6 posts tagged “motivational”
'MAYA ANGELOU'S' BEST POEM EVER
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..
enough money within her control to move out
and rent a place of her own, even if she never wants to or needs to...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
something perfect to wear if the employer, or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..
a youth she's content to leave behind....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to
retelling it in her old age....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .....
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who lets her cry...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal, that will make her guests feel honored..
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..
a feeling of control over her destiny...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to fall in love without losing herself..
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without; ruining the friendship...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that she can't change the length of her calves,
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that her childhood may not have been perfect...but it's over...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW.. .
whom she can trust,
whom she can't,
and why she shouldn't take it personally...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
where to go...
be it to her best friend's kitchen table..
or a charming Inn in the woods...
when her soul needs soothing...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
What she can and can't accomplish in a day...
a month...and a year...
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you have decided to look beyond the imperfections
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June 6, 2008 At The Feet Of The Divine Laying Our Burdens Down
We all know the feeling of walking through life as if we are carrying the huge burden of our worries and stresses on our backs and shoulders, struggling to keep moving forward. There is no real way to move freely and fluidly in such a situation, and we are all longing to lay our burdens down. Just imagining that it would be possible to do such a thing can be enough to elicit a sigh of relief and a feeling of lightness. The human imagination is a powerful tool, and we can use it to take journeys to faraway places without ever leaving our home. Because of this, we too can lay our burdens down at the feet of a divine being such as the great Mother, Buddha or a mountain. Releasing ourselves from that which we can’t handle on our own. No matter how smart we are, how capable we are, or how hard we work, no one can single-handedly cope with all the worries that we tend to take on in the course of our lives. And, we aren't designed to do so. Our wellbeing depends upon our ability to hand over that which we can no longer carry by ourselves.Visualizing yourself carrying your burdens to the feet of someone or something much bigger than you can be a powerful daily practice. To begin, sit with your eyes closed and envision an all powerful, supremely comforting being in what ever form that takes for you, standing at the end of a road. See yourself carrying a large sack, box, or other container, imagining that all your worries are inside it. Watch as you make your way to the being of your choice, and lay your baggage down at their feet. Allow yourself to feel the lightness and relief of this action, express your gratitude, and surrender. You will be amazed by how this simple meditation can liberate you from a burden you were never meant to carry
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Another great quote that so applies to the journey of working out, getting in shape, and losing weight.
(although somes the "work" of working out, getting shape, and losing weight feels miserable as we are making ourselves strong! LOL! ...but staying out of shape and/or heavy is only going to continue to make us miserable anyway so why not work at changing the situation!)
I am not invincible.
Not to take for granted that people will be around forever.
I am funny.
I have good instincts.
Chaos is a good thing.
I dislike status quo.
People come into your life for a reason….and sometimes just for a season.
To counsel with people who have the fruit on their tree and not from someone with just opinions.
A wise man has many counselors.
Change can be good.
There is a reason for why I learn differently and why I am so methodical.
The key, in life, is to be thick-skinned and soft hearted, not thin-skinned and hard hearted.
Its ok to let people inside your walls.
Being shy is equivalent to putting up a wall (that you aren’t aware of).
You aren’t a failure if you make mistakes. You are only a failure if you quit.
Garbage in = Garbage out (thoughts, words, actions…)
The people you think are perfect…..aren’t.
The greatest legacy we can leave this world is what we leave behind us to carry on.
Raising better children is what makes a better future for everyone.
While you remember every hurt, sting, and bad thing that happened to you, not everyone else does (with respect to you) or remembers it differently.
Birds of a feather do flock together….this applies to turkeys as much as it does to eagles. (who do you hang out with?)
Friends, who can’t be happy for you, aren’t really your friends.
Not all friends are meant to be lifelong friends.
Asking for help is not a sign of weakness
Just being rich won’t make you happy….but neither will being broke.
Exercise is necessary evil….and not really evil at all (it just feels that way).
Many people love me for who I am….eventhough I don’t understand that or why that is!
That only I can make me happy. Its what inside me that counts.
Just because someone doesn’t agree or believe in something…doesn't make something less true.
People will blind themselves to the truths they can't or won't accept. Fear or ignorance is usually their driving force.
Fear is a prison. Our fears are, most often, worse that the reality. There is freedom in facing our fears.
Personal perspective is personal reality. Personal reality is not always the true reality.
True strength is not muscular or how much power we have over others. True strength is the power we have over ourselves. True strength is quiet, understanding, and compassionate.
Happiness is measured by how often we laugh on a daily basis. (How often do you laugh?)
That I influence and affect those around me more than I realize….when I am up and when I am down.
Living a quiet, mediocre, average life is not what God designed for me or had in mind for any of us.
Crisis and chaos happen in our life to shake up our status quo and get us out of our rut.
I am often standing in my own way.
Writing helps clear my mind.
BE PRESENT :
in life there are no ordinary moments - most of us never really recognize the most significant moments in our lives when they are happening (Kathleen Magee)
BE FIRST :
to achieve the impossible it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought (Tom Robbins)
BE DARING :
if you are looking for a big opportunity, seek out a big problem (H. Jackson Brown Jr)
BE PROACTIVE :
life will not come to you - you have to move toward what you want
BE CONSTRUCTIVE :
clear your mind of can't (Samuel Johnson)
BE RESOURCEFUL :
almost everything comes from nothing (Henri Frederic Amiel)
BE EXCITED :
the minute you begin to what you really want to do, its a really different kind of life (Buckminster Fuller)
BE BRILLIANT :
there are no traffic jams along the extra mile (Roger Staubach)
BE AMAZED :
as you start looking, you will find more and more
BE AMAZING :
its up to you to illuminate the world (Phillippe Venier)
BE READY :
perhaps this very instant is your time (Louise Bogan)
BE STRONG :
we define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us (Edward Lewis)
BE COMMITTED :
from a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back - that is the point that must be reached (Frank Kafka)
BE UNSTOPPABLE :
after the final no, there comes a yes, and on that yes the future world depends (Wallace Stevens)
BE BOUNDLESS :
there are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other (Douglas Everett)
BE DIFFERENT :
don't go with the flow - you are the flow (Sugi Tanaka)
BE ALIVE :
the purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience (Eleanor Roosevelt)
BE MOVED :
live to the point of tears (Camus)
BE SINCERE :
seek and strive - be in it with all your heart
BE THERE :
God calls you to the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meets (Frederick Buechner)
BE INSPIRED :
the soul has a greater need of the ideal than the real - it is by the real that we exist, and it is by the ideal that we live (Victor Hugo)
BE PASSIONATE :
whatever comes from the heart, carries the heat and colour of its birthplace (Olive Wendell Holmes Sr)
BE POSITIVE :
what you find in your mind is what you put in there - put good things in there (Mary Ford)
BE RESILIENT :
there is nothing we can't live down, rise above, or overcome (Ella Wheeler-Wilcox)
BE BRAVE:
most of our obstacles would melt away if instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them (Orison Swett Marden)
BE HOPEFUL :
don't worry how your story will end - its ok - when you set out on a journey and night covers the road, that's when you discover the stars
BE TRUE :
at the heart of each of us, whatever our imperfections, there exists a silent pulse of perfect rhythm, which is absolutely individual and unique, and yet which connects us to everything else (George Leonard)
BE INVOLVED :
life is not a path of coincidence, happenstance, and luck, but rather the unexplainable, meticulously charted course for one to touch the lives of others and make a difference in the world (Barbara Dillinham)
BE GOOD:
be the change you wish to see in the world (Ghandi)
BE GENEROUS:
you don't know what you get back until you give (Bill Clapp)
BE HUMBLE:
nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world (Francis P Church)
BE CONFIDENT:
look the world straight in the eye (Helen Keller)
BE STILL :
when you become quiet, it just dawns on you (Thomas Edison)
BE REAL :
why fit in when you were born to stand out?
BE HAPPY :
the principle thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft (Gustave Flaubert)
BE SPONTANEOUS :
live nutty, just occasionally - just once in a while - and see what happens - it brightens up the day (Len Buscaglia)
BE OPEN :
above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places - those who don't believe in magic will never find them (Ronald Dahl)
BE YOURSELF:
simply, the thing that I am shall make me live (William Shakespeare)
