31 October 2013
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29 October 2013
Do you know the difference between Strength and Courage?
Strength and Courage
It takes strength to be certain,
It takes courage to have doubts.
It takes strength to fit in,
It takes courage to stand out.
It takes strength to share a friend's
pain,
It takes courage to feel your own
pain.
It takes strength to hide your own
pain,
It takes courage to show it and deal
with it.
It takes strength to stand guard,
It takes courage to let down your
guard.
It takes strength to conquer,
It takes courage to surrender.
It takes strength to endure abuses,
It takes courage to stop them.
It takes strength to stand alone,
It takes courage to lean on a friend.
It takes strength to love,
It takes courage to be loved.
It takes strength to survive,
It takes courage to live.
May you find strength and courage
in everything you do,
And may your life be filled with
Friendship and Love
Anonymous
28 October 2013
From the Quote of the Week Files; October 28, 2013
It's Quote of the Week time again!! Enjoy!
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'Be a hill seeker. Most of us try to avoid hills, but what’s so good about flat? Think about it: flat tires, flat hair, flat returns and- the ultimate- flatlining. Life happens on the hills. They’re opportunities to prove to yourself that you’re stronger than you’ve ever imagined. If you’ve never attempted the ascent, you’ll never know the thrill of swooshing down to the other side."
Anonymous
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment."
Ralph Marston
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Wishing you a most BEAUTIFUL day, wherever this may find you!
25 October 2013
The Star Thrower; Inspiring Story
The Star Thrower
I awoke
early, as I often did, just before sunrise to walk by the ocean's edge and
greet the new day. As I moved through
the misty dawn, I focused on a faint, far away motion. I saw a youth, bending and reaching and
flailing arms, dancing on the beach, no doubt in celebration of the perfect day
soon to begin.
As I
approached, I sadly realized that the youth was not dancing to the bay, but
rather bending to sift through the debris left by the night's tide, stopping
now and then to pick up a starfish and then standing, to heave it back into the
sea. I asked the youth the purpose of
the effort. "The tide has washed
the starfish onto the beach and they cannot return to the sea by
themselves," the youth replied.
"When the sun rises, they will die, unless I throw them back to the
sea."
As the youth
explained, I surveyed the vast expanse of beach, stretching in both directions
beyond my sight. Starfish littered the shore in numbers beyond
calculation. The hopelessness of the
youth's plan became clear to me and I countered, "But there are more
starfish on this beach than you can ever save before the sun is up. Surely you cannot expect to make a
difference." The youth paused
briefly to consider my words, bent to pick up a starfish and threw it as far as
possible. Turning to me he simply said,
"I made a difference to that one."
I left the
boy and went home, deep in thought of what the boy had said. I returned to the
beach and spent the rest of the day helping the boy throw starfish in to the
sea.
Loren Eisley
24 October 2013
22 October 2013
Abraham Maslow; On being Authentic
On Being Authentic...
Discover
your true identity.
Strive
to be honest in the sense of allowing your behavior and speech to be a true and
spontaneous expression of your inter feelings.
Live
in a way that expresses your real desires and characteristics. Know yourself.
Authenticity
is the reduction of phoniness toward the zero point.
Abraham Maslow
21 October 2013
From the Quote of the Week Files; October 21, 2013
Time for the Quote of the Week! Enjoy!
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"Most people can look back over the years and identify a time and place at which their lives changed significantly. Whether by accident or design, these are the moments when, because of a readiness within us and a collaboration with events occurring around us, we are forced to seriously reappraise ourselves and the conditions under which we live and to make certain choices that will affect the rest of our lives."
Frederick F. Flack
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy."
Anonymous
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Frederick F. Flack
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy."
Anonymous
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
19 October 2013
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15 October 2013
From the Quote of the Week Files; October 14, 2013
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"Everything you're running away from is in your head."
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"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."
Lao Tzu__________
Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
Dale Carnegie's Nine Human Relations Principles
Dale Carnegie’s Nine Human Relations Principles
1. Don't criticize, condemn,
or complain.
2. Give honest and sincere
appreciation
3. Arouse in the other person
an eager want.'s
4. Become genuinely interested
in other people.
5. Smile.
6. Remember that a man's name
is to him the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
7. Be a good listener.
Encourage others to talk about themselves.
8. Talk in terms of the other
man's interests.
9. Make the other person feel
important — and do it sincerely.
Dale Carnegie
13 October 2013
11 October 2013
A Rule by Seneca that Nudges
“Cling tooth and nail
to the following rule:
Not to give in to
adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always to take full note of fortune’s
habit of behaving just as she pleases, treating her as if she were actually
going to do everything it is in her power to do. Whatever you have been
expecting for some time comes as less of a shock.”
Seneca
08 October 2013
From the Quote of the Week Files; October 7, 2013
Love was in the air Saturday night as Quote of the Week member, Art Emken got married to the lovely and beautiful Kim Wilson. The ceremony took place along the river in Wilmington, North Carolina. These quotes are dedicated to the happy couple
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"Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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“For one human being to love another human being: That is perhaps the most difficult task that has been entrusted to us, the ultimate task...”
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Wishing you, Art and Kim, a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
04 October 2013
03 October 2013
Baltasar Gracian's Good Advice; Go Straight to the Good in Everything
Go Straight to the Good in Everything
"It is the happy lot of those
with good taste. The bee goes straight for the sweetness, and the viper for the
bitterness it needs for its poison. So with tastes: some go for the best,
others for the worst. There is nothing that doesn't have some good, especially
books, where good is imagined. Some people's temperaments are so unfortunate
that among a thousand perfections they will find a single defect and censure it
and blow it all out of proportion. They are the garbage collectors of the will and
the intellect, burdened down with blemishes and defects: punishment for their
poor discernment rather than proof of their subtlety. They are unhappy, for
they batten on bitterness and graze on imperfections. Others have a happier
sort of taste: among a thousand defects they discover some perfection that good
luck happened to drop."
Baltasar Gracian
01 October 2013
Letting Go
“To let go isn’t to forget, not to
think about, or ignore. It doesn’t leave feelings of anger, jealousy, or
regret. Letting go isn’t about winning or losing. It’s not about pride and it’s
not about how you appear, and it’s not obsessing or dwelling on the past.
Letting go isn’t blocking memories or thinking sad thoughts, and doesn’t leave
emptiness, hurt, or sadness. It’s not about giving in or giving up. Letting go
isn’t about loss and it’s not about defeat.
To let go is to cherish the memories,
but to overcome and move on. It is having an open mind confidence in the
future. Letting go is learning and experiencing and growing. To let go is to be
thankful for the experiences that made you laugh, made you cry, and made you
grow. It’s about all that you have, all that you had, and all that you will
soon gain.
Letting go is having the
courage to accept change, and the strength to keep moving.”
Author Unknown
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