good thots

It is your prime responsibility to acquire useful knowledge from others and to apply it appropriately. You don't have to reinvent the wheel, but you do have to learn from those who did."

~Gary Ryan Blair

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It is often an unpleasant experience for a parent, but a child must be allowed to experience the consequences for his actions and decisions. Whenever you intervene, you rob him of taking personal responsibility for his life, and you hinder the shaping of his personality."

~Mac Anderson and Lance Wubbels
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LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
--Jean Anouilh
LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

People will exercise great effort and creativity to make
our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort
and creativity to make your plan fail.
--Bob Klas
INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

Action is worry's worst enemy.
--American proverb

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Be a winner, not a whiner

The world is full of winners as well as whiners. You can spot the winners easily. They always have a smile on the face, confidence in their walk, and an infectious laughter when they talk. You find yourself automatically gravitating towards the winners of the world.

And then there are the whiners. They are also easy to spot. Their face shows a lifetime of worry, as if God has left them in charge of countless universes. There is sadness in their eyes and it would seem that they are allergic to happiness.

If you ask the winner, "How are you," he will say, "Wonderful" even though there may be dozens of challenges in his life. If you ask the whiner the same question, he will tell you his tales of woe although he may not be facing any substantial problem.

The difference between winners and whiners lies primarily in their diametrically opposite attitudes. The winners are not necessarily the wealthy and the popular ones; they are the ones with a sunny outlook on life. The winner is always mindful of all he has in life, whereas the whiner is too busy looking at what 'he could have had' and 'what could have been.'

The whiner attributes every problem and shortcoming to someone else while the winner takes responsibility for his own actions. He is gracious enough to give others due credit, while accepting his own imperfections.

Be a winner, not a whiner.
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