No
matter the risks we take, we always consider the end to be too soon,
even though in life, more than anything else, quality should be more
important than quantity.
Alex Honnold
Saturday, November 27, 2021
Daily Inspiration #9
Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.
Shiv Khera - Author-Activist-Motivational Speaker
Daily Inspiration #8
I
think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and
understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think
those tough times make you a stronger person.
Judith Hill
Daily Inspiration #7
The most successful entrepreneurs I know are optimistic. It's part of the job description.
Caterina Fake - Co-Founder of Flickr-Entrepreneur-Businesswoman
Daily Inspiration #6
Changing someone else's life positively changes yours for the better as well.
Cameron Boyce
Daily Inspiration #5
On my own I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.
Oprah Winfrey - Actress-Entrepreneur-Talk Show Host-Media Executive-Philanthropist
Daily Inspiration #4
Try
and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you
live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out
there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.
Ian Mckellen
Daily Inspiration #3
Commit your non-productive activities to paper and physically shred and mentally obliterate them. This is very powerful.
Sandra Gallagher - CEO and Co-Founder at Proctor Gallagher Institute
Daily Inspiration #2
Redefining Traditions - A Time To Be Grateful
This year as we approach the holiday season, I find that instead of my usual excitement and anticipation, I’m feeling kind of lost. Before the year of Covid we had our traditions, and celebrated the Fall holidays of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas or other religious holidays, and New Year’s with friends and family. However, this year everything is different and I’m not sure what to do with it.
As with many people, I come from a family that had specific ways of celebrating each holiday, and these eventually became our family traditions.
For example, when I was a child there was a certain comfort in knowing that Thanksgiving Day would be spent at our house with my Dad barbecuing the turkey, and Christmas Eve would be a gathering of my father’s family at the home of one of my Uncles. There was never any question of where we’d go or who would be there, although there was always interest in what new boyfriend or girlfriend our teenage cousins would bring along. Even after I married, my husband and I lived near my family, and he fit into the established pattern. When we had children, they just fit in too.
In my world, holidays have always been about the people. If we didn’t have family close by, we would reach out to friends and share the day with them.
As we all know, this year is very different. Because of the pandemic we are told to not spend time with people because it might spread the disease. So here I am, wondering what does one do to celebrate the holidays. I must admit I wasn’t prepared to deal with this new dilemma, since I naively assumed everyone would always be here and things would just go on as they always had.
Of course, life is about change, and this year is just another one to decide how to deal with. I realize I can spend my time looking back and being sad that our regular celebrations can’t happen this year, or I can look around me and be grateful for all the amazingly wonderful things I have in my life. I choose to be grateful.
Because of technology I can still reach out to family and friends, and we can talk on the phone or get together on Zoom or one of the many other video chat platforms. We can still share the day and our love for one another, just in a different way.
Of course, there is no tradition this year. There is no routine anymore. Hopefully whatever we choose to do this year will not have to continue into the future. Although, as we live our lives, every holiday is different, depending on where we are and what is happening in the world. I’ve realized that celebrating and tradition aren’t really about what we eat or where we go. The thing that continues to make each holiday "traditional" for me is that it is a gathering together of people, physically or virtually, who care about each other. I now know it’s a time to celebrate one another and remember once again how we are all family.
Sandy Abell
Daily Inspiration #1
The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
Walt Disney
Friday, November 26, 2021
Daily Inspiration #9
The decision is made in advance and, when well-tempered with discipline, will lead to the desired results.
Unknown
Daily Inspiration #8
With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
Ezra Taft Benson
Daily Inspiration #7
Energy is contagious. Surround yourself with those who inspire you to shine through the fog!
Anonymous
Daily Inspiration #4
What Makes Us Happy?
There is an ever-growing body of knowledge about the nature and causes of happiness.
For one thing, it’s clear that happiness is a feeling, not a circumstance. Happiness is more than just fun or pleasure. It’s a more durable sense of well-being.
Our happiness depends not on what happens to us, but what happens in us. In other words, it’s the way we choose to think about our lives. Abe Lincoln said, "People are generally about as happy as they’re willing to be." A Buddhist proverb tells us that pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.
So, what are the most common attributes of happy people? Well, it’s not money, fame, or good looks. It’s not even intelligence or talent. No, the two most important factors are gratitude and rewarding personal relationships.
The formula is simple: count your blessings and enjoy your family and friends.
Sadly, simple is not always easy.
People whose natural instincts produce a gloomy outlook and pessimism need to re-train their minds. It’s one thing to say happiness is not getting what you want but wanting what you get; it’s quite another to really be satisfied with what we have.
For many people, it takes discipline and practice to think positively.
Sometimes it’s just a matter of changing one’s perspective, choosing to see and appreciate the silver lining, the half-full glass. In other cases, what’s required is refusing to dwell on pain, disappointment, or envy, and instead force one’s mind toward good thoughts, including all the things we should be grateful for.
Interestingly, the ability to maintain a positive attitude is also important in forming and sustaining meaningful relationships – seeing and bringing out the best.
Michael JosephsonDaily Inspiration #3
A
wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the
best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Moliere
Daily Inspiration #2
The purpose creates the machine.
Arthur Young - 1741-1820 - English Writer on Agriculture, Politics, Economics
Daily Inspiration #1
The
golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your
environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is
in yourself alone.
Orison Swett Marden
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Daily Inspiration #10
We
don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens
is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings
of individual threads form one to another that creates something.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Daily Inspiration #9
Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn.
Albert Einstein - 1879-1955 - Theoretical Physicist
Daily Inspiration #8
It
seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of
excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of
intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life
that makes life worth living.
David Attenborough
Daily Inspiration #6
All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
John Locke
Daily Inspiration #5
If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.
Dolly Parton - American Singer-Songwriter-Actress-Author
Daily Inspiration #4
Life is short, fragile and does not wait for anyone. There will NEVER be a perfect time to pursue your dreams & goals.
Unknown
Daily Inspiration #3
If
you believe you can make a difference, then you will make a difference.
Believe in yourself, your family and your community and you will win.
Lindsay Fox
Daily Inspiration #2
The person who says something is impossible shouldn’t interrupt the person who is doing it.
Unknown
Daily Inspiration #1
The kitchen is the heart of every home, for the most part. It evokes memories of your family history.
Debi Mazar
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Daily Inspiration #20
The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I'm interested in happiness.
Ruth Reichl
Daily Inspiration #19
You will be defined not just by what you achieve, but by how you survive.
Sheryl Sandberg - COO Facebook
Daily Inspiration #18
If
your life were a book and you were the author, how would you want your
story to go? That's the question that changed my life forever.
Amy Purdy
Daily Inspiration #17
Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.
Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1928-1968 - Minister and Civil Rights Activist
Daily Inspiration #15
Success isn't about how much money you make. It's about the difference you make in people's lives.
Michelle Obama - Former First Lady of the United States-Author-Attorney
Daily #14
Imperfection
and perfection go so hand in hand, and our dark and our light are so
intertwined, that by trying to push the darkness or the so-called
negative aspects of our life to the side... we are preventing ourselves
from the fullness of life.
Jeff Bridges
Daily Inspiration #13
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.
Pele - Soccer Player
Daily Inspiration #11
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
E.E. Cummings - 1894-1962 - Poet-Author-Playwright-Painter
Daily Inspiration #10
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
Maya Angelou
Daily Inspiration #9
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
Jim Rohn - 1930-2009 - American Entrepreneur-Author
Daily Inspiration #8
Time
is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long
for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who
love, time is eternity.
Henry Van Dyke
Daily Inspiration #7
I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.
Roger Clemens
Daily Inspiration #5
All
of us grow up in particular realities - a home, family, a clan, a small
town, a neighborhood. Depending upon how we're brought up, we are
either deeply aware of the particular reading of reality into which we
are born, or we are peripherally aware of it.
Chaim Potok
Daily Inspiration #1
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
John Wooden - 1910-2010 - American Basketball Coach
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