Positive Thoughts++++++++++++++

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Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made; remade all the time, made new. --Ursula K. LeGuin

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

Enthusiasm is the fly-wheel which carries your saw through the knots in the log. --Dr. Harvey Cushing

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

Fences are made for those who cannot fly. --Elbert Hubbard

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The lover heals the world not by a vague and abstract love for everybody and everything, but by becoming passionate and vowing fidelity to concrete relationships, persons, institutions, and places. --Sam Keen

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The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures. --Warren G. Bennis

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Latent abilities are like clay. It can be mud on shoes, brick in a building or a statue that will inspire all who see it. The clay is the same. The result is dependent on how it is used. --James F. Lincoln

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Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other. --Euripides, Orestes

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In all things, be willing to listen to people around you. None of us is really smart enough to go it alone. --John Clendenin

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One good wish changes nothing.One good decision changes everything.

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Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting forthe other person to die. -Carrie Fisher

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The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. -Muhammad Ali

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one'scourage. -Anais Nin

STAY POSITIVE!

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Nobody sees a flower--really--it is so small it takes time--we haven't time--and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. --Georgia O'Keeffe

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Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought. --Karl Jaspers

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Men are like wine; some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. --Pope John XXII

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You have your pencil. You have your colors. You paint paradise and live there.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

THE BEST PART OF LIFE is not just surviving, but thriving-
With passion and compassion
And humor and style,
And generosity and kindness.
-Maya Angelou

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To gain access to the tremendous knowledge of your higher spirit,
You must quiet the mind that thinks, and go to the part that knows.

To My Friends
--Anonymous

I have a list of folks I know......all written in a book,
and every now and then......I go and take a look.

That is when I realize these names......they are a part,
not of the book they're written in......but taken from the heart.

For each name stands for someone......who has crossed my path sometime,
and in that meeting they have become......the reason and the rhyme.

Although it sounds fantastic......for me to make this claim,
I really am composed......of each remembered name.

Although you're not aware......of any special link,just knowing you,
has shaped my life......more than you could think.

So please don't think my greeting......as just a mere routine,
your name was not......forgotten in between.

For when I send a greeting......that is addressed to you,
it is because you're on the list......of folks I'm indebted to.

So whether I have known you......for many days or few,
in some ways you have a part......in shaping things I do.

I am but a total......of many folks I've met,
you are a friend I would prefer......never to forget.


Everything I need to know about life,
I learned from Noah's Ark...
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
1. Don't miss the boat.
2. Remember that we are all in the same boat.
3. Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.
4. Stay fit. When you're 600 years old, someone may
ask you to do something really big.
5. Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that
needs to be done.
6. Build your future on high ground.
7. For safety's sake, travel in pairs.
8. Speed isn't always an advantage.
The snails were on board with the cheetahs.
9. When you're stressed, float a while.
10.Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs;
the Titanic was built by professionals.

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A dream that I dream alone is but only a dream. But a dream that we dream together is reality. --Raul Seixas

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First you fuel the desire, then the desire will fuel you.--Napoleon Hill, Author "Think and Grow Rich"

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Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.--Brian Tracy

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If you can't return a favor, pass it on.--Louise Brown

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Keep company with those who make you better.--English Proverb

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How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and, keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to know what really matters most.--Stephen Covey

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There's nothing more important in life, than the people you meet along the way.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

Leaders who walk their talk will never lack for resources to get the job done.

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In the end each of us will be judged by our standard of life, not our standard of living.

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You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it. -Samuel Johnson

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Optimism is a kind of heart stimulus--the digitalis of failure. -Elbert Hubbard

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Life is the flower for which love is the honey. --Victor Hugo

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Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. --George E. Woodberry

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Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for? --Robert Browning

To a Child Love Is Spelled T~I~M~E
by Lance Wubbels


In the faint light of the attic, an old man, tall and stooped, bent his great frame and made his way to a stack of boxes that sat near one of the little half-windows. Brushing aside a wisp of cobwebs, he tilted the top box toward the light and began to carefully lift out one old photograph album after another. Eyes once bright but now dim searched longingly for the source that had drawn him here.It began with the fond recollection of the love of his life, long gone, and somewhere in these albums was a photo of her he hoped to rediscover. Silent as a mouse, he patiently opened the long-buried treasures and soon was lost in a sea of memories. Although his world had not stopped spinning when his wife left it, the past was more alive in his heart than his present aloneness.

Setting aside one of the dusty albums, he pulled from the box what appeared to be a journal from his grown son's childhood. He could not recall ever having seen it before, or that his son had ever kept a journal. Why did Elizabeth always save the children's old junk? he wondered, shaking his white head.Opening the yellowed pages, he glanced over a short entry, and his lips curved in an unconscious smile. Even his eyes brightened as he read the words that spoke clear and sweet to his soul. It was the voice of the little boy who had grown up far too fast in this very house, and whose voice had grown fainter and fainter over the years. In the utter silence of the attic, the words of a guileless six-year-old worked their magic and carried the old man back to a time almost totally forgotten.Entry after entry stirred a sentimental hunger in his heart like the longing a gardener feels in the winter for the fragrance of spring flowers. But it was accompanied by the painful memory that his son's simple recollections of those days were far different from his own. But how different?

Reminded that he had kept a daily journal of his business activities over the years, he closed his son's journal and turned to leave, having forgotten the cherished photo that originally triggered his search. Hunched over to keep from bumping his head on the rafters, the old man stepped to the wooden stairway and made his descent, then headed down a carpeted stairway that led to the den.Opening a glass cabinet door, he reached in and pulled out an old business journal. Turning, he sat down at his desk and placed the two journals beside each other. His was leather bound and engraved neatly with his name in gold, while his son's was tattered and the name "Jimmy" had been nearly scuffed from its surface. He ran a long skinny finger over the letters, as though he could restore what had been worn away with time and use.As he opened his journal, the old man's eyes fell upon an inscription that stood out because it was so brief in comparison to other days.

In his own neat handwriting were these words:Wasted the whole day fishing with Jimmy. Didn't catch a thing.With a deep sigh and a shaking hand, he took Jimmy's journal and found the boy's entry for the same day, June 4. Large scrawling letters pressed deeply in the paper read:Went fishing with my dad. Best day of my life.

"A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different, because I was important in the life of a child." --Forest

some positive thoughts june 2007

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. --James Russell Lowell

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

You can increase your brain power three- to fivefold simply by laughing and having fun before working on a problem. --Doug Hall

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle. --Norman Vincent Peale

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I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved. --George Eliot

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One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an
emergency. --Arnold H. Glasow

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

He who waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner. --Benjamin Franklin

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Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results. --Stephen Covey

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Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artfulleadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice. --Max DePree

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. --Harriet Braiker


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A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was,
the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove.but, the world may
be different because I was important in the life of a child.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

I've never known anyone who, on their deathbed said.
I wish I had spent more time at the office.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

Tomorrow never comes and yesterday never comes back, so live today
to it's fullest so that your yesterdays will be remembered with happiness
and your tomorrows will be full of brightness and hope.- Nick Smith

its a beau world of words

From www.PeaceBecomesMe.com

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit

After you've done a thing the same way for two years, look it over carefully. After five years, look at it with suspicion. And after ten years, throw it away and start all over. ~Alfred Edward Perlman

Change always comes bearing gifts. ~Price Pritchett

The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one. ~William H. Seward

When you are through changing, you are through. ~Bruce Barton

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in raveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place. ~Washington Irving

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. ~Confucius

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. ~John Kenneth Galbraith

Stubborness does have its helpful features. You always know what you are going to be thinking tomorrow. ~Glen Beaman

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble. ~Henry Miller

Growth is the only evidence of life. ~John Henry Newman, Apologia pro vita sua, 1864
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. ~Anatole France

Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed. ~Irene Peter

Life is its own journey, presupposes its own change and movement, and one tries to arrest them at one's eternal peril. ~Laurens van der Post

Time, which changes people, does not alter the
image we have retained of them. ~Marcel Proust

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change. ~John A. Simone.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. ~Shunryu Suzuki

You can avoid having ulcers by adapting to the situation: If you fall in the mud puddle, check your pockets for fish. ~ Unknown

We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. ~Lynn Hall

No two men ever judged alike of the same thing, and it is impossible to find two opinions exactly similar, not only in different men but in the same men at different times. ~Michel Montaigne

People don't change. Only their costumes do. ~Gene Moore

The birds are molting. If only man could molt also — his mind once a year its errors, his heart once a year its useless passions. ~James Allen

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. ~Ellen Glasgow

If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself there you have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing. ~Saint Augustine

What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want. ~Mignon McLaughlin

Those who expect moments of change to be comfortable and free of conflict have not learned their history. ~Joan Wallach Scott

The wheel of change moves on, and those who were down go up and those who were up go down. ~Jawaharlal Nehru

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. ~Harold Wilson

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. ~Pauline R. Kezer

A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea. ~John Ciardi

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. ~Harrison Ford

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. ~Francis Bacon, "On Innovation," Essays, 1597

If you want to truly understand something, try to change it. ~Kurt Lewin

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. ~Francis Bacon

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change. ~Mignon McLaughlin

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. ~Author unknown, commonly misattributed to Charles Darwin

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. ~Victor Frankl

If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies. ~Author Unknown

making the most of what you have

Making The Most Of What You Have
On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.
f you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was stricken with polio as a child, and so he has braces on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches. To see him walk across the stage one step at a time, painfully and slowly, is an awesome sight. He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chair. Then he sits down, slowly, puts his crutches on the floor, undoes the clasps on his legs, tucks one foot back and extends the other foot forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor and proceeds to play.
By now, the audience is used to this ritual. They sit quietly while he makes his way across the stage to his chair. They remain reverently silent while he undoes the clasps on his legs. They wait until he is ready to play.
But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear it snap - it went off like gunfire across the room.
There was no mistaking what that sound meant. There was no mistaking what he had to do. We figured that he would have to get up, put on the clasps again, pick up the crutches and limp his way off stage - to either find another violin or else find another string for this one.
But he didn't. Instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again. The orchestra began, and he played from where he had left off. And he played with such passion and such power and such purity as they had never heard before.
Of course, anyone knows that it is impossible to play a symphonic work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, but that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that.
You could see him modulating, changing, re-composing the piece in his head. At one point, it sounded like he was de-tuning the strings to get new sounds from them that they had never made before.
When he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room. And then people rose and cheered. There was an extraordinary outburst of applause from every corner of the auditorium. We were all on our feet, screaming and cheering, doing everything we could to show how much we appreciated what he had done.
He smiled, wiped the sweat from this brow, raised his bow to quiet us, and then he said - not boastfully, but in a quiet, pensive, reverent tone - "You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left."
What a powerful line that is. It has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it. And who knows? Perhaps that is the definition of life - not just for artists but for all of us.
Here is a man who has prepared all his life to make music on a violin of four strings, who, all of a sudden, in the middle of a concert, finds himself with only three strings; so he makes music with three strings, and the music he made that night with just three strings was more beautiful, more sacred, more memorable, than any that he had ever made before, when he had four strings.
So, perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.
This story was so impressive to me that I wanted to share it with all of you!

QUOTE FOR 18.4.07

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Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation, kindness and caring - quite often the hard way. And that someone need not be perfect for you to love them.--Pamela Dugdale

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No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things. --Channing Pollock

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A possibility was born the day you were born and it will live as long as you live. --Marcus Solero

QUOTE FOR 16.4.07

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No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence. --George Eliot
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The Law of Win/Win says, "Let's not do it your way or my way; let's do it the best way.--Greg Anderson
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The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. --George Eliot

quote for 15.4.07

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Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made; remade all the time, made new. --Ursula K. LeGuin

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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. --Winston Churchill

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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. --Will Rogers

quote for 15.4.07

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The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly. --Henry David Thoreau

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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. --Indira Gandhi

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An uninspired mind is a handicap we all can do something about. --James R. Ball

quote for 14.4.07

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To live is like to love--all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct is for it. --Samuel Butler

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It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier. Desiring is helpful, but work and desire are invincible. --Thomas Robert Gaines

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

Life's strict rule is this: You get more of what you focus on. Ignoring this, we abandon our healthiest, concentrative energies and court emotional upheaval. --Marsha Sinetar

quote for 12.4.07

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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. --William James
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Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch. --E. M. Forster
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. --Helen

the dash that matters!!!!!

POSITIVE NEWS WEEKLY++++++++++++++++++++
The DashCopyright 1998 by Linda Ellis

I read of a reverend who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend.

He referred to the dates on her tombstone from the beginning...to the end.

He noted that first came the date of her birth and spoke of the following date with tears.

But he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time that she spent alive on earth.

And now only those who loved her know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not how much we own;the cars...the house...the cash.

What matters is how we live and love and how we spendour dash.

So think about this long and hard.Are there things you'd liketo change?

For you never know how much time is left. You could be at dash mid-range.

If we could just slow down enoughto consider what's true and realand always try to understand
the way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger and showappreciation more and love the people in our lives like we've never loved before.

If we treat each other with respectand more often wear a smile...remembering that this special dashmight only last a little while.

So when your eulogy's being read,with your life's actions to rehash,would you be proud of the things they say about how you spent your dash?

quote for 10.04.07

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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. --William James

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Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch. --E. M. Forster

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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. --Helen

positive thoughts

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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep. --H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work. --Booker T. Washington

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Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, thereare still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born. --Dale Turner

positive thoughts

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A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love. --Henri B. Stendhal

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week. --H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. --Paul Valery

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We judge others by their behavior but ourselves by our intentions.--Stephen Covey

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If you have the will to win, you have achieved half of your success.--Author Unknown

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Always give hundred percent, and you'll never have to second-guess yourself.--Author Unknown

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All Positive News, All the Time...News You Can Really Use!
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Love is the free exercise of choice. Two people love each other only when they are quite capable of living without each other but choose to live with each other. --M. Scott Peck

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Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does. --Harvey Mackay

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Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us. --William James

STAY POSITIVE!

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90% of love is appreciation. Let thoseyou love know how much you appreciate them... --MRP

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Success comes from two things having a goal and persisting until you achieveit... --MRP

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If you need inspiration look up into the night sky or into the eyes of another human, you'll see the same thing...eternity. --MRP

quote for the day

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Be happy in the moment, that's enough.Each moment is all we need, not more.--Mother Teresa

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Every start upon an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances seems sensible and likely to be successful.--Albert Schweitzer

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Be willing to launch in faith, with no guarantees of success. This is the mark of personal greatness.--Brian Tracy

quote for the day

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You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. --Buddha

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The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expecting to do - always reach.--Lee Iacocca

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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
--Samuel Johnson

quote for the day

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To live is like to love--all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct is for it. --Samuel Butler

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I like thinking of possibilities. At any time, an entirely new possibility is liable to come along and spin you off in an entirely new direction. The trick, I've learned, is to be awake to the moment. --Doug Hall

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He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. --Horace

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To live is like to love--all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct is for it. --Samuel Butler

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

I like thinking of possibilities. At any time, an entirely new possibility is liable to come along and spin you off in an entirely new direction. The trick, I've learned, is to be awake to the moment. --Doug Hall

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He who postpones the hour of living is like the rusticwho waits for the river to run out before he crosses. --Horace

quote for the day

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Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. --Samuel Johnson

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Latent abilities are like clay. It can be mud on shoes, brick in a building or a statue that will inspire all who see it. The clay is the same. The result is dependent on how it is used. --James F. Lincoln

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Reflect that life, like every other blessing, derives its value from its use alone. --Samuel Johnson

quote for the day

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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. --Norman Vincent Peale

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It's always too soon to quit! --Norman Vincent Peale

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Knowledge is the food of the soul. --Plato

quote for the day

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The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly. --Henry David Thoreau

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Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there. --Harvey Mackay

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This time, like all times, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

a poem by tawana williams

LORD, WHY ME?
I often asked the question, Lord why me?
You must have seen something in me, which I didn't see
I know that I was not a mistake, because mistakes you
never make
How much more of this hurt and shame, Lord, how much more
can I take?
You see, man looks at the outside, but you looked on the inside,
and made sure that my heart was pure
You gave me power, and the will to fight, and you knew that
I would endure
But it wasn't easy, there was always a struggle, because I
always had to fit in
And I learned real quick that trying to fit in, always lead to sin
The devil slipped in and packaged sin, and made it look real good
I did things for money and drugs, I never thought I would
I should've none better, and listened to my elders, but, I learned
a valuable lesson
I went through so much, and the Lord brought me out, because he
knew, that I would be a blessing
Who would've ever thought that you would use me as you do, to
change the many lives of others, but I thank you for the spirit that
gave to me, to help my sisters and brothers
Lord, you saved me just in the knick of time, when I thought that it
was the end
I shall never let those words come out of my mouth, Lord why me,
ever again
By: Tawana Williams© 2005

an inspirational story

Positive Hero+++++++++++
Unarmed BUT Dangerous
The eagle is so powerful that it can even soar above an approaching storm.
It catches the wind by the tail and then rides the air currents. It does not fear.
It does not panic.

It only watches and waits until just the right moment and then aligns itself with
the coming force of nature. Then it rides, glides, and soars. Now just imagine
that same eagle without wings...

Without its wings, the eagle would be powerless. It would not be able to soar
above the earth, and we would miss the sight of him in flight. It would starve.
Without its wings, this magnificent bird of prey would die.

Like that eagle, we have all been created to soar. With outstretched arms,
we wait for our chance to catch a wave and soar. But my story is a bit different.
I learned to fly, even without wings.

Where do you turn when pain destroys every dream you ever had? When every
door of hope has been shut to you? For every fighter who has ever stood alone,
one woman's life tells the story of victory dawning after the darkest night.

Tawana Williams was a victim of brutal medical negligence. Born without arms
and with impaired use of her legs. Her compelling life story reveals a will to
survive the anguish of physical defect and the shame of abuse and isolation.

Unable to fight with human hands, she fought in spirit, and yet lives to stand
through the grace and courage. This is why she likes to tell others that because
of her relationship with God, she considers herself "Un-armed but Dangerous! "

Born in Wilson, NC, in 1963, Tawana was trained as a baby to use her feet as
hands. She can do just about anything that someone with arms can do, even
braid hair and write a check.

The words "I can't" are not in Tawana Williams' vocabulary. Tawana will simply
tell you that if you decide to do something in your life, you can do it. She knows
this lesson because she lives it everyday of her life.

I pray that my story will encourage you to live without excuses and even if your
wings get broken, make the attempt to fly. I believe that if you will try, then you
will live. If you don't, then like the eagle without wings, your dreams will surely die.

Tawana is the author of two books, "I'm Different but I Can" and "Unarmed but
Dangerous," which was released in 2005. She is also a professional speaker,
artist, poet, and vocalist. Tawana captivates her audiences with her boldness
and her ability to do what others might think is impossible.

"My mission is to make a positive impact in the lives of people, primarily through my message of hope and inspiration. I want to assist them in achieving their highest potentials and goals by sharing my message of triumph." --Tawana Williams

To learn more about Tawana please visit her website http://www.tawanawilliams.com

quote for the day

Positive Thoughts++++++++++++++
LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. --Aristotle

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.--Marshal Ferdinand Foch

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Faith that the thing can be done is essentialto any great achievement. --Thomas N. Carrurther

quote for 12.03.07

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world. --Fairuza Balk
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. --Ken Blanchard
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

All Positive News, All the Time...News You Can Really Use!
LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
God created people to help each other but God created mothers only to love.--Alexender
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Remember it's easy to lose focus if you are not focused.--Author Unknown
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Don't expect a great day; make one

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Laughter is the one form of communication every culture can understand.--Author Unknown
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
There are two conditions in life: accept things as they exist, or accept responsibility for changing them. --Dr. Denis Waitley
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Life goes on. Keep the faith.--Author Unknown

quote for 13.3.07

All Positive News, All the Time...News You Can Really Use!
++++++++++++++Positive Thoughts++++++++++++++ LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:

The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.--Leo Tolstoy

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.--Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

Everything in this world was declared impossible before it was actually done.--Author Unknown

quote for 14.03.07

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:

Forget yourself and you will not be forgotten.--Author Unknown

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.

You're thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure - or you can learn from it.

So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can.
Because, remember that's where you'll find success.
--Thomas J. Watson

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.--Buddha

quote for 07.03.07

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by
the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.
--Unknown

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

Be proud of how far you have come, have faith as to how far you
can go. --Kyle Roberts

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

I live by this credo: Have a little laugh at life and look around you for
happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out
of unhappy situations. Even in your darkest moment, you usually can
find something to laugh about if you try hard enough. --Red Skelton

quote for 08.03.07

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Friendship is the greatest aspect of the world.--Kyle Roberts

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.--Mary Pickford

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. --Vesalius

quote for 12.03.07

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something. --Carl Sandburg

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

What I do today is important because I am paying a day of my life for it. What I accomplish must be worthwhile because the price is high. --Author Unknown

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.--Carlos Castaneda

QUOTE FOR 090307

All Positive News, All the Time...News You Can Really Use!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.--M. Kathleen Casey

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

Your future depends on many things , but mostly on you.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

Life is like riding a bike. It is impossible to maintain your balance while standing still. --Linda Brakeall

One Jar of Mayonnaise and 2 cups of coffee

One Jar of Mayonnaise and 2 cups of coffee.

When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours ina day isn't enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in frontof him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large andempty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He thenasked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas betweenthe golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. Theyagreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Ofcourse, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jarwas full. The students responded with an unanimous "yes."

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table andpoured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty spacebetween the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, "I want you torecognize that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important thingsour family, your children, your health, your friends and your favourite passionsnd if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house andyour car.The sand is everything else--the small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golfballs.

The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important toyou.

"Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out todinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house andfix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first--the things that reallymatter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffeerepresented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked.It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."Please share this with someone you care about...

DOES EVIL EXIST??????

Did God create everything that exists? Does evil exist? Did God create evil?

A University professor at a well known institution of higher learning challenged his students with this question: “Did God create everything that exists?”
A student bravely replied, “Yes he did!”
“God created everything?” The professor asked.
“Yes sir, he certainly did,” the student replied.
The professor answered, “If God created everything; then God created evil. And, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then we can assume God is evil.”
The student became quiet and did not answer the professor’s hypothetical definition. The professor, quite pleased with himself, boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Christian faith was a myth.
Another student raised his hand and said, “May I ask you a question, professor?”
“Of course”, replied the professor.
The student stood up and asked, “Professor, does cold exist?”
“What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?” The other students snickered at the young man’s question.
The young man replied, “In fact, sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-460 F) is the total absence of heat and all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat.”
The student continued, “Professor, does darkness exist?”
The professor responded, “Of course it does.”
The student replied, “Once again you are wrong, sir; darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact, we can use Newton’s prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn’t this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present.”
Finally the young man asked the professor, “Sir, does evil exist?”
Now uncertain, the professor responded, “Of course, as I have already said. We see it everyday. It is in the daily examples of man’s inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.”
To this the student replied, “Evil does not exist, sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold … a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God’s love present in his heart. It’s like the cold that comes when there is no heat, or the darkness that comes when there is no light.”
The professor sat down.
The young man’s name — Albert Einstein…
(Author unknown)

PROCRASTINATION

Have you ever thought about why you procrastinate? Years ago I discovered that my tendency to procrastinate had its roots in teenage rebellion against my mother! When I realized how little value that rebellion had for me as an adult, I could effectively change my behavior. Procrastination is a habit, and one that can be changed- if you are willing. If you have a big project or bigdream, procrastinating will just delay it forever and find you regretting the lack of action later.When I was working on my PhD dissertation, I found myself delaying for months because it was such as huge task. FinallyI made a deal with myself: I would work on it every morningfor 2 hours. Once I did that, I could do anything I wanted to for the rest of the day! What happened is I started getting involved with the project, working 5 to 7 hours a day on it, and the draftwas finished in 6 weeks.

1. Start by taking care of some of those small tasks right away.When you do, congratulate yourself. Go to the mirror and praiseyourself.

2. Create some affirmations for your new way to deal with things."It feels great to be taking care of things easily and quickly!"(Note- do not use the word procrastination in your affirmationsbecause that gives your subconscious mind the very image ofwhat you want to change.)

3. List a few "instant tasks." What are some immediate thingsyou could take care of?

4. If you're working on a big project that seems daunting, setaside a short block of time to work on it, say 15 - 30 minutes.Establish mini-deadlines.

5. Set priorities. What are the most important tasks that needto be accomplished? Write them down and schedule them.

6. Use the magic "if." I just can\'t, but IF I could, what would I do?On the days I didn\'t feel like working on my dissertation, I would do something mindless like typing up the book list or the table of contents.

7. Recognize any fears, breathe, and let them go.

8. Identify your most creative time during the day and schedulethat time for your project.

9. Ask yourself, "How will I feel in 5 years if I don\'t put energytoward this goal?"

10. Stop judging yourself for procrastinating. Accept yourself, evenwhen you are procrastinating. Then forgive yourself and get going!

Feel free to forward this to friends and family with our copyright intact.Have a great week-end and a joyful holiday season,Love and blessings, Patricia and RickP.S. Don\'t procrastinate- check out our great holiday specials!My book with screensaver at no extra cost, discounts on our mostpopular products, and more..... go to:http://www.heartinspired.com/HS.htm© Heart Inspired Presentations, 2006http://www.heartinspired.comInspiring people the world over to a higher levelof thinking about who they are, what they\'ve got,and how to have a more powerful positive impacton the world around them.Patricia Crane, Ph.D. and Rick NicholsHeart Inspired PresentationsPO Box 1081, Bonsall, CA 92003 USA800-969-4584 or 760-728-8783If you no longer wish to receive communication from us:http://autocontactor.com/app/r.asp?ID\u003d34998200&ARID\u003d0To update your contact information:http://autocontactor.com/app/r.asp?c\u003d1&ID\u003d34998200",0]
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quote for the day

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
All of us need to grow continuously in our lives. --Les Brown
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. --Dale Carnegie
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. --Les Brown

quote for the day

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
All of us need to grow continuously in our lives. --Les Brown
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. --Dale Carnegie
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. --Les Brown

quote for the day

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? --Richard Bach
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. --Les Brown
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams. --Les Brown

quote for the day

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
It's no accident, that when you look closely into the eyes of another, the very first thing you see, is yourself.
That when you hold their hand, you can feel your own warmth. And that when you give of yourself, you give to yourself.
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Many a one has succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat, he would never have known any great victory. --Orison Sweet Marden
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
You can't think your way into acting positively, but you can act your way into thinking positively. --Nido

quote for the day

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Love begins on the inside.--Uknown
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
To lead a symphony, You must turn your back on the crowd.--Unknown
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
It's all right letting yourself go, As long as you can get yourself back.--Mick Jagger

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
To watch is not to love.--Carl Jung
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Don't find fault, find a remedy.--- Henry Ford
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Life goes on. Keep the faith.--Author Unknown

quote for a day

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Assuming that just because you can hear, you can listen...Is like assuming that just because you can see, you can read...--Dr. Tony Alessandra
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
There is no education like adversity.--Benjamin Disraeli
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Don't expect a great day; create one.--Author Unknown

quote for the day

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
The worst prison would be a closed heart.--Pope John Paul II
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
No other success can compensate for failure in the home. --David O. McKay
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
A solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. --Maya Angelou

quote for the day

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
If you have love in your life, you have life. --Bernhard Goetz
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
I better love what I do or else I'm the kind of person who would say, I'm out of here. --Kate Hudson
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. --Norman Ralph Augustine

daily positive quotes

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Love must have wings to fly away from love, and to fly back again. --Edwin A. Robinson
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. --Arnold H. Glasow
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

meaning n fulfillment in yr job

Most people want meaning and fulfillment in their work, not just a 9:-5: job that pays the bills. If your heart is longing for a new career, read these tips and put them into action!

1. Be happy with who you are where you are right now. Practice feeling as though you are in your ideal work wherever you are right now. Don't wait to be happy or accept yourself "until... ' you lose he weight, meet the right partner, get the great job. The time is NOW.

2. Practice living your life purpose right now. What are the values you live by, no matter where you go? Express those!

3. Identify your important past accomplishments, starting from your earliest memories. What's important about them today?

4. Identify your unique skills and abilities and favorite activities. Make a list- brag on yourself! Ask your friends what they see as your skills and abilities. Notice what you do easily. What do others ask you to do?

5. Focus on what excites you, what you feel passionate about. What do you want to share with others? What is your mission?

6. Synthesize and converge. Bring together 3, 4, and 5 above to develop some possibilities for your ideal work.

7. Research the possibilities. Talk to people who do similar work or go on the internet. See if you can find a unique niche for yourself.

8. Create positive affirmations and practice visualizations to attract the people and resources you need. Spend time with these every day."It is wonderful to be using all my talents and abilities in my ideal career position! I am confident I earn a wonderful living doing work and service that is important to me."

9. Develop a plan for manifesting your ideal life work. What are the steps you need to take? Affirm AND take action. Years ago I affirmed that I was an international workshop leader. Before that happened, I was busy leading local workshops and improving my skills.

10. Be patient! It's true you can "do what you love and the money will follow," but if you ask people who are making a good living at what they love, they will usually tell you it took a lot of hard work and time.

ten ways to say i love u

LOVE ALL OVER THE PLANET!
10 Ways to say "I love you" . . .
1. English - I love you.
2. Native American, Hopi - Nu' umi unangw'ta
3. Native American, Sioux - Techihhila
4. Burmese - Chit pa te
5. Chinese - Wuo ai nee (Mandarin)
6. Finnish - Je t'aime
7. French - Je t'adore
8. Gaelic (Irish) - Tá mé i ngrá leat(literally: Am I in love with-you / meaning: I'm in love with you)
9. Japanese - Kimi o ai shiteru
10. Spanish/Latin - Te amo
How ever these words are spoken or written they are always beautiful

some quotes for valentine

Today's tips are a mix of lovely quotes and tips.

'The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.'

Helen KellerStart with yourself. Ask: 'Am I being loving and accepting to myself? Am I willing to stop criticizing myself?' When you love and accept yourself, you project an energy that is attractive to others, and it's also easier to love others. Look at people with compassion and love. They are doing the best they can with the knowledge and understanding they have at the time.

'There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.' - Mother Teresa

When going to a gathering or meeting of any kind, before you go in, mentally project love around you and the entire group. Then notice the miracles of connection that happen!

Forgive the past. Forgive yourself and others to let go of the old baggage and make room for more love. Right now, instead of just reading on, stop and ask yourself, 'who do I most need to forgive?' Then be willing to do it. 'Throughout eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.'

A short poem by William Blake to his wife on the need to continually forgive the one closest to us.

Looking for the perfect partner? Instead of trying to figure out where to meet him or her, trust that the Universe will guide you to the right place. I met Rick in a church bookstore, at the time not even thinking about finding a partner! If you're in an intimate relationship, how can you show your partner more love, not just around special days like your anniversary or Valentine's Day,but all year long? 'Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.'- Franklin P. Jones

Think of someone in your life who seems difficult to love- a family member, co-worker, or acquaintance. Close your eyes and mentally tell that person, 'I am willing to accept you as doing the best you can. I send you love.'Write love notes to yourself or buy lovely cards and send them to yourself. Buy yourself some flowers! For the next few days, whenever you speak to someone you know, tell the person something you like or appreciate about them. Then make it a habit.'As you continue to send out love, the energy returns to you in a regenerating spiral... As love accumulates, it keeps your system in balance and harmony. Love is the tool, and more love is the end product.' Sara Paddison

not giving up

Not Giving Up
I can remember a period in my life when I was unemployed and money was running short. I needed a job very badly and it seemed as if no one was hiring.
A very good friend of mine approached me one day with an offer. "I'm going to have to let this job go and I was wondering if you would like to take it over?"
"That would be great," I replied.
I went to speak with the manager and he said he could use me, but never gave me a start date. Really needing the job, I made it a point to go and check in with him every day.
I knew he would eventually get tired of me and give me a starting period. Finally one day he said, "You can start Monday morning."
Come Monday morning, I showed up for work extra early. I was ready to do my best. When I went inside I was informed that I would be buffing the floors. My friend was there to show me how to operate the buffer.
"It's real easy," he said, running the machine very smoothly.
He handed it over to me and said, "Here, you give it a try."
I grabbed the handles with a "no problem" attitude and gave it some gas. To my surprise, the buffer whipped around in a big circle, running over my friend's brand new pair of boots, and sending him jumping up on a check-out counter.
Several times, I tried to run it again and failed. I really had to fight that thing to make it go.
"What am I going to do?" I thought to myself. "I finally found a job and I can't do it. Am I going to have to tell them I have to quit?"
After several rough days of buffing, I finally made up my mind that I was going to do this. For about a week, I struggled with the buffer, putting all my weight and strength into it.
Eventually, I learned the trick was not to struggle with it at all, just go with the flow of it, and by the second week, I was showing off and running it with one hand.
A few months later, I thought back and wondered what would have happened if I had given up that first week. I certainly would not have had the newfound confidence or a paycheck.
Sometime after that experience, I started a new job that required the use of a buffer. I even had to train others to use it, and I always got a kick out of seeing them run it for the first time.
I knew, though, if they stuck with it, they would do just fine; they just needed a little encouragement and a lot of practice.
Michael Jordan said, "Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
--Kip Davis

do you have a reason to love someone? think again!

i have no reason to love any one of you.................................. yet i love you all.

Lady : Why do you like me..? Why do you love me?
Man : I can't tell the reason.. but I really like you..
Lady : You can't even tell me the reason... how can you say you like me? How can you say you love me?
Man : I really don't know the reason, but I can prove that I love you.
Lady : Proof? No! I want you to tell me the reason. My friend's boyfriend can tell her why he loves her but not you!
Man : Ok..ok!!! Erm... because you are beautiful, because your voice is sweet, because you are caring, because you are loving, because you are thoughtful, because of your smile, because of your every movements. The lady felt very satisfied with the man's answer.
Unfortunately, a few days later, the Lady met with an accident and became comma.

The Guy then placed a letter by her side, and here is the content: Darling, Because of your sweet voice that I love you... Now can you talk? No! Therefore I cannot love you?
Because of your care and concern that I like you...Now that you cannot show them, therefore I cannot love you?

Because of your smile, because of your every movements that I love you.. Now can you smile? Now can you move? No, therefore I cannot love you...?

If love needs a reason, like now, there is no reason for me to love you anymore. Do love need a reason? NO! Therefore, I still love you... And love doesn't need a reason... " Sometimes the best and the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, cannot be touched, but can be felt in the heart " " The meaning of true love is not finding the perfect person but to love the imperfect person perfectly " Love doesnt need a reason... its something you can feel burning inside your heart and cannot be explain...

how will you touchthe life of someone today???

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking
Written by a former child Author Unknown

A message every adult should read, because children are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator and I immediately wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me and I learned that the little things can be the special things in life.

When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say a prayer, and I knew there is a God I could always talk to and I learned to trust in God.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give of your time and money to help people who had nothing and I learned that those who have something should give to those who don't.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it and I learned we have to take care of what we are given.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when you didn't feel good and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I grow up.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's alright to cry.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I learned most of life's lessons that I need to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up.


When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked at you and wanted to say, 'Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.'

Each of us (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, teacher or friend) influences the life of a child. How will you touch the life of someone today?

I Wish You Enough

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:

It's always worthwhile to love.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

Goals, actions, success...are inseparable; they go together.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

Be happy right now. Smile. Laugh. Enjoy. NOW is the time!

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I Wish You Enough
Recently at an airport I overheard a father and daughter
in their last moments together. They had announced
her departure and standing near the security gate,
they hugged and he said, "I love you, I wish you enough."

She in turn said, "Daddy, our life together has been
more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed,
I wish you enough, too, Daddy."

They kissed and she left. He walked over toward
the window where I was seated. Standing there
I could see he wanted and needed to cry.

I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed
me in by asking, "Did you ever say good-bye to
someone knowing it would be forever?"

"Yes, I have," I replied, "forgive me for asking,
but why is this a forever good-bye?" I asked.

"I am old and she lives much too far away. I have
challenges ahead and the reality is, the next trip
back would be for my funeral," he said.

"When you were saying good-bye I heard you
say, 'I wish you enough." May I ask what that means?"

He began to smile. "That's a wish that has been
handed down from other generations. My parents
used to say it to everyone." He paused for a moment
and looking up as if trying to remember it in detail,
he smiled even more.

"When we said 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting
the other person to have a life filled with just enough
good things to sustain them," he continued and then
turning toward me he shared the following as if he
were reciting it from memory.

"I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude
bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the
sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep
your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that
the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.


I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you
possess. I wish enough "Hello's" to get you
through the final "Good-bye."

Tears filled his eyes and he walked away.

some good quotes for new year

Positive Thoughts
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LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:

I don't know what I want, but all in all I know what I don't want.
--T. Littner

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

In all things, be willing to listen to people around you.
None of us is really smart enough to go it alone.
--John Clendenin

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

Never acquire a lifestyle you are willing to sell your
soul to keep.

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Here's a list of "gifts" we all can give and receive all year long!

PRICELESS GIFTS

THE GIFT OF LISTENING:

No interrupting, no daydreaming, no planning your responses.
Just listen.

THE GIFT OF AFFECTION:

Be generous with appropriate hugs, kisses, pats on the back, and handholding.

THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER:

Share articles, positive news, funny stories, and cartoons to tell someone,
"I love to laugh with you."

THE GIFT OF A COMPLIMENT:

A simple and sincere "You look great in red," "You did a super job," or "That was a wonderful meal" can make someone's day.

THE GIFT OF SOLITUDE:

Be sensitive to the times when others want nothing more than to be left alone.

THE GIFT OF A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION:

The easiest way to feel good is to extend a kind word to someone, even if it's just saying hello or thank you.

THE GIFT OF A PRAYER:

Let your friends and loved ones know you pray for them.

THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP:

Without friends life would hardly be worth living, let your friends know just how much they mean to you today.

THE GIFT OF YOUR SMILE:

A simple smile breaks all the barriers of language and culture.

Smile and the world smiles with you!

--Rod Chaplin