written on our hearts.

- Chief Seattle, Duwamish-Suquamish

Path of Purpose

Create a lifelong closeness with your children by:

Encouraging their uniqueness and
setting them on the path of purpose
from the start.

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Self-Respect

Nobody can take away your self-respect till you are willing to do so.

Interest and Commitment

There’s a difference between interest and commitment.
When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit.
When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.
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I Make the Best of This Moment

The most important choice we make every day is whether we'll be happy or disgruntled about the life we live. Whatever we do, we always have that choice.

Even the person working for a minimum wage at a fast food place has a choice about whether to enjoy her work and treat customers with a smile and a joyful presentation, or to be grumpy and begrudge every moment spent at the low paying job.

While the low paying job is a fact, the attitude we choose is a variable. We can choose to enjoy the moment -- even though looking forward to a "better" day and a better job -- and make the best of what we have at the moment.

EXCERPTED FROM the InnerSelf.com article:
Enjoying All That Is
by Marie T. Russell.

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Life is Defined

Life is defined more by its risks than by its samenesses.

- Mary Anne Radmacher

We tell the real truth of our life by the stories we repeatedly tell.

When families gather around a holiday tale, what are the stories that are told? That lengthy tale that engages everyone’s attention and has each listener wondering, “What next?” We take great joy and satisfaction in the ways we have faced the storms of our lives. Often in the storm we embrace the most significant lessons. Those are the defining narratives we find ways to repeat. What story might you tell today?

Empowering Visualization

Positive Energy

People with positive energy are determined to do their best, and to see the best in the world around them. People with positive energy don’t focus on "should have" or idealized, perfect expectations that are impossible to live up to. People with positive energy have an open heart and a sense of humor. People with positive energy don't care about being popular or keeping up with the Jones's – and they stay in touch with their hearts and souls. People with positive energy achieve their goals.

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Divine Nature

On the basis of the belief that all human beings share the same
divine nature, we have a very strong ground, a very powerful
reason, to believe that it is possible for each of us to develop
a genuine sense of equanimity toward all beings.

Blessings

There are so many others who unfortunately are not privileged enough to have the wonderful blessings that we have in our life.

Making a Difference

If each drop of water in the ocean contributes to making a difference, imagine how much you can contribute to making a difference in this world? If you are seeking inspiration to contribute to this world, this is the right time to start.

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Expect People

Expect people to be better than they are,
It helps them to become better.
But don't be disappointed when they are not;
It helps them to keep trying.

- Merry Browne

Find A Way to Prevail

There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, "We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail."

- Jim Collins, from his book, Good to Great

Pearl Fryar's Topiary Garden

The inspiring story of Pearl Fryar and his dream to make a positive impact on the world. He knew nothing about gardening but it was this lack of knowledge that proved his success.

Success

Your Success is defined only by you and not by others.
It is about being satisfied with yorself,
You are successful only when you feel successful,
Not when others feel that way.
So, Impress Yourself!

Puppies Behind Bars

Hope

Hope

Hope is with you when you believe
The earth is not a dream but living flesh,
that sight, touch, and hearing do not lie,
That all thing you have ever seen here
Are like a garden looked at from a gate.
You cannot enter. But you're sure it's there.

Could we but look more clearly and wisely
We might discover somewhere in the garden
A strange new flower and an unnamed star.

Some people say that we should not trust our eyes,
That there is nothing, just a seeming,
There are the ones who have no hope.

They think the moment we turn away,
The world, behind our backs, ceases to exist,
As if snatched up by the hand of thieves.

- Czeslaw Milosz

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Any Dark Time

In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not focus on that. Do not make yourself ill with overwhelm. There is a tendency to fall into being weakened by perseverating on what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus there. That is spending the wind without raising the sails.

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Kindness

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Inspire

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and your discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

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Rocky Balboa's inspirational speech to his son.

Happiness

You do not need anyone or anything to be happy. If you have a simple heart you possess all the ingredients needed for the wonderful emotion and feeling which is elation So let go of all the tentacles of worry, anguish and sorrow and let your heart sing like the nightingale. You will be surprised that you really needed only your own self all the time to be eternally happy and satisfied because you realise that under the false wrappings of social conduct you truly are a simple childlike person with a sincere and faithful heart which sees only good in everyone and everything.

Life

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
and things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art; to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Communication

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing.
If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part
of your life.

- Brian Tracy

Are Your Feelings Bottled Up

While some of us wear our emotions on our sleeve, others keep feelings bottled up for decades. Strike a balance. If you are suffering with unexpressed frustration or grief, let the tears flow. Then find a friend to laugh with. Laughter, however artificial it feels, lightens the saddest moments and bonds us to family and friends.

Life

The beauty of facing life unprepared is tremendous. Then life has a newness, a youth; then life has a flow and freshness. Then life has so many surprises. And when life has so many surprises, boredom never settles in you.

- Osho

Direction

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

~ Jim Rohn

One Way to Motivate Yourself

Sometimes just getting away from you work and taking a walk can be very effective. It refreshes your mind and helps you get clarity on issues at hand.

Every Thought has a Frequency

About the World

Whosoever wishes to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.

Knowledge is not intelligence.
In searching for the truth be ready for the unexpected.
Change alone is unchanging.
The same road goes both up and down.
The beginning of a circle is also its end.
Not I, but the world says it: all is one.
And yet everything comes in season.

- Heraklietos of Ephesos