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
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Enjoy What You Do Have
Life is not about perfection -
or a quest for perfection.
Life is about enjoying what we have -
for as long as we have it.
Life must not be about regretting what we do not have.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness,
and the word happy would lose its meaning
if it were not balanced by sadness.
It is far better take things as they come along
with patience and equanimity.
- Carl Jung
Further reading: Small Pleasures
Live Your Life Fully
Life Really Is Good
Cherish the Whimsey
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Release Your Attachment to the Way Things Have Been
All life is change.
Release your attachment to the way things have been,
and wend your way joyfully
through life's unfolding majesty.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Before moving on, you have to clear away your cherished beliefs.
- Dick Raymond
There's a trick to the Graceful Exit.
It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage,
a relationship is over - and to let go.
It means leaving what's over without denying its value.
- Ellen Goodman
What's done is done.
- William Shakespeare
Stop holding on to the past.
1) Release your regrets about whatever you may have done or failed to do that turned out poorly.
2) Forgive others for whatever they may have done or failed to do that cause you harm.
3) Declare today to be a new beginning.
Let go of the past and move on with creating a joyful new future for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Let Go of Your Attachment to Your Plans
A Better Plan
Illusions Lost
Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements - The Wisdom of the Ages in Four Sound-Bites
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Create Your Own Future
Believe that life is worth living,
and your belief will help create the fact.
- William James
Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
- Peter F. Drucker
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
Be curious; be adventurous; live life full-out.
Accept the challenge, and reach for the brass ring.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Where Do You Want To Go?
Thinking as Creation
How To Cope With Life
Create Light for Others
Find God in Silence
Monday, April 27, 2020
A Ray of Beauty
Earth laughs in flowers.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty
out-values all the utilities of the world.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
You grow up the day you have your first real laugh - at yourself.
- Ethel Barrymore
Do not take life too seriously.
You will never get out of it alive.
- Elbert Hubbard
Further reading: Take time to Smell the Flowers
Lighten Up, Life Isn't Serious
Choose Not To Stress
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Sunday, April 26, 2020
Deep Gratitude for the Spark
At times our own light goes out
and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude
of those who have lighted the flame within us.
- Albert Schweitzer
Friends share our pain and touch our wounds
with a gentle and tender hand.
- Henri Nouwen
A true friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
A friend is someone who won't stop
until he finds you and brings you home.
- Fraser Sr. in the movie Due South
Be thankful to those who have offered us challenges, rather than easy answers.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Today's affirmation: I gratefully accept the light and pay it forward.
Further reading: Regrets, Resentments and the Path to Forgiveness - Stop Anger & Live Happy With Conscious Awareness
Appreciate Your Friends
Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude
Give Love and Comfort
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Saturday, April 25, 2020
Some Days...
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
Act the way you'd like to be
and soon you'll be the way you act.
- Leonard Cohen
Repeat anything often enough
and it will start to become you.
- Tom Hopkins
A smile that begins as an effort and a pretense
quickly grows to become genuine,
and given time, a habit of happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,
but sometimes your smile
can be the source of your joy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
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: Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now
Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life
Grin your smile; giggle your laugh; unfurl your joy
Practice makes perfect - sometimes
Tending the Garden of Our Lives
Overcome Being Negative
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Friday, April 24, 2020
What is Luck?
Those who have succeeded at anything
and don't mention luck
are kidding themselves.
- Larry King
Luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
- Seneca
I find that the harder I work,
the more luck I seem to have.
- Thomas Jefferson
Remember that not getting what you want
is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.
- Harry Golden
Further reading: Aging With Grace
Maybe So, Maybe Not
Get Un-Stuck
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Thursday, April 23, 2020
Move to Your Heart, Breathe
Move to your heart, Breathe.
Close your eyes and breathe deeply - slowly -
fill your lungs with love and gratitude -
exhale each and every trouble -
again and again - gratitude in, troubles out.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Inhale, and God approaches you.
Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you.
Exhale, and you approach God.
Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God.
- Krishnamacharya
The moment you start seeing life
as non-serious, a playfulness,
all the burden on your heart disappears.
All the fear of death, of life,
of love - everything disappears.
- Osho
Breath by breath, let go of fear, expectation, anger,
regret, cravings, frustration, fatigue.
Let go of the need for approval.
- Lama Surya Das
Today's affirmation:
Slowly and Deeply, I Inhale a Calming Breath.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Breathe In, Breathe Out
Breathe deeply and rejoice
Feel Your Connection With the Infinite - a Meditation
Conscious Breathing to Relieve Stress
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Earth Day 2020 - Protectors of God's Creation
Let us be protectors of creation,
protectors of God’s plan inscribed in nature,
protectors of one another, and of the environment.
- Pope Francis
The true meaning of life is to plant trees,
under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
- Nelson Henderson
We need to think of the future and the planet we are
going to leave to our children and their children.
- Kofi Annan
Consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
- Wilma Mankiller
To cherish what remains of the Earth
and to foster its renewal
is our only legitimate hope of survival.
- Wendell Berry
Further reading: Our Grandchildren's Planet
For Future Generations
Your Legacy - Making a Difference
Reverence
For Our Children
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Approach Life with a Light Heart
Life is too important to be taken seriously.
- Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde was a writer, playwright, humorist, satirist,
and astute observer of the human condition.
What does he mean by, "Life is too important to be taken seriously?"
Is it just a simple joke?
"Serious" can mean thoughtful, careful and profound,
but it also can mean unsmiling, grim, and humorless.
I am inclined to paraphrase Wilde as...
Life is too valuable to spend time not being lighthearted.
Dance lightly with life today and every day.
Life is too short not to be joyful and celebrate each day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Seriousness is a sickness; your sense of humor
makes you more human, more humble.
The sense of humor - according to me -
is one of the most essential parts of religiousness.
- Osho
Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world.
Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak.
Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor,
and your picture begins to lighten up.
- Allen Klein
Smile.
Today would be a wonderful day
not to take life so seriously.
Today may end up the way you prefer -
and it may not.
Happiness is not about being a winner -
it's about being gentle with life -
being gentle with yourself.
Let life be a dance,
and choose the kind of
dance you want for today -
perhaps a gentle loving dance.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Humor in the Face of Adversity
As a Child Again
Be Gentle with Yourself
Time to Smell the Flowers
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Monday, April 20, 2020
Lead By Inspiring Others
A leader is not one who says, "Follow me."
A leader is one who says, "I'll go first."
- Neale Donald Walsch
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more,
do more and become more, you are a leader.
- John Quincy Adams
Leaders are those who empower others.
- Bill Gates
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is amazing how much you can accomplish
when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.
- Anonymous
Your example is far more influential and inspiring
than any words of instruction, or threats,
or even words of encouragement.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: How to Become a Leader
Leading by Example
I choose to adapt to the circumstances in which I find myself
Stay adaptable, stay Joyful
Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Find God In Peaceful Silence
We need to find God, and he cannot
be found in noise and restlessness.
God is the friend of silence.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass -
grows in silence; see the stars,
the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...
We need silence to be able to touch souls.
- Mother Teresa
Silence is a source of great strength.
- Lao Tzu
In silence you hear who you are becoming.
You create yourself.
- Jewel
True silence is the rest of the mind,
and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body,
nourishment and refreshment.
- William Penn
Further reading: Choose A Quiet Moment
Quiet Time
Have a Conversation with God, Today
Choose Inner Peace
Stillness of the Mind
Breath by Breath
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Saturday, April 18, 2020
The Serenity Prayer Says It All
God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
the courage to change the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.
- Reinhold Niebuhr (Serenity Prayer)
There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
- the character Morpheus in the movie The Matrix
There is a great difference between knowing and understanding:
you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.
- Charles Kettering
Know the power of perspective.
Be a passionate observer of life.
See the events, feel the emotions,
and recognize the difference.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: More About the Serenity Prayer
Great Truths
Consciously Choosing Your Truth
Different and Yet the Same
Friday, April 17, 2020
Let Your Faith Overcome Your Anxiety
All times are times of crisis. Wars, earthquakes, diseases, floods and murders have been constant companions of humankind from the beginning. 300,000 people die each and every single day. Yet against this backdrop, the magnificence of human accomplishment, human love and compassion, and great human happiness plays out each day. Let us marvel, and have infinite gratitude for, the human spirit that towers above the circumstances in which we find ourselves.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Every tomorrow has two handles.
We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety
or the handle of faith.
- Henry Ward Beecher
If I were to say, "God, why me?" about the bad things,
then I should have said, "God, why me?"
about the good things that happened in my life.
- Arthur Ashe
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow...
but only empties today of its strength.
- C. H. Spurgeon
Further reading: The Serenity Prayer
The Myth of Security
Life only appears to be rushing toward us
Goodness of Life
Grace and Gratitude
The Eye-of-the-Storm
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Thursday, April 16, 2020
A Little Kinder
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
Do some selfless service for people who are in need.
Consider the whole picture, not just our little selves.
- Nina Hagen
Our compassion and acts of selflessness
take us to the deeper truths.
- Amma
Today's affirmation:
I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Empathy
Open Mind - Open Heart
Through Each Other's Eyes
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Fun-House Mirror
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact.
Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
- Marcus Aurelius
We see life through the fun-house mirrors of our own point-of-view.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The dream you are living is your creation.
It is your perception of reality that you can change at any time.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Get the facts first.
You can distort them later.
- Mark Twain
Everyone believes that their beliefs are the right ones -
that is why they are called beliefs.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Your Attitude Is Your Window
Seek the Truth
Your world IS as you believe it is
Don't Be Too Sure
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Selfless Service
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
One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy
are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
- Albert Schweitzer
Life is unlimited.
Your world expands with the generosity, compassion,
inventiveness, and service that you contribute.
Money that is spent or given away returns multiplied.
The more love that is given, the more love returns.
The more a helping hand is given, the more hands
are strengthened and empowered to help.
We can help each other to all be winners.
We can all have food, and jobs, and love, and happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It's a privilege to serve the poor.
- Bono
Further reading: Create Light for Others
Make a Difference
Basic Kindness
True Measure of a Successful Life
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Monday, April 13, 2020
Thomas Jefferson's Birthday 2020
Only aim to do your duty,
and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
- Thomas Jefferson
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold
is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
- Thomas Jefferson
We are not afraid to follow truth
wherever it may lead,
nor to tolerate any error
so long as reason is left free to combat it.
- Thomas Jefferson
It is always better to have no ideas than false ones;
to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
- Thomas Jefferson
Truth is certainly a branch of morality
and a very important one to society.
- Thomas Jefferson
He who knows best knows how little he knows.
- Thomas Jefferson
Do you want to know who you are?
Don't ask. Act!
Action will delineate and define you.
- Thomas Jefferson
In matters of style, swim with the current;
in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
- Thomas Jefferson
Further reading: Independence - Freedom - Liberty
Allow Your Friends and Family Their Own Opinions
Have a Positive Mental Attitude, Be Unstoppable
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Sunday, April 12, 2020
Easter Sunday 2020
The great gift of Easter is hope -
Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God,
in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love,
which nothing can shake.
- Basil C. Hume
Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection,
not in books alone, but in every leaf in spring-time.
- Martin Luther
This is what the Lord asks of you: only this,
to act justly, to love tenderly,
and to walk humbly with your God.
- Micah 6:8
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
- Voltaire
Guide our feet into the way of peace.
- Luke 1:79
Today, Easter, the most Holy day on the Christian calendar, is a day to celebrate our spiritual natures. We are not just bones and flesh, chemicals and electricity, we are beings of Spirit, one with each other and one with the eternity and infinity of Creation.
On this day, let us affirm the core values of unconditional love of all humans and an uncompromising commitment to caring for all who are sick, infirm, or troubled - as expressed in the biblical story of the Good Samaritan. (Read more on Loving your enemies, the Golden Rule, and the parable of The Good Samaritan)
Further reading: Love even those who hate you
Jesus own Words about Forgiveness and Unconditional Love
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Saturday, April 11, 2020
The Little Things You Do
It's the little things you do
that can make a big difference.
- Bob Proctor
There are no small acts of kindness.
Every compassionate act makes large the world.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
For it is in giving that we receive.
- St. Francis of Assisi
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
- Mother Teresa
Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
- Jesus (Matthew 25:40)
Our opportunity is to visualize a kinder world.
To sing glad songs of tomorrow -
imagining a world of love -
of the whole world filled with love.
To offer our hand... often.
To breathe deeply and honor ourselves.
To pause and contemplate... just because.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Become Kinder
Have Faith that God will do what is Right
I Will Fear No Evil
The Reality of Money
Friday, April 10, 2020
Good Friday 2020 - Sacrifice
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
- Matthew 25:40
Jesus preached more and taught more
about helping the poor and the sick and the hungry
than he did about heaven and hell.
Shouldn't that tell us something?
- John Grisham
The ultimate test of a man's conscience
may be his willingness to sacrifice something today
for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
- Gaylord Nelson
Let us be protectors of creation,
protectors of God’s plan inscribed in nature,
protectors of one another, and of the environment.
- Pope Francis
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
- The Buddha
Further reading: The Least Of These
Everything is God
Our Children's Earth
Unity with Spirit and All Creation
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Transformation of Consciousness
One of the secrets of life is that
all that is really worth the doing
is what we do for others.
- Lewis Carroll
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves
and our own self-preservation,
we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
- Joseph Campbell
The best cure for our own self-inflicted suffering
is often service to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Create Light for Others
Eight Rules for Living Your Greatest Life
How to Choose Your Life Purpose
Live With Passion
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Brighter Tomorrow
Life was meant to be lived,
and curiosity must be kept alive.
One must never, for whatever reason,
turn his back on life.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak.
Strong convictions precede great actions.
- Louisa May Alcott
Most people give up just when
they're about to achieve success.
They quit on the one yard line.
They give up at the last minute of the game,
one foot from a winning touch down.
- Ross Perot
The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Again Tomorrow
Dark Days
Our Own Light Frightens Us
Rising Again
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Rejoice For What You DO Have
He is a wise man who does not grieve
for the things which he has not,
but rejoices for those which he has.
- Epictetus
Be content with what you have,
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.
- Lao Tzu
If you want to feel rich,
just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
- Anonymous
Count your blessings.
Once you realize how valuable you are
and how much you have going for you,
the smiles will return, the sun will break out,
the music will play, and you will finally
be able to move forward the life that God intended
for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.
- Og Mandino
Further reading: Thankful and Content
Become Conscious of Your Wealth
A Life of Abundance
A Simple Life
Monday, April 6, 2020
Deliverance from Fear
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
The only hope I can see for the future depends on a
wiser and braver use of the reason,
not a panic flight from it.
- F. L. Lucas
Never yield to Panic (fear so strong it prevents logical thinking).
Focus, and let your actions be thoughtful.
Doubt and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination,
which the steadfast heart will conquer,
and the large mind will transcend.
- Helen Keller
Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic;
it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
- Vannevar Bush
Further reading: Take Charge of Your Life
The Nightly News - an expression of fear
Don't Panic
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Sunday, April 5, 2020
A Source of Unconditional Love
True love never comes with conditions.
Become a source of unconditional love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
Remember, we all stumble, every one of us.
That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand.
- Emily Kimbrough
Love wasn't put in your heart to stay.
Love isn't love until you give it away.
- Michael W. Smith
Loving is the most unmitigated and courageous act I perform in a day.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Who, being loved, is poor?
- Oscar Wilde
Further reading: This is my wish for you...
Coping with Heartbreak
What is Love?
Feeling Used and Left Out
Saturday, April 4, 2020
The Paradox of Great Truths
There are trivial truths and there are great truths.
The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false.
The opposite of a great truth is also true.
- Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr, the great Danish physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 for his fundamental contributions to the understanding of atomic structure and quantum mechanics, is making a point that is very Zen - or very Taoist if one prefers.
An example of a "great truth" for which the opposite is also true is the statement, "You are not your body; you are not your mind." While it is very true, if one so believes, that the "real you" is neither physical nor mental, it is simultaneously true that your body and your mind are very real, and ignoring their reality is likely to cause great suffering.
Another example of a "great truth" is the Golden Rule. It is true that we should treat others as we wish to be treated in the sense of being kind and compassionate to everyone. Yet the opposite of the Golden Rule is also true in the sense that it is kind and compassionate to recognize that everyone is called to a different life path and to honor those differences.
[As always, the purpose of these daily messages to provide something to think about, rather than to attempt to dictate conclusions.]
No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
- Robert A. Heinlein
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past,
threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
- Maya Angelou
The more opinions you have, the less you see.
- Wim Wenders
The words of truth are always paradoxical.
- Lao Tzu
Further reading: What is "The Truth?"
To Keep the Golden Rule
What You're Sure You Know, But Don't
The Golden Rule is Not Always Golden
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Friday, April 3, 2020
Imagine What You Could Accomplish
Imagine what you could accomplish if you enrolled others into your dream.
The world changes when people of vision and commitment
create an infectious enthusiasm for their ideas.
What is your great idea whose time has come?
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed people can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
Idealism detached from action is just a dream.
But idealism allied with pragmatism,
with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit,
is very exciting.
It's very real.
It's very strong.
- Bono
Individual commitment to a group effort -
that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
- Vince Lombardi
Further reading: Take Action Today
The Power of Teamwork
Action Beats Inaction
Dream To Reality
Wanting is Not Enough
Embrace Change
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Time to Say, Enough is Enough
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Tennyson's poem The Charge of the Light Brigade, from which the "valley of death" lines come, describes a fatal and futile 1854 cavalry charge during the forgettable Crimean War. You can read the whole poem at www.dancelightly.com/valley-death.php
What is the proper balance between individual responsibility and blindly following the orders of an authority? When has the time come to say, enough is enough?
There are times, sir, when men of good conscience
cannot blindly follow orders.
The claim "I was only following orders" has been used
to justify too many tragedies in our history.
- Captain Picard, STAR TREK: The Next Generation
Morality is contraband in war.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Further reading: Half Reveal and Half Conceal
Your Own Authority
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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
April Fool's Day 2020
The burden of the self is lightened when I laugh at myself.
- Rabindranath Tagore
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
- e. e. cummings
Dare to wear the foolish clown face.
- Frank Sinatra
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
- William Shakespeare
Life is short,
Break the Rules.
Forgive quickly,
Kiss SLOWLY.
Love truly.
Laugh uncontrollably
And never regret
ANYTHING
That makes you smile
- Mark Twain
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
- Aesop
Further reading: As a Child Again
Power of Laughter
Life Is Not Meant to be Serious
Never Let Anyone Get Your Goat
Sense of Humor
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