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How would you live your life if you could re-live it over again?

    “If I had my life to live over again, I’d dare to make more mistakes next time.  I’d relax.  I’d limber up.  I’d be sillier than I’ve been this trip.  I would take fewer things seriously.  I would take more chances, I would take more trips, I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers.  I would eat more ice cream and less beans.  I would, perhaps, have more actual troubles but fewer imaginary ones.  You see, I’m one of those people who was sensible and sane, hour after hour, day after day.

    Oh, I’ve had my moments.  If I had it to do over again, I’d have more of them.  In fact, I’d try to have nothing else – just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day.  I’ve been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot-water bottle, a raincoat, and a parachute, If I could do it again, I would travel lighter than I have.

    If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall.  I would go to more dances, I would ride more merry-go-rounds, I would pick more daisies.” ~ Nadine Stair

      “You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.” ~ Oliver Goldsmith

        “Many people know what they want to have, but have no idea of who they want to be. Getting ‘things’ simply will not fulfill you. Only living and doing what you believe is ‘the right thing’ will give you that sense of inner strength that we all deserve.” ~ Anthony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within

          Excellence can be attained, if we…

          Care more than others think is wise.
          Risk more than others think is safe.
          Dream more than others think is possible.
          Focus more than others think is reasonable.
          Trust more than others think is practical.

          ~ Unknown

          Because I Could Not Stop for Death

            Because I could not stop for Death,
            He kindly stopped for me;
            The carriage held but just ourselves
            And Immortality.

            We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
            And I had put away
            My labor, and my leisure too,
            For his civility.

            We passed the school where children played
            At wrestling in a ring;
            We passed the fields of gazing grain,
            We passed the setting sun.

            We paused before a house that seemed
            A swelling of the ground;
            The roof was scarcely visible,
            The cornice but a mound.

            Since then ’tis centuries; but each
            Feels shorter than the day
            I first surmised the horses’ heads
            Were toward eternity.

            ~ Emily Dickinson

              “No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement.  One must be committed.  In fact, in studying the source of people’s success, I’ve found that persistence overshadows even talent as the most valued and effective resource in creating and shaping the quality of life. Most people give up a maddening five feet from their goal!” ~ Anthony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within

                “All that you really want in life is to change how you feel. Again, all your emotions are nothing but biochemical storms in your brain, and you are in control of them at any moment in time. You can feel ecstasy right now, or you can feel pain or depression or overwhelmed – it’s all up to you. You don’t need drugs or anything else to do it.” ~ Anthony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within

                  “If you see children walking along the sidewalk after a rain, and there’s a puddle in front of them, what are they going to do when they get to that puddle?  They’re going to jump in!  They’re going to laugh, splash around, and have a good time.  What does an older person do?  Walk around it?  No, they won’t just walk around it – they’ll complain the whole time!  You want to live differently.  You want to live with a spring in your step, a smile on your face.  Why not make cheerfulness, outrageousness, playfulness a new priority for yourself?  Make feeling good your expectation.  You don’t have to have a reason to feel good – you’re alive; you can feel good for no reason at all!“ ~ Anthony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within

                    “The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don’t just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.” ~ Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

                      “The world is very beautiful and very wonderful.  Life can be very easy when love is your way of life.  You can be loving all the time.  This is your choice.  You may not have a reason to love, but you can love because to love makes you so happy. Love in action only produces happiness. Love will give you inner peace. It will change your perception of everything.” ~ Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements

                        “You can only be you when you do your best. When you don’t do your best you are denying yourself the right to be you. That’s a seed that you should really nurture in your mind. You don’t need knowledge or great philosophical concepts. You don’t need the acceptance of others. You express your own divinity by being alive and by loving yourself and others.” ~ Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements