Welcome to my Daily Inspiration - Daily Quote. See today's daily inspirational quotes below.
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Fear of Suffering
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering
is worse than the suffering itself.
- Paulo Coelho
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
- Alfred Hitchcock
Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes.
What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
In this world there is always danger
for those who are afraid of it.
- George Bernard Shaw
Further reading: More about Fear (One key to dealing with fear is being able to distinguish between the 10% of the time when danger is imminent, and the 90% of the time when unfounded fear becomes an impediment to success and happiness. ...read more...)
A life lived in fear is a life half lived
Why Me?
Overcoming Fear
How to be Happy in Life by Breaking the Cycle of Self-Inflicted Suffering
Pain is inevitable, Suffering is optional. - Buddhist proverb
God Grant Me The Wisdom
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Friday, January 30, 2015
The Pain of Envy
Envy breeds hate.
- Yiddish Proverb
Envy comes from people's ignorance of,
or lack of belief in, their own gifts.
- Jean Vanier
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike;
there is but one step from envy to hate.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is not the man who has too little,
but the man who craves more, that is poor.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house;
you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife,
nor his male servant, nor his female servant,
nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.
- Exodus 20:17
The envious person grows lean
with the fatness of their neighbor.
- Socrates
Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.
- Joseph Epstein
Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
- Socrates
Further reading: Comparisons are Odious
Burden of Jealousy
Zero-Based Gratitude
Disappointment (Unmet Expectation)
How to Be Yourself
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
Lessons from Life
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
- Helen Keller
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,
and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
- George Washington
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
- B.F. Skinner
The difference between school and life?
In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test.
In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
- Tom Bodett
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
- William Butler Yeats
The lessons of the past provide the path to the future.
- Anonymous
Never stop learning. Look for further education in all of life.
Further reading: The Book of Life: Mystery and Riddle
Question Your Questions
Joy Blooms Where Minds and Hearts are Open
Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind
Maybe So, Maybe Not. - Ancient Taoist Proverb
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Choosing Your Destination
If you don't know where you're going,
any road will take you there.
- Lewis Carroll
(Alice in Wonderland)
Follow what you are genuinely passionate about
and let that guide you to your destination.
- Diane Sawyer
All you need is the plan, the road map,
and the courage to press on to your destination.
- Earl Nightingale
A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final
destination and usually the best way to get there.
- H. Stanley Judd
Destiny is not a matter of chance,
It is a matter of choice.
It is not something to be waited for,
But rather something to be achieved.
- William Jennings Bryan
One's destination is never a place
but rather a new way of looking at things.
- Henry Miller
Further reading: How to Choose Your Life Purpose
Where does your path lead?
Why?
Creating Your Own Future
Purpose and Direction
How to Make a Decision You Won't Regret
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Speaking while Angry
Speak when you are angry -- and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
- Laurence J. Peter
When angry, count to ten before you speak.
If very angry, count to one hundred.
- Thomas Jefferson
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
- Cato
Laughter drives shouting away.
- Indra Devi
We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another -
until we speak quietly enough so that our words can
be heard as well as our voices.
- Richard M. Nixon
An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
- Publilius Syrus
Further reading: Stop Anger Before It Stops You
Restraint
Frustration
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
Moderating the Anger Response Through Training
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Monday, January 26, 2015
Your Intuition is Your Guide
Listen to the compass of your heart.
All you need lies within you.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.
- Jonas Salk
Your inner knowing is your only true compass.
- Joy Page
Everyone who wills, can hear the inner voice.
It is within everyone.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition -
they somehow already know what you truly want to become.
- Steve Jobs
You have to leave the city of your comfort
and go into the wilderness of your intuition.
What you'll discover will be wonderful.
What you'll discover is yourself.
- Alan Alda
Further reading: Choose to Follow Your Heart
How to Be Yourself
The Beat of the Universe
Need For Approval
Your Heart's Longing
The important differences between self esteem and self confidence
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Being at Peace
Your worst days are never so bad
that you are beyond the reach of God's grace.
And your best days are never so good
that you are beyond the need of God's grace.
- Anonymous
The will of God will never take you
to where the grace of God will not protect you.
- Anonymous
The wise man in the storm prays God,
not for safety from danger,
but for deliverance from fear.
It is the storm within which endangers him,
not the storm without.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can have everything you ever need - just by asking.
All you ever need is to have inner peace, and
You always have access to The Peace Of God Which Passeth All Understanding.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want...
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me
- Psalm 23
Further reading: God Grant Me The Wisdom
Inner Peace in a World at War
Finding Peace in Forgiveness
Cease Striving
Choose Joy Anyway
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Everything Begins With Imagining
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
- John Muir
This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
- Henry David Thoreau
Imagination is everything.
It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
- Albert Einstein
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
- Muhammad Ali
All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy.
What right have we then to depreciate imagination.
- Carl Jung
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand,
while imagination embraces the entire world,
and all there ever will be to know and understand.
- Albert Einstein
Imagine peace. Imagine love. Imagine oneness.
Imagine whatever most speaks to your heart.
Take a moment to sit back, close your eyes,
and visualize what you wish for the world,
what you wish for the future of humankind.
Further reading: The Canvas Of Life
Fulfilling Your Dreams
Faith in Something Better
Trust Your Intuition
Dream. Begin. Persevere.
Friday, January 23, 2015
Committed yet Flexible
Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.
- Tony Robbins
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again,
but expecting different results.
- Rita Mae Brown (also attributed to Einstein)
Have your new year's resolutions been a new beginning for you
or have they just been different words on the same old beginning?
Maybe now's the time to establish
a new pattern of viewing your life fresh.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Further reading: Tips for Keeping Your New Years Resolutions
It's Never Too Late
A Better Plan
What's Done is Done
Spread Your Wings
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Acts of Kindness
There are no small acts of kindness.
Every compassionate act makes large the world.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
May we make the world a little kinder
and more compassionate
by reminding ourselves that often it is the random acts
of kindness that most benefit all of us.
- Anonymous
A hero is somebody who is selfless,
who is generous in spirit,
who just tries to give back
as much as possible and help people.
A hero to me is someone who saves people
and who really deeply cares.
- Debi Mazar
To be a beneficial presence in the world,
cultivate a conscious awareness of your unity with Spirit.
Expect good in your own life.
Desire good for all others as well.
See and affirm abundant blessings of peace,
health, and plenty for everyone.
Align your thoughts with peace and happiness,
and realize that these qualities are your true nature.
- Kathy Juline
Today's affirmation:
I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: The Cab Ride
Offering Comfort
Not Fair, But Joyful
Proactive in Our Love
Joy from Cheering Others
Opportunity for Kindness
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
One Great Dewdrop
When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop,
striped and dotted with continents and islands,
flying through space with other stars
all singing and shining together as one,
the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.
- John Muir
The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink
to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.
- Nicolaus Copernicus
Look deep into nature, and then
you will understand everything better.
- Albert Einstein
For small creatures such as we
the vastness is bearable only through love.
- Carl Sagan
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains,
at the huge waves of the sea,
at the long courses of rivers,
at the vast compass of the ocean,
at the circular motion of the stars;
and they pass by themselves without wondering.
- St. Augustine
Further reading: Our Grandchildren's Planet
Obeying Nature
The Beat of the Universe
Unity with Spirit and All Creation
Life: Mystery and Riddle
Feel Your Connection With the Infinite - a Meditation
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Staying Grounded
Keep your feet firmly planted on the ground
as you reach for the stars.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Vision stands on the shoulders of what is actual
to get a better view of what is possible.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.
- Oprah Winfrey
When you jump for joy, beware that no one
moves the ground from beneath your feet.
- Stanislaw Jerszy Lec
Further reading: Honoring Your Roots
Fulfilling Your Dreams
Living Deeply
A Strong Foundation
The Canvas Of Life
What You Become
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Monday, January 19, 2015
Martin Luther King Day 2015
I have a dream that my four little children will one day
live in a nation where they will
not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The time is always right to do what is right.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Every man must decide whether he will
walk in the light of creative altruism
or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous
than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands
in moments of comfort and convenience,
but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
When people get caught up with that which is right
and they are willing to sacrifice for it,
there is no stopping point short of victory.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Watch the famous Martin Luther King, Jr. "I have a dream" speech
Further reading: All Brothers and Sisters
Hatred vs. Love
Injustice
Faith Plus Action
Perspective on Diversity
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Sunday, January 18, 2015
Living in Peace
Choose Inner Peace.
Nothing is worth losing your inner peace.
Take action as circumstances require,
but never surrender your inner peace.
Stop. Breathe deeply.
Close your eyes and breathe deeply again.
Then, and only then, take action -
from a peaceful heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
- St. Francis of Assisi
The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace.
A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being
that places harmony in one's life.
- Peace Pilgrim
God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamor.
- Charles Stanley
We can never obtain peace in the outer world
until we make peace with ourselves.
- Dalai Lama
No one can find inner peace except by working,
not in a self-centered way, but for the whole human family.
- Peace Pilgrim
Breathe; let go; relax; forgive.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The world has always been in an uproar, and it always will be.
Choose Peace. Choose to live with Peace.
Choose to interact peacefully with everyone -
especially those whose instinct is not to be peaceful.
Today's affirmation:
I am Counterpoint to the Clamor of the World.
Further reading: Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Kick Back
Stillness
May your sky be forever blue
Joy at Home
Balance ...
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Humorous Wisdom
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all
is the person who argues with him.
- Stanislaw Jerszy Lec
Always listen to the experts.
They'll tell you what can't be done and why.
Then do it.
- Robert Heinlein
Money won't make you happy...
but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
- Zig Ziglar
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on.
It is never of any use to oneself.
- Oscar Wilde
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
- Will Rogers
The most difficult phase of life is not when no one understands you,
it is when you don't understand yourself.
- Anonymous
Further reading: Taking Ourselves Less Seriously
Sense of Humor
The Problem with Advice
Too Serious?
Cute Wisdom
Friday, January 16, 2015
Three Wise Monkeys
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
Read my thoughts about this saying.
Live and let live.
- Yiddish Proverb
Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling
with other men's concerns.
- Plato
Never impose on others what
you would not choose for yourself.
- Confucius (Ancient Chinese)
Many people excuse their own faults
but judge other persons harshly.
We should reverse this attitude
by excusing others' shortcomings
and by harshly examining our own.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
We have to let go of all blame, all attacking, all judging,
to free our inner selves to attract what we say we want.
- Joe Vitale
Let It Be
- Paul McCartney
Let today be a day to honor and respect the beliefs and lifestyles of your extended family, your friends, your neighbors, your fellow citizens, and all those around the world.
Further reading: Our Bond of Humanity
Meddling - 5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Offering Helpful Advice
Don't Sweat The Small Stuff
Point of View
Shouting
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Keeping Curiosity Alive
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive.
One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Be curious, not judgmental.
- Walt Whitman
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
- Albert Einstein
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things,
because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
- Walt Disney
Curiosity is one of the main factors that keeps us excited and engaged with life.
Being curious, we look forward to the adventures that lie ahead.
Curiosity keeps one young - in thought and in action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: A Fire to be Kindled
Asking Better Questions
Power of Imagination
Wild Songs Of Adventure
Eternity
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Eyes on the Heavens
Life is an adventure.
I can only wonder what treasure
awaits at the top of the path.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The journey between what you once were
and who you are now becoming
is where the dance of Life really takes place.
- Barbara De Angelis
Come dress yourself in love, let the journey begin.
- Francesca da Rimini
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.
- Peace Pilgrim
Trust your own inner guidance.
Have faith that your steps are
carrying you toward your dreams.
Keep your eyes on the heavens
and believe that your feet will carry you well.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: An Unknowable Future
Trust the Flow
Wander, but Not Aimlessly
Trust in the Light
Blaze Your Own Trail
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Promise of Rainbows
The soul would have no rainbow,
Had the eyes no tears.
- John Vance Cheney
Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life.
The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,
and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.
- Lord Byron
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down.
Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
- Gilbert K. Chesterton
The rainbow will remind me of the covenant between God and all living creatures.
- Genesis 9:16
Further reading: Tears and Laughter
This is my wish for you...
Feeling Depressed?
It Might Have Been
Beyond Your Worries
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Monday, January 12, 2015
Live This Day to the Fullest
Carpe Diem (Seize The Day)
Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day;
live life to the fullest;
make the most of what you have.
It is later than you think.
- Horace
Life is now.
There was never a time when your life was not now,
nor will there ever be.
- Eckhart Tolle
No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
- William Feather
"Seize The Day" (Carpe Diem) is sometimes interpreted as an invitation to party irresponsibly - without regard for the consequences. My interpretation of Carpe Diem is to seize the day in the sense of honoring the importance and sanctity of each day we live. It is so easy to delay the important parts of living until another day. But don't do that... Do something truly important Today.
Make Today count. Today - each Today - is the most important day of your life.
Further reading: Cherish This Moment
Living in the Present
Being the Melody
Living Deeply
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Sunday, January 11, 2015
Creating Your Legacy
How do you want to be remembered?
Live life full out - Begin today.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments,
but what is woven into the lives of others.
- Pericles
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
- William James
Life is about more than today, and more than yourself.
What will your legacy be?
What will your great-grandchildren be told about you?
Creating a legacy does not have to be a burden,
it can be your joy, and can create your satisfaction with living each day.
What kind of world do you want to leave your great-grandchildren?
What can you do today to help create that world?
Further reading: Your Legacy - Making a Difference
To love - To be loved
Life is about more than today
What are you doing for future generations?
Pay It Forward
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Saturday, January 10, 2015
Ignore Your Critics
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
- Old Saying
You can't let praise or criticism get to you.
It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
- John Wooden
Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
- H. L. Mencken
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention,
largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
- Bertrand Russell
Whatever anyone ever says about you, you have only yourself to answer to.
Trust yourself. If you feel you have done your best, ignore your critics.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: The Price of Standing for Something Important
How to Stay Positive Around Negative People
Blaze Your Own Trail
Think for Yourself
The Problem with Advice
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Friday, January 9, 2015
Your Promises
The most important promises are the ones we make to ourselves.
The promises we make to ourselves are the ones
that assure us we have the capacity to keep our promises to others.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
If you have integrity, nothing else matters.
If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
- Alan K. Simpson
Do what you love, love what you do,
and deliver more than you promise.
- Harvey McKay
Today's exercise:
Consider how much you do or do not value your promises to yourself.
Do you take such promises seriously? Break them easily?
Make new promises as circumstances change?
Further reading: DO IT
Commitment
The Habit of Making Excuses
Character
Stand Up To Your Obstacles
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Choosing to Smile
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,
but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Let my soul smile through my heart
and my heart smile through my eyes,
that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
- Phyllis Diller
Although it is always better to live with conviction and enthusiasm,
some days it is better just to go through the motions than to do nothing.
Smile even when you feel grumpy.
Meditate or Pray even when you have nothing to say to God.
Cook a healthy meal even when you are tired.
Walk or exercise even when the thought doesn't excite you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Inner Smile Exercise:
1. Close your eyes.
2. Breath slowly, deeply, and consciously.
3. Set the corners of your mouth in just the slightest smile.
4. Visualize your smile growing larger and larger, and your happiness increasing.
Further reading: Just Smile
Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now
Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life
The Secret of Happiness
Beyond Your Worries
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015
How We See Things
We don't see things as they are,
we see things as we are.
- Anaïs Nin
You change the past when you change the way you see it.
- Alan Cohen
The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
- Thomas Carlyle
Often, the greatest joy is to be found not in new things,
but in old things seen through new eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The quality of life is in how we view it.
We see a miserable, evil, and threatening world
when we look through unhappy eyes.
We see a vibrant, exciting, and hopeful world through joyful eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: What You See
When You Have Been Wronged
Attitude is Everything
Your Point of View
Zero-Based Gratitude
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Same Breath
All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man...
the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.
- Chief Seattle
Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity;
so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.
- Henry David Thoreau
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent
of what nature has revealed to us.
- Albert Einstein
Let children walk with Nature,
let them see the beautiful blendings
and communions of death and life,
their joyous inseparable unity,
as taught in woods and meadows,
plains and mountains and streams
of our blessed star,
and they will learn that death
is stingless indeed,
and as beautiful as life.
- John Muir
Each of us shares a unity with Spirit and all life,
and simultaneously each of us is an individual with free will.
There is a duality to us as separate and as part of the whole.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: All things are bound together
Everything is God
Perspective on Diversity
Unity with Spirit and All Creation
All Brothers and Sisters
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Monday, January 5, 2015
Anger is Its Own Punishment
You will not be punished for your anger,
you will be punished by your anger.
- the Buddha
I have never met an aggressive person
who wasn't a fearful person.
- John Bradshaw
Whenever you are angry, be assured that
it is not only a present evil,
but that you have increased a habit.
- Epictetus
Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
- A Course In Miracles
Once you recognize that greed, jealousy, and aggression
are symptoms of fear, you can begin to respond to negative people
with compassion, rather than with anger.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Stop Anger Before It Stops You
Revenge, the Deadliest Sin?
Never Let Anyone Get Your Goat
Finding Peace in Forgiveness
Ending Your Anger
Creatures of Emotion
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Sunday, January 4, 2015
We Belong to Each Other
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me:
I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
...
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Matthew 25:35-40
If you are healthy, support those who are sick.
If you have a job, support those who have lost theirs.
If you are strong, support those who are feeble of body or mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Further reading: The Good Samaritan
How Helping Others Helps You
Commitment To Service
Feed Just One
Helping Others
Encourage Others
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Enjoy Life
Life is a song - sing it.
Life is a game - play it.
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a dream - realize it.
Life is a sacrifice - offer it.
Life is love - enjoy it.
- Sai Baba
Life is not about perfection -
or a quest for perfection.
Life is about enjoying what we have -
for as long as we have it.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do not anticipate trouble,
or worry about what may never happen.
Keep in the sunlight.
- Benjamin Franklin
Live as if this is all there is.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Further reading: Life Really Is Good
Cherish the Whimsey
Small Pleasures
Choose to Love Life
Life is Really Simple
Friday, January 2, 2015
Being Fully Present in TODAY
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
- John Lennon
Find ecstasy in life;
the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Dickinson
The highest and most beautiful things in life
are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen
but, if one will, are to be lived.
- Soren Kierkegaard
This is the day which the Lord has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalms 118:24
Stop wishing and fearing the future
long enough to be fully present in TODAY.
Some great things are happening today
that bear no resemblance to what you planned.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Living in the Present
An Unknowable Future
The Canvas Of Life
Our Opportunity
A New Day
Life as Currency
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Happy New Year 2015
Happy New Year! Happy New Beginning!
Today, the year is a newborn.
How will we choose to dress it, to feed it, to teach it, to learn from it?
This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best.
- William Arthur Ward
Don't Wait!
Start on your dreams, your impulses,
your longings, your special occasions today.
Because this is your moment.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1
Further reading: The First Day
Renewal and Rebirth - The Great Cycle
New Years Resolutions
Old Beginnings versus NEW beginnings
A Better Plan
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