“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…
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” ~ William Shakespeare We think, we label, we decide, we define, and thereby we create. Have you noticed the connection? Have you studied which is the actual cause and which the effect? It may not be as you first might think. Think about…
“How do you become centered? By shifting your awareness from the experience to the one who experiences. All experiences are on the circumference and they are continually changing. The one who experiences is at the center. Again and again come back to the one who experiences.” ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Think of a satellite…
“We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.” ~ Albert Einstein The “person” part of the personality, your essence, resides in your heart. You can think and think and think and think about something from every possible angle, but it’s not until your…
“Every moment you are happy is a gift to the world.” ~ Harry Palmer Oh, to be happy… You know how good it feels to be happy? Ever noticed how that feeling is infectious? Go ahead, my friend, let yourself feel good. And why not give others a taste of it? It’s like you’ll be…