Negatives
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
– Henry Ford
Inspirational Quotes
“Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.” – Lou Holtz
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” – Nelson Mandela
“If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.” – Thomas Edison
“Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.” – Wayne Dyer
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” ~C.C. Scott
“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” -Amelia Earhart
“Although the world is full of suffering, it’s full also of the overcoming it.” -Helen Keller
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mohandas Gandhi
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through…” – Maya Angelou
When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too. – Paulo Coelho
To live through the Soul is the highest calling. ~ Caroline Myss
Forgiveness means letting go of a hurtful situation and moving on with your own happiness. ~ Amanda Ford
The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are. ~ J.P. Morgan
Keys of Truth – Growth is potential unlocked – Sheryl Silbaugh
Change is like rain, it begins with a single drop, and one small action linked to another becomes a torrential downpour until you have shifted into a new you – Sheryl Silbaugh
April showers – raindrops bouncing off the windowsill, joined together in a delightful dance of community that brings the beauty of spring flowers into our lives – Sheryl Silbaugh
“There are no problems to be solved – just more truth to be revealed” Jeffrey Van Dyk
Inspire
What a wonderful concept – that you could be so inspired by the work you do that you don’t need a vacation to escape from it – this is certainly my goal. How about you? Do you think that this is possible?
Reality
“One common mistake is to think that one reality is THE reality. You must always be prepared to leave one reality for a greater one.” – Mother Mera
A friend and I were just discussing this subject last Sunday. The Bible says something similar “When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things” – As we grow in our understanding of the world, our world changes. If we aren’t prepared for our reality to change, if we refuse to allow it to change, then we remain in the child’s world. If we keep an open mind and allow ourselves to explore the world, we find that reality is a priceless place (even better than mastercard!) – so love more and be happy and share your reality with others and be open to theirs!
Inspiration
“Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, there is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.” ~ Johann Gottfried Helnwein Von Herder
This is part of what we hope to create, generate, and liberate in each of us, the spark to be ignited. We each of us have these unique gifts and talents, that unless they are ignited remain dormant – like a seed in the ground that doesn’t germinate, sprout and produce.
Yet if we give that dormant seed a little water, a little sunlight, feed it some rich soil, it will produce an abundant crop.
We can be that water, sunlight or rich soil to and for each other.
When we engage in conscious conversation we feed each others souls, we lift each other up, and we can ignite a blaze in each others hearts and minds. With the group energy of inspiration rising up in us, we change ourselves and support the change in each other – and that is what will change the world.
Greatness
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
When you “give a man a fish”, you cripple their ability to grow. They become dependent and it is unhealthy for both you and them. You feel responsible them and at some point you will feel as though you are being used and grow resentful. For them it is restrictive and demeaning. Even though you may have the very best of intentions, at some point they will hate you for how they feel about themselves. We see this play out in families and job situations all of the time.
It reminds me of the old coal towns, when the “company” was the only employer in a small town, and you had to rent your home from the company and buy your food in the company store. I am sure that there were some companies where it started out with the mentality of “give a man a fish”; but it allowed for the “company” to abuse the people, and the people who at first were so glad to have the home and job, later came to resent the company, because it was a restrictive and demeaning way to live. It essentially kept them in poverty and as the old folksong said, “I owe my soul to the company store.” .
When you “teach a man to fish” you give them skills that will last a lifetime. They can take those skills and apply them to a multiple of professions and interests in their lives. They say that you could take a self made millionaire, take away all of their money and drop them off in any town in America and in a short while they would be a millionaire again, because they know what it takes to become one.
They know how to stretch their comfort zone, to think outside of the box and that they have untapped resources in them that come out when they are in a challenging situation. They understand their potential, and they have self confidence, and understand that outside stresses are a catalyst to even bigger capabilities in their lives.
So if life is being challenging to you right now, go deep inside yourself to that “inner knower”. Tap into that space of infinite possibility and see what untapped resources that you have within you. Use those resources as a catalyst to leap forward on your journey. I believe that all of us are more powerful that we ever dreamed – so dream bigger and teach others how to step into their own greatness.
Be Good
I was listening to a graduation speech and he ended the speech with this quote – which I thought was beautiful and wanted to share with everyone:
“Be good to others and be good to yourself. Be the reason that someone has hope in this world, not the reason that someone dreads it. May your noble intentions be elevated and life’s objectives be facilitated as you continue to do all that you do. May your lives be free of any worry, anxiety, hardship or pain and may peace be the core of your existence. May you honor the rights of others and others honors your’s. May you be trusted because you are truthful, praised because you are sincere and elevated because you are someone we can all look up to. May you be protected from hearts that are not humble, from tongues that are not wise and from eyes that have forgotten how to cry. Please do keep me in your thoughts — I will keep you in mine. “
Cause An Uproar
“As long as I continue to push out into the world,” said Susan Jeffers, “as long as I continue to stretch my capabilities, as long as I continue to take risks in making my dreams come true, I am going to experience fear.”
It seems that lately I have been doing so much stretching of my comfort zone that it is like the elastic of my life is all worn out. I feel like I need a weekend alone to nail down some of the ideas and thoughts that are tumbling through my mind in a free fall. I know that a big change is coming as I can feel the buildup of pressure. Sort of like when you are climbing in elevation and your ears pop and then you realize how much pressure was there.
I wrote this down the other night for someone, and I think that it captures a lot of what I have been thinking about. I have been making a friend of my fears around money, and it has been showing up in interesting ways. There are so many different keys to this lock that fears has on us – the off road experience is certainly better than the highway of life!
CAUSE AN UPROAR
It is a leap of faith to believe in yourself and leap into the branches of magic and possibilities.
It is a leap of faith to trust each of us “sisters” to do our part.
It is a leap of faith to dare to believe that you can manifest this kind of fuel for the journey.
It is a leap of faith to create a path where none exists and go somewhere that you have never been.
It is a leap of faith that allows you to find a destination that no one knew was even there.
It is a leap of faith to face the unknown with creativity, rather than grasping at what you think are the known quantities of how something should be done.
A leap of faith isn’t what achieves a goal, it is what brings the goal out of the unknown and into existence. It births the goal.
While it is happening, the leap of faith doesn’t feel like anything that you ever want to repeat. Surrendering is letting go of control and it is terrifying. Then it’s over and suddenly you can’t stop thinking about how wonderful it was.
Child
Thanks to Wendy Silvers of Million Mamas Movement for the following poem:
“If I had my child to raise all over again,
I’d build self-esteem first and the house later.
I’d finger paint more and point the finger less.
I would do less correcting and more connecting.
I’d take my eyes off my watch and watch with my eyes.
I would care to know less and know to care more.
I’d take more hikes and fly more kites.
I’d stop playing seriously and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I’d do more hugging and less nagging.
I’d see the oak tree in the acorn more often.
I would be firm less and affirm much more.
I’d model less about the love of power ….
….. and more about the power of love. ”
Diane Loomans