The will to survive in the face of a severe test...

Invictus 

 

Out of the night that covers me

Black as the pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance,

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I AM THE MASTER OF MY FATE

I AM THE CAPTAIN OF MY SOUL.

William Ernest Henley

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Wishing you a most beautiful and safe day wherever this may find you!

Some Inspiration for these turbulent times... 

“You may not control all the events that happen to you,

but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” 

Maya Angelou

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Care Package

Articles, videos, thought provokers, and other nutrients for these times...  

An Article on Building your Resilience...

https://www.apa.org/topics/resilience

Find out your Life Stats:...

https://neal.fun/life-stats/

Resilience, a perspective

https://www.theschooloflife.com/thebookoflife/on-resilience/  

Music for Hope, Andrea Andrea Bocelli

 Easter concert from an empty Duomo di Milano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huTUOek4LgU  

 The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 Podcast

https://omny.fm/shows/the-art-of-manliness/426-the-daring-odyssey-of-apollo-8

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Handling a Difficult Situation from

an Unexpected Source... 

Some things in life are bad

They can really make you mad

Other things just make you swear and curse

When you're chewing on life's gristle

Don't grumble, give a whistle

And this'll help things turn out for the best

And...  

Always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the light side of life (Whistle)  

If life seems jolly rotten

There's something you've forgotten

And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

When you're feeling in the dumps

Don't be silly, chumps

Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing

And...

Always look on the bright side of life (Whistle) (Come on!)

Always look on the right side of life (Whistle)

For life is quite absurd

And death's the final word

You must always face the curtain with a bow

Forget about your sin

Give the audience a grin

Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow

So always look on the bright side of death (Whistle)

A-Just before you draw your terminal breath (Whistle)

Life's a piece of shit (Oooh)

When you look at it

Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true (Oooh)

You'll see it's all a show (Oooh)

Keep 'em laughin' as you go

Just remember that the last laugh is on you (Oooh)

And...

Always look on the bright side of life

Always look on the right side of life (Whistle) 

(C'mon Brian, cheer up!) 

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The Choices that are my own...

“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters

so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, 

and which have to do with the choices I actually control. 

Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals,

but within myself to the choices that are my own…”

Epictetus, Discourses, 2.5.4–5

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Invisible Good Stuff

 

“In the external scheme of things,

shining moments are as brief as the twinkling of an eye, 

yet such twinklings are what eternity is made of -- 

moments when we human beings can say "I love you," 

"I'm proud of you," "I forgive you," "I'm grateful for you." 

That's what eternity is made of: 

invisible imperishable good stuff.”

Fred Rogers  

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All things in nature are as they are meant to be...

"One does not walk into the forest and accuse the trees of being off-center, 

nor do they visit the shore and call the waves imperfect. 

So why do we look at ourselves this way? "

Tao Te Ching

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 A philosophical razor (rule of thumb) on 

how to see the world in a more positive light

  Hanlon's Razor  

“NEVER 

ATTRIBUTE TO 

MALICE THAT 

WHICH CAN BE ADEQUATELY 

EXPLAINED BY STUPIDITY.”

 

Robert J Hanlon

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No Feeling is Final

"Let everything happen to you Beauty and terror

Just keep going  No feeling is final."

Rainer Maria Rilke

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On Selflessness

“Sometimes when you’re feeling helpless, the secret is to help someone else. 

Get out of your own head. Trust me. 

Next time someone asks for help, say, ‘Yes.’”

Michael, The Good Place, Season 3, Everything Is Bonzer!

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Here is the final list from the MyWord | MyYear Project

Thanks to all those who participated!

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

Yikes!  I still have a long way to go!

“There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you've grown in 

self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness."     

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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MyWord | MyYear Update!

Here are the words for the year that QuoteoftheWeek members are choosing as their guiding word for this new decade! 

It is not too late to enter your word! 

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Wisdom from the Outback

“We are all visitors to this time, this place. 

We are just passing through. 

Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love … 

and then we return home.”

Australian Aboriginal Proverb

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Word for the Year Update

It is still NOT too late to participate in the MyWord | My Year Project

Let us know what word will embody what you want to be/think/feel/do in 2020. 

Email it in and receive a poster with your guiding word prominently displayed!

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It's Never Too Late

“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, 

too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want.

You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. 

We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. 

And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. 

I hope you meet people with a different point of view. 

I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, 

I hope you have the courage to start all over again.”

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

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And talking about "It's Never too Late"...

It's NOT too late to participate in the

14th Annual "MyWord |MyYear" Project

  Have you chosen that one word that will sum up who you want to BE or how you want to live in 2020?   Please email me your Word(s) for the Year so you can receive a Desktop Wallpaper/Poster with your word prominently displayed!

Words chosen so far include:

Acceptance...

“My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, 

and in inverse proportion to my expectations.”

Michael J. Fox

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