“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” ~ Indira Gandhi When you watch champion athletes at peak performance you can’t help but notice their single pointed focus on only what they’re doing in the present moment. In a state of heightened awareness, only accessible…
“One should not overstretch, nor understretch. If one thing is overstretched, something else gets understretched. If overstretching comes from a swollen ego, then understretching results from a lack of confidence. If overstretching is exhibitionism, understretching is escapism. Overstretching and understretching are both wrong: Always stretch from the source, the core, and the foundation of each…
“I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.” ~ Alice Walker Love, my friend. As with anything you want more of, expect it, feel it, embrace it, spread it and you attract it to you. Happy Valentine’s Day.
“The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed. At the bidding of unlawful thoughts the body sinks rapidly into disease and decay; at the command of glad and beautiful thoughts it becomes clothed with youthfulness and beauty.” ~ James Allen, As…
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a great adventure or nothing.” ~ Helen Keller Would you call your life a great adventure, my friend?…
“By seeking and blundering we learn.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe There’s no such thing as a mistake. Oh, you may look back with regret about something, but those are the very “mistakes” you’ll be sure to not make again. Chalk everything up to experience and simply strive to be better. It’s now water under…
“The most important thing that I learned was respect for all of civilization. In Oxford I learned to respect all that is best in human civilization. That helped me cope with something that was not quite the best.” ~ Aung San Suu Kyi Knowing that life is always cyclical, that the pendulum must swing back…
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” ~ Stephen Covey With every step you take and every thought you think even, you have the power to choose. And with all those choices you’ve made, including the ones made by not consciously choosing and taking action, you have…
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt If your dreams don’t inspire you, my friend, what’s there to look forward to? But when they do… oh, when they do… they’ll sweep you right along with them! Dream big, my friend, big inspiring dreams. Enjoy every moment…
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” ~ Ralph Waldo…