Believe

Believe that life is worth living 

and your belief will help create the fact. 

~ William James 

Believe in your dreams. 

Excellence

There is a family of us who have this yearning for a kind of excellence that we can manifest every day of our lives, a family who wants to believe we're not pawns, we're not victims on this planet, that knows we have the power within us here and now to change the world we see around us! 

~ Richard Bach

Change yourself and you change the world. 

How do you know

How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within if only we would listen to it, that tells us certainly when to go forth into the unknown. 

~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Go forward into your future. 

The Happiest Life

To know nothing is the happiest life. 

~ Desiderius Erasmus 

Accept life as it comes. 

Call for Change

Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.

 ~ Karl Menninger 

Uneasiness is the spirit's call for change. 

Way to Success

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. 

~ Swami Vivekananda

Focus on the thought that motivates you. 

Destiny

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another. 

~ Thomas Merton 

When we see ourselves in someone else's eyes... destiny. 

Build Yourself

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today. 

~ Pope Paul VI 

Embrace the work that makes you better. 

Dream It

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want. ~ Zig Ziglar 

Move always forward toward your dreams. 

The Power You Have

You cannot control what other people do,

 only how you react to it. 

~ Jeffrey Fry 

Think about the moment. 

Think about your response. 

Think about the results. 

Radiate

Radiate peace. Who knows? The peace you spread may create the only restful place in your environment. 

~ Stella Payton 

Quiet in the morning. 

Stay Calm

When everything around you is crazy, 

it is ingenious to stay calm. 

~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

Observe before you engage, then engaging becomes a choice. 

Emotions Help

…you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit. 

~ Lemony Snicket

Real emotions in the moment help process through the change. 

At Face Value

When someone shows you who they are believe them; 

the first time. 

~ Maya Angelou

Accept the message for what it is. 

Love Each Day

Things change, and friends leave. 

Life doesn’t stop for anybody. 

~ Steven Chbosky 

Enjoy the day with whom you're with. 

Keep Calm

Keep Calm. You have the forest in your blood. 

~ Nenia Campbell

Keep Calm. 

Moments

Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments. 

~ Rose Kennedy 

Life is a series of moments. 

Transform Self

Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly. 

~ Thomas Jefferson 

Self consciousness transforms into self awareness. 

Recipe for Living

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; 

there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. 

~ Carl Jung 

Try it. Think about it. Make a choice. 

Perspective

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, 

but a comedy in long-shot. 

~ Charlie Chaplin 

Change perspective to change the scene. 

Create the Fact

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. 

~ William James 

Your belief creates your world. 

A thing in commong

Every man dies. Not every man lives. 

~ William Wallace 

Each day is series of choices. Choose Life. 

Be True

The most common form of despair is not being who we are. 

~ Soren Kierkegaard

The elders say: to thine own self be true. 

Expand Your Mind

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. 

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Notice your conversation. 

Only One

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. 

~ Dr. Seuss

Embrace what is uniquely you. 

Continue through

That which doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. 

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Process through difficult situations. 

Lift you up

All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you. 

~ Rainer Maria Rilke 

Surround yourself with people that lift you up. 

Impression

Never pay any attention to what they write about you. 

Just measure it in inches. 

~ Andy Warhol 

Leave opinions to others. 

Changes

Change the way you look at things 

and the things you look at change. 

~ Wayne Dyer

Focus determines reality. 

Time

Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not. 

~ Stephen King

Make each day the best possible. 

Re-evaluate Again??

Reevaluate – access, determine the significance or worth.

Reset - to clear any pending errors or events to bring the system to normal condition.

Renew  - to make something new, fresh or strong again.

Anymore, it seems I’m in a constant state of evaluating and modification: Modification to my surroundings, modification to my attitudes, gathering more information to find if there is a way to improve the situation.

One of my advisors says that it’s for spiritual growth that we must continue to change. Another of my advisors says that the world has changed so all we can do is adapt.

So I set out to learn more... In a new writing class and hear the same thing that was said to me, said to a new generation. I’m not so inclined to believe everything but I am looking for the jewel that may change past experience into a better brighter future, not just for me but for everyone.

Despite all the hits I’ve taken in life I really am an idealist at heart. More than a decade into the 21^st century, I’m seriously disappointed with the state of affairs. My little bit of the world has progressed in a most delightful way but as is the human condition, I want things better and even more progressive to a happier, more peaceful place rather than the apocalyptic zombie land that invades our collective consciousness.

So I’m back to reassess, reset, renew...Solid Happiness Continues...