Set higher standards for you own performance than anyone around you, and it won’t matter whether you have a tough boss or an easy one. It won’t matter whether the competition is pushing you hard, because you’ll be competing with yourself. ~ Rick Pitino The Japanese word Ganbaru 眼張る means to preserve, continue, and do your best. It is steadfast determination, standing firm, and is referred to as the art…
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For in the end, it is not the things we did that we regret, but the things we left undone, the words left unspoken, the dreams left unfulfilled. ~ Toshikazu Kawaguchi The idea that time accelerates as we age is accurate. We reach an age when we realize the probable time we have left is equal to or less than the time we have lived, which brings a realness to…
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For everything in life is figureoutable. There is a theory that we choose our lives before we are born. Up in the heavens or wherever souls convene before they are incarnated, we look into our potential future life as if watching a movie. We may consider various scenarios until we choose the experience that will fit our highest good. Then, when we are born into the life we have chosen,…
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What screws us up most in life is the picture in our head of how its suppose to be. ~Anonymous It took me years to grasp the concept of ‘No expectations, No disappointments.’ Aren’t expectations a good thing? Doesn’t the fulfillment of expectations make us happy? Expectations are everywhere. Parents frequently pin their dreams upon their children, expecting them to be something, perhaps more than they were. Teachers set the…
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Sometimes what you’re most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free ~Robert Tew We say we want it all, yet we can be our worst enemies. We stand in our way and then wonder why we have not attained what we desire. Knowingly or not, we become accustomed to our self-sabotaging, living the life we have created, not the life we want. As a casting…
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, Live the life you have always imagined. ~ Henry David Thoreau The lives we lead tell the stories about who we are. I’ve always been drawn to explorers and those who have lived extraordinary lives. Stories about people surviving insurmountable odds intrigue me. I quietly aspire to have a hint of inner strength in the face of adversity that they have. Perhaps…
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To Let Go is about detaching. However, to detach does not mean we no longer care. Sometimes, it means we care too much to hold on. We like to attach to things – people, places, ideas, and animals. Nothing in nature stands still. So, to keep up with the flow, we attach and detach as we grow. Detaching takes more effort than attaching. Sometimes, the detachment is easy, and often,…
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Oh the games people play now, Every night and every day now… ~Lyrics by Joe South Learning right from wrong differs from those playing the Right/Wrong game. Distinguishing right from wrong starts when children understand why something should or should not be. It happens when they learn how to think independently, having been taught discernment. It is then that they can assimilate what is morally right. Examples include why…
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ig zíst’nss e v e r y t h i n g b e i n g r e a l {existence} Often, one sentence or thought has the most significant impact on us. It may come up in a conversation or something heard in passing, yet the takeaway stays with us. We ponder it and realize it was precisely what we needed to hear. I have gathered…
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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. ~Molière With the explosion of social media, we are inundated with people and situations to which we compare ourselves. These altered realities allow us to justify our feelings of being not enough. I am not pretty enough. I am not smart enough. I am not rich enough. I am not talented enough. I am not thin enough. I am…
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