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Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself to others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would […]
Read More Creed to live by…During Mandela’s 27 years of political imprisonment (9000 days) his daily source of inspiration was a poem called “Invictus.” William Henley, the English poet wrote Invictus in 1875 from his hospital bed after his leg was amputated in his lifelong battle against tuberculosis of the bone. Invictus means “Invincible” in Latin: Out of the night […]
Read More Invictus (Invincible in Latin) by William Ernest Henley1. First Important Lesson – “Know The Cleaning Lady” During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?” Surely this was some […]
Read More Five Lessons About How To Treat People — Author Unknown“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” Ralph Waldo Emerson “Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” Francesca Reigler “Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order […]
Read More Quote time :) Today’s theme is Happiness!A Friend…. (A)ccepts you as you are (B)elieves in “you” (C)alls you just to say “HI” (D)oesn’t give up on you (E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts) (F)orgives your mistakes (G)ives unconditionally (H)elps you (I)nvites you over (J)ust wants to “be” with you (K)eeps you close at heart (L)oves you for who […]
Read More The A – Z of Friendship…Keep in mind the following 50 tips and you’ll be able to streamline your life and get back on track this year. Recycle old papers that are filling drawers in your house. If you’re anything like me, you have drawers overflowing with old receipts, junk mail, records, and notes to myself. Get rid of all […]
Read More 50 ways to get your life in order…I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren’t there for the day. I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage. I would have talked less and listened more. I would have […]
Read More If I Had My Life to Live Over…. attributed to Erma BombeckJulio Diaz is s social worker who lives in New York City and every night at the end of his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx. Julio stops for dinner at his favorite diner. One night in February 2008 , as Julio stepped off the No. 6 train and onto a nearly empty platform, his […]
Read More Kindness for your robber…I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone that can be loved. The rest is up to them. I’ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back. I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to […]
Read More Classroom of life: I’ve learned… Author Unknown