Welcome to all Quote of the Week Members.   As the chill of winter continues, this simple but wise Italian proverb reminds us that no matter what weather we experience in life, we can choose to look at things differently. So let's dance through the rest of winter! ;-)  

This week's Care Package...

A Meditation for you! Open to Receive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXQ2o6IJ2bg&t=405s

Rock n Roll Homeroom Song of the Week! (Suggested by my favorite Barista, Leeor!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id0HUt4eNkU

Interesting website: A collection of failed products and services. It’s kind of weird, and kind of funny.
https://collection.museumoffailure.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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

 

 Welcome to the Quote of the Week, your Fast Relief from Dogma Slavery! 

This week's quote is encourages us (me) to reflect on our own actions and

experience, and learn from others in order to gain wisdom.

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"By three methods we may learn wisdom: 

first, by reflection, which is noblest; 

second, by imitation, which is easiest; 

and third by experience, which is the bitterest."

Confucius

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This Week's Care Package 

(Articles, videos, podcasts, meditations, provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times)

A Meditation for you; The Seat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDQKFXeC2Dc

A Very Interesting and Visual TedTalk: 

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_underwater_astonishments

Rock n Roll Homeroom Song of the Week; Thinking about my years in Kansas

https://www.youtube.com/wiatch?v=egNHPnrtY_8&list=PLHzWRcA_3PfJn8o6e8U-FYxixoeewsXTE

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Here are the words that are inspiring QoftheW members for 2023! Send in your word and we will add it to the list!

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

Good Morning, Good Afternoon or Good Evening. Welcome to the Quote of the Week; Your weekly spiritual snack for mind, body & soul. ~ It's an interesting thought, that everything is within us and that the world around us is a reflection of ourselves. That is the theme of this week's quote! Enjoy!

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“There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better,
stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within.
Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.”
Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings

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This week's Care Package (Articles, videos, podcasts, meditations, provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times)

This week's Guided Meditation for Giving & Receiving Loving Kindness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2iCoEluq8A&t=1430s

Interesting TEDTalk: The benefits of not being a jerk to yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuhIzO57HVk

Rock n Roll Homeroom; A feel good Song for today!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn2PNlhvy8E&list=PLvPjBbFpr-O1azdoLQpxSt9nX5twB3kky&index=10

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ONE WORD ONE YEAR UPDATE

Have you submitted your word for 2023 yet? Choose a word that will inspire them throughout the year ("To Be" as opposed "To Do"). A word that resonates  with your personal and professional goals, values, and interests.

Here are the words we have so far...

What will be your word for 2023?

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

 

 Welcome to the Quote of the Week;  Serving the psychosocial needs of its members since 1984. Getting Started is the theme of this week's quote!

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"Start now. 

Start where you are. 

Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. 

Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. 

Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. 

Just… start."

Ijeoma Umebinyuo

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This Week's Care Package 

(Articles, videos, podcasts, meditations, provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times)

A Meditation to START the day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGO8IWiusJo

Article: Motivation: How to get STARTED and staying motivated

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/motivation-how-to-get-started-and-staying-motivated

Ever wonder what are the most common dreams by country? Check out...

https://dailyinfographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/most-common-dreams.jpg?utm_campaign

 

Rock n Roll Homeroom 2 Songs of the Week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s6VbOEnsgk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZAsfB1Np-8

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One Word |  One Year Project Update | It's NOT too late to participate in the 17th 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 2023?   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: Patience, Indefatigable, Calm, Ease, Perseverance, Concentrate, and Awe. And after considerable thought, my word(s) for 2023 are Appreciate & Reciprocate (as in really appreciating all the goodness in my life and reciprocating that goodness back into the world.  What will your word(s) be?

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

 Welcome back to the Quote of the Week!   I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season with friends and family and that you're feeling refreshed and ready to take on the world in the new year!  This last Quote of the Week for 2022, has two questions to help you reflect on the past year and set your intentions for the year to come. 

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"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?"

Patti Digh

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This Week's Care Package 

(Articles, videos, podcasts, meditations, provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times)

Article: Let go of the Monkee Bar

https://www.pattidigh.com/2007/02/20/let_go_of_the_m/

Rock n Roll Homeroom: Songs for the New Year 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yNRcrJyDfg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ohxpv5CQs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq7rvFFIpxk

Two Meditations to start the New Year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACwL9A-svt4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtTJI-fxeKU

Interesting Website: January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day

https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2023/

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Getting Ready for the One Word One Year Project

Now that the winter solstice has passed, New Year's Day is almost here!!! So, it may be time to reflect on the past 12 months (be gentle with yourself) and more importantly, come up with your guiding WORD or PHRASE for 2023! (a Quote of the Week Project since 2008!)

This word will guide you and sum up the essence and focus for the next 365 days of your life. Hopefully it will inspire you on what you want "TO BE" as opposed to what you need "TO DO" and maybe it will allow you to step back and look at the BIG picture:

What do I want to feel this coming year?

What kind of experiences do I want to have?

What results, effects, or changes do I want to see?

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Wishing you a most beautiful New Year wherever this may find you!

 Welcome to the Quote of the Week ~ Weekly Quotes & other Posts because sometimes we just need a little Inspiration!  This week, a Christmas quote from an unlikely source!

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"Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more."

The Grinch
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This Week's Care Package
(Articles, videos, podcasts, meditations, provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times)

My new favorite Christmas Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhXSLSltWvY&t=7s

Article: Ten Tips for Enjoying the Holidays
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/stories/ten_tips_for_enjoying_holidays.html

Two Meditations to help you get through the Holidays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0RiuuwSXFw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn58Z0Pl-gE

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To all the Quote of the Week members around the world...

Ruumsaid juulup|hi!
Froehliche Weihnachten
Kala Christouyenna!
Buone Feste Natalizie
Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
Feliz Navidad
Linksmu Kaledu
Joyeux Noel

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

 Yes, it is time for the Quote of the Week ~ Promoting expression of your true feelings and continual positive growth and change! Do more is this week's theme!

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“Do more than belong:  participate.  

Do more than care:  help.  

Do more than believe:  practice.  

Do more than be fair:  be kind.  

Do more than forgive:  forget.  

Do more than dream:  work.”    

William A. Ward

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This Week's Care Package 

(Articles, videos, podcasts, meditations, provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times)

A Meditation to either  Start or End your day (or Both!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2_4xrVt4hs

Article: How To Truly Be There For Someone
https://thoughtcatalog.com/francesca-saunders/2014/03/how-to-truly-be-there-for-someone/

Having trouble calming down? Check out this Pod Clip

https://podclips.com/m/nfkrVv?utm_campaign=Recomendo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

Rock n Roll Homeroom ~ A Song about giving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu2_F7x5Dm4&t=6s

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

 Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, or good middle of the night to all Quote of the Week Members.  It is time to get away from the all-important details of day-to-day life, take a deep breath, relax your shoulders, kick off your shoes and enjoy reading this week's quote!

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"Be a lamp, a lifeboat, a ladder. 

Help someone's soul heal. 

Walk out of your house like a shepherd."

Rumi

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This Week's Care Package 

(Articles, videos, podcasts, meditations, provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times)

A 15-minute morning meditation 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1R8VRV7dhY&list=PLb09q0R7gAwS5dzSXP5sryVkKMuySB7LM&index=6

Article: 10 Selfless Ways to Let Your Light Shine

https://basicsbybecca.com/blog/let-your-light-shine

Rock n Roll Homeroom Songs of the Week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOZgo8gMIoM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoZayIuTrf4

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

 Welcome to /the Quote of the Week  ~ Your weekly reminder to renew yourself to begin again and put positive energy into the world you touch.

“Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, 
more beautiful than perpetual kindness.”
Leo Tolstoy

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This week's Care Package

Article: How 30 Days of Kindness Made Me a Better Person

https://www.success.com/how-30-days-of-kindness-made-me-a-better-person

Podcast of the Week: How Meditation Works & Science-Based Effective Meditations | Andrew Huberman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTBSGgbIvsY&t=7505s

Rock n Roll Homeroom Song of the Week: For those who loved your "Crowded Table" this Thanksgiving!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNY-CPAp_I

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

 

Welcome to the Quote of the Week  ~ Your weekly reminder to "think positive" thereby seeing and feeling the tremendous good in our lives! 

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This week's Care Package

Article: Oh wow! How getting more awe can improve your life – and even make you a nicer person

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/sep/23/how-getting-more-awe-can-improve-your-life-and-even-make-you-a-nicer-person?utm_campaign=Recomendo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=substack

A List: 50 ways to be ridiculously generous—and feel ridiculously good. (I particularly like # 8!)
https://www.youcangetitdone.com/post/50-ways

Great Short Video: Animal: What Makes You Truly Happy?

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

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

 Welcome to the Quote of the Week ~ A weekly reminder to practice what we already know does work ~ To FOCUS on the Positive!

 

 

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This week's Care Package

Guided Meditation For Powerful Positivity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tb1lR8Z5oM

Article: The Power of Positive Thinking
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/the-power-of-positive-thinking

Song of the Week: Don't Stop Me Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM&list=RDEMbHaAxpOZhcVmmF6I3y0siA

Interesting Website: Tune into forests from around the world (Escape and Relax)

https://www .tree.fm/

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

 Welcome to the Quote of the Week ~ An all-you-can-eat positive buffet with no calories. Stuff yourself with positive thoughts and empowering possibilities!!!

 

“Most humans are never fully present in the now because unconsciously 
they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. 
But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.”
Eckhart Tolle

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This Week's Care Package

The Power of Now Meditation

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

Article: 8 Key Lessons From the Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle

https://aimlief.com/8-lessons-i-learned-from-the-power-of-now-by-eckhart-tolle/

Rock n Roll Homeroom; Song of the Week

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

Interesting Website especially if you are bored: Amphibian Love Songs (Other than Kermit the Frog)

https://www.radioisaforeigncountry.org/amphibian-love-songs?

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

Yes, It is the Quote of the Week!  Promoting Cosmic Wisdom at Bargain Basement Prices!  
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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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By the Way, can you identify the time and place when your life changed significantly?  

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This week's Care Package...

A Meditation to Calm Your Mind and Raise Your Vibrations 

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

Article: An Event That Changed My Life Essay

https://www.bartleby.com/topics/an-event-that-changed-my-life

Rock n Roll Homeroom; Song of the Week; Looking at life/love from both sides
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I

Need to think through a problem? Try Tools for Better Thinking
https://untools.co/

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