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29 December 2014
From the Quote of the Week Files; December 29, 2014
Welcome back to the Quote of the Week ~ Your Weekly source for nurturing your mind, body & spirit.
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What were my main accomplishments and successes?
Based on what I learned last year, what am I committed to accomplishing this year and in the future?
Were there any breakthroughs?
What did I learn from my experiences last year?
What am I committed to accomplishing this year and in the future?
Who do I want thank for their support and love?
What was I excited about?
Where was I fearful?
To whom do I owe an apology?
What am I most proud of?
What am I least proud of?
What do I regret?
Do any of my relationships need special attention?
Are there things that could have been resolved that I have not allowed to be resolved?
What is still unfinished?
What is my main vision for 2015?
Your own question
And the last quote for 2014 is...
“What you seek is seeking you.”
Rumi
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Time now for The Recycled "Old Year Reflection Questions"
For the past few years, I have come up with a list of questions that will hopefully help you (and me) reflect on this year so you may clear the path for the brand new year ahead of us and to move forward on a more positive pathway to manifest what's next! Here are this year's questions...
What occurred in my life this past year? What were my main accomplishments and successes?
Based on what I learned last year, what am I committed to accomplishing this year and in the future?
Were there any breakthroughs?
What did I learn from my experiences last year?
What am I committed to accomplishing this year and in the future?
Who do I want thank for their support and love?
What was I excited about?
Where was I fearful?
To whom do I owe an apology?
What am I most proud of?
What am I least proud of?
What do I regret?
Do any of my relationships need special attention?
Are there things that could have been resolved that I have not allowed to be resolved?
What is still unfinished?
What is my main vision for 2015?
Your own question
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If the above questions make your hair hurt, maybe this recycled quote of the week by Patti Digh might offer some insight...
"At the end of each year, I ask myself two questions:
1) What do I want to create in this New Year? And, perhaps even more importantly,
2) What do I want to let go of?"
1) What do I want to create in this New Year? And, perhaps even more importantly,
2) What do I want to let go of?"
Patricia Digh
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Wishing you a most beautiful 2015, wherever this may find you!22 December 2014
An Unexpected Christmas!
The story of Christmas told by the kids of St Paul's Church,
Auckland, New Zealand.
Based on the book,
"An Unexpected Christmas" by Simone Graham!
From the Quote of the Week Files; December 22, 2014
"Haid joule ja head uut aastat"; "God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År" ; "Buone Feste Natalizie" ; "Feliz Navidad" ; "Nollaig Shona Dhuit" ; "Joyeux Noël"; "Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan" ; "Saint Dan Fai Lok" ; "Froehliche Weihnachten" ; "Kala Christouyenna" ; "Een Plesierige Kerfees"; "I'd Miilad Said Oua Sana Saida" ; "Merry Christmas" ; "Happy Hanukkah" ; Happy Holidays and Welcome to The Quote of the Week!
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“Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.”
Eric Sevareid
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"This Holiday Season...
Mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion, and replace it with trust.
Write a love letter. Share some treasure. Give a soft answer. Offer encouragement.
Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. Find the time. Forgive an enemy.
Listen. Apologize if you are wrong. Try to understand. Flout envy. Examine your demands
on others. Think first of someone else. Appreciate. Be kind; be gentle. Laugh a little.
Laugh a little more.
Deserve confidence. Take up arms against malice. Decry complacency. Express your gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child.
Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. Speak your love. Speak it again.Speak it still once again."
Author Unknown
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Wishing you a most beautiful Christmas, wherever this may find you!
15 December 2014
From the Quote of the Week Files; December 15, 2014
Welcome to the Quote of the Week. Your presence, exactly as is at this very moment, is greatly appreciated. Come on in and enjoy today's quote!
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“It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle if you get to spend your days and evenings doing whatever it is you like to do, and the holiday season - like all the other seasons - is a good time not only to tell stories of miracles, but to think about the miracles in your own life, and to be grateful for them."
Lemony Snicket; The Lump of Coal
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
“Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect."
O
ren Arnold
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Wishing you a MOST beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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11 December 2014
08 December 2014
From the Quote of the Week Files; December 8, 2014
Breathe.
Whatever you’re doing right now, take a deep breath, than another.
You are so beautiful, has anyone told you that lately?
And there’s something more important, you’re strong.
I know sometimes it feels like you’re not.
Maybe even most of the time,
Whatever you’re doing right now, take a deep breath, than another.
You are so beautiful, has anyone told you that lately?
And there’s something more important, you’re strong.
I know sometimes it feels like you’re not.
Maybe even most of the time,
but please don’t forget that you’re stronger than you know.
Every day, you wake up no matter what you have gone through you wake up in the morning,
Every day, you wake up no matter what you have gone through you wake up in the morning,
so please take a second to appreciate that.
After all these years you still have hope.
Breathe today, breathe right now.
Sometimes things are too much, and I want you to know that’s okay.
There will be times when you want to break down and cry,
After all these years you still have hope.
It’s buried inside of you and maybe that sounds ridiculous,
but you keep going every day, and that’s what makes you incredible.
Breathe today, breathe right now.
Sometimes things are too much, and I want you to know that’s okay.
There will be times when you want to break down and cry,
times when you want to fall asleep and never ever wake up again.
After all that you’ve been through, you can still feel,
T
hat doesn’t make you weak, it makes you human, and that’s beautiful, too.After all that you’ve been through, you can still feel,
never under estimate that, because you know what that means?
There is hope
There is hope
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It means you’ll feel love and happiness.
It means you’ll feel love and happiness.
It means you’ll feel pride and joy.
It means you’re still alive,
It means you’re still alive,
but more than that, it means you’re still living.
Stay strong, never stop feeling, but sometimes…
Stay strong, never stop feeling, but sometimes…
just breathe.
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
Marcus Aurelius
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
01 December 2014
From the Quote of the Week Files; December 1, 2014
Good Morning, Good Afternoon or Good Evening and Welcome to the Quote of the Week!
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"Close your eyes and imagine the best version of you possible.
That's who you really are.
LET GO
of any part of you that doesn't believe it."
That's who you really are.
LET GO
of any part of you that doesn't believe it."
C. Assaad
Debbie Ford
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"If you were going to make this the best holiday season ever, how would you do it? It won't happen for most people, because most people won't have that as their #1 intention. And it's unlikely that you'll have the life-changing holidays that you could have if you don't create a powerful intent."
Debbie Ford
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
24 November 2014
From the Quote of the Week Files; November 24, 2014
Welcome to the Quote of the Week. In honor of Thanksgiving Day, "Gratitude Break" is this week's quote along with the usual Recycled Quote of the Week, we also have a short video! Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!
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"I want to provide you with a moment to pause and be grateful. Take a seat, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and think about all you have to be grateful for in your life. There are so many things we all have to be grateful for every day.
Who are your heroes, your biggest supporters? Think about those people and let your heart burst with gratitude.
What gifts have you been given? What advantages were you born into in this life? Think about those things and feel the feeling of gratitude for the things you take for granted.
What friendships do you have that light you up? Who are those friends that you love and who love you no matter what? Take a deep breath and deep inside feel your gratitude for them.
Think about all the things that are right in your life, right now. Let that gracious feeling wash over you like a waterfall.
Take one last deep breath, exhale, and get on with your beautiful, one-of-a-kind life.
I hope enjoyed this little gratitude break.”
positivelypositive.com
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A Recycled Quote of the Week
Discovering a Magical Mantra
Many years ago, I’d heard about an Indian guru who had come up with a magical mantra that supposedly helped people develop an attitude of gratitude. I decided to visit him in India and see what this gratitude practice was. So after traveling 18 hours by plane, and then taking a taxi for another 2 hours, I finally reached his ashram. When at last I finally met the bearded guru, I told him I wanted to hear his amazing mantra for helping people practice daily gratitude. He said in his heavy Indian accent, “Ah yes, my technique is the most powerful mantra on earth.” He leaned in to whisper it into my ear. He said, “Whenever possible, repeat the following words in your head. The magical mantra I give you is the words, “Thank You.”
I was supremely disappointed. I said, “That’s IT!?”
He said, “No, ‘that’s it’ is the mantra you have been using, and that mantra makes you feel like you never have enough. My mantra is the words ‘Thank You’—not ‘That’s It.’ ‘That’s it’ will take you nowhere, but ‘Thank You’ will quiet your mind and open your heart. So when you eat good food, say thank you! When you see your child, or a sunset or your pet, repeat the mantra ‘thank you’ and soon you will have an attitude of gratitude for each blessing in your life.”
Jonathan Robinson
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A 10 minute video worth watching (especially listening to the words of Brother David Steindl-Rast.) It serves as a meditation on being grateful for every day.
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Wishing you a most beautiful Thanksgiving, wherever this may find you!
17 November 2014
From the Quote of the Week Files; November 17, 2014
Monday, a new day , a new week, a new sunrise, a new blessing and a new quote! This week, reflecting on a crooked path.
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“This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished, but it is going on, this is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being purified.”
Martin Luther
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“Too often we under estimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
Leo Buscaglia
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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“This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished, but it is going on, this is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being purified.”
Martin Luther
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“Too often we under estimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
Leo Buscaglia
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
10 November 2014
From the Quote of the Week Files; November 10, 2014
It's Quote of the Week Time... Today a Fable With A Moral ~ The Farmer’s Donkey! Enjoy!
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One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!
MORAL :
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart."
Johann Von Goethe
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!
MORAL :
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart."
Johann Von Goethe
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
03 November 2014
From the Quote of the Week Files; November 3, 2014
Welcome to the Quote of the Week! A place where you can fight the daily grind with an eclectic mix of inspirational quotes from the world's great thinkers! This week, a couple of If you... quotes. Enjoy (If you would like!)
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“If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you.”
Lao Tzu
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“If you think you can, or if you think you can't, you’re right.”
Henry Ford
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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