​A Bit of ​Wisdom from an Interesting Guy

"B​e Alert and Available"

“I live a little bit on the seat of my pants, I try to be alert and available…for life to happen to me. We’re in this life, and if you’re not available, the sort of ordinary time goes past and you didn’t live it. 

But if you’re available, life gets huge. 

You’re really living it.”

Bill Murray​ 

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Reminder: Are you living your Word for the Year?

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Wishing you a Most Beautiful Day wherever this may find you!​

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."

Joseph Campbell

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T​he Art of Living

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“The art of living is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past and the known on the other. It consists in being completely sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.”

Alan Watts

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The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.

Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,

some momentary awareness comes

As an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,

who violently sweep your house

empty of its furniture,

still treat each guest honorably.

He may be clearing you out

for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,

meet them at the door laughing,

and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,

because each has been sent

as a guide from beyond.

Jalaluddin Rumi 

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“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.” 

The Dalai Lama 

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About Groundhog Day 

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When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But 

​as I think of the 

​members 

 of 

​The Quote of the Week​ Society 

and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn't imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter.

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A paraphrased quote from the movie Groundhog Day;

Bill Murray as Phil Conners 

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Love your Fate

Joseph Campbell on Nietzsche

“Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me.  At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he called “the love of your fate (Amor Fati)."  Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, “This is what I need.”  It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge.  If you bring love to that moment–not discouragement–you will find the strength is there.  Any disaster that you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life.  What a privilege!  This is when the spontaneity of your own nature will have a chance to flow.

Then, when looking back at your life, you will see that the moments which seemed to be great failures followed by wreckage were the incidents that shaped the life you have now.  You’ll see that this is really true.  Nothing can happen to you that is not positive.  Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not.  The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.”

Joseph Campbell

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A few words were added for the OneWord OneYear project.  Can you find them in this poster?... ;-)

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THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

"THE SECRET OF THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH... 

is not in anything that can be bought. The secret of the fountain of youth is a healthy attitude towards aging. Whatever your age, there’s always room for one more goal, one more accomplishment, one more way to better yourself and the world around you. 

NEVER GIVE UP." 

Zero Dean

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OneWord OneYear Update

Above are words that QoftheW members have chosen as that word that will guide them in 2018. 

It is not to late to enter your word. If you do, you will receive a free poster with your word!!! 

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A Story about MORE than an act of kindness

Decisions Decisions Decisions

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"Every decision you make - every decision - is not a decision about what to do. It’s a decision about Who You Are. When you see this, when you understand it, everything changes. You begin to see life in a new way. All events, occurrences, and situations turn into opportunities to do what you came here to do."

Neale Donald Walsch

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OneWord OneYear Project Update!

It is not to late to get your guiding word or phrase in for 2018! This list of words/phrasing keeps growing. Here are the latest words that were sent in during the week: Kindness, Simplify, Speak-Up. Purpose, Choice, Cultivate, Mercy, Gratitude, Trust, Meraki and "Keep Going". 

What about you? What will be your word(s) that will guide you through 2018? Please Share!

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Follow your most Intense Obsessions 

Mercilessly

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Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical;

don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. 

Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

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Franz Kafka

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OneWord OneYear Project Update!

We are off to a good start with the One Word; One Year project and it is not It is not to late to get your guiding word or phrase in for 2018! Here are some words already sent in: Hopeful, Let it Go, Little Things, Grateful, Trust, Patience, Affection, Happiness, Finish, Shine!, Peace, “Cadence”, Thoughtful, Release, Reconnect, Graceful, Connect, Fearless, Adventurous, Bold, Let it GO, Live in the moment, NOW, Alive, Lighten Up are some of the Words/Phrases chosen by Quote of the Week Members.

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What about you? What will be your word(s) that will guide you through 2018? Please Share!

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Always Inspiring

“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is​ ​
called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.”

Edith Lovejoy Pierce

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11th Annual

OneWord; OneYear Project | Update

Now that 2017 is over it is time to begin the new year with a word(s) (NOT a resolution) that will serve as an overarching theme for the entire year as to who you want to be or how you want to live.

​My word this past year 

was 

​P

erennial (it served me well and I will miss it) and 

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n past 

​years​

my words have been: Gratitude, Possibilities, Openness, Memento Mori, Grace, Synchronicity and OPA!.

​My Guiding world for 2018 is 

Today. 

​It is b

ased on a quote by Lao Tzu, ​

“If you’re depressed, you’re living in the past. If you’re anxious, you’re living in the future. If you’re at peace, you’re living in the present.” 

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I want to focus on Today and to find all of the joy and peace in every single Today of the new year.

Here are some new Words for the year that Quote

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of

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the

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Week members are choosing as their guiding word for 201

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... Let it Go...

​ FAB~ ​

 

​Fearless

 | Adventurous  | 

​Bold

... Reconnect.... Graceful... Little Things... Patience

​... Peace..​

​​ Available...

 Release

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What about you? What will be your word(s) that will guide you through 2018? Please Share!

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Wishing you a most beautiful year wherever this may find you!