108 Dreams
I have learned in my life that I don’t have to settle for what my heart and soul wants. Create a list today for the 108 dreams that you have, then go out and make them happen. Find that dream partner, that dream job, that dream home. Fill out the list and take it with you always, so that you can add to it, build on it, and be ready to act on it when the opportunities arise.
Accomplished
In December we look back at what we’ve accomplished. In the end, it isn’t about completing goals, it’s about the changes we made this year. While I have some things that I would like to finish in December, what I am proud of is that I have grown so much this past year in fine tuning who I want to be in this life. Thanks goes out to all of you for being in my life with all of your great ideas and encouragement.
Dare
“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.” – Soren Kierkegaard.
I’ve always loved the picture where the person is stepping off the cliff and given wings to fly. Until you take the step, to lose one’s footing, you don’t know that you have the wings. Here’s to soaring above the clouds!
Nice Things to Say
“I’ve always believed that a lot of the troubles in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other.” – Ronald Reagan
Here is another great quote to remind us to find something nice to say about everyone that irritates us. Come on, you have beautiful eyes; I like that shirt; great shoes; where did you get that bag. I love it! (said with sincere appreciation!!)
Compliment
“The most wonderful gift one human being can give to another, is in some way, to make that person’s life a little bit better to live.” – John Assaraf
It is funny how often I think of a compliment & then forget to pass it along, but remember to complain to anyone who will listen about something that irritated me. I am trying hard to pass along the compliments and keep the negative commentary out of my heart and mind.
Time
“We say we waste time but that is impossible. We waste ourselves.” – Alice Bloch
Time is the one commodity that we can’t get more of – we all have the same time, 24 hrs a day, yet what gets done in a day varies so much from day to day. Sometimes we get so much done, other times we seem to get nothing done – yet what we wasted was not time, but ourselves.
Faith
Faith is the ability to live as though everything we live through is for our highest learning.
Embrace
“We are each of us angels with only one wing and we can fly only by embracing
one another.” – Luciano de Crescenzo
We all think that the gifts that we have are only little things which aren’t important or can’t make a difference. But when we embrace each other our gifts can meld together and we can not only change lives, but we can change the world.
History
“To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.” – Alan Cohen
Goes along with the quote for the definition of insanity is to do the same thing and expect something different. To grow you have to do something different than you have done before to create something new.
Creating
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw.
Reflection
“The trouble is that we just slide along in life. If we would only give the same amount of reflection to what we want out of life that we give to a 2 week vacation, we would be startled at the aimless procession of our busy
days.” – Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Conquer
“We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.” – Maxwell Maltz