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    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

                    “Action is about living fully. Inaction is the way that we deny life. Inaction is sitting in front of the television every day for years because you are afraid to be alive and to take the risk of expressing what you are. Expressing what you are is taking action.” ~ Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements

                    If Tomorrow Starts Without Me…

                      If tomorrow starts without me, and I’m not here to see,

                      If the sun should rise you find your eyes all filled with tears for me

                      I wish so much you wouldn’t cry the way you did today,

                      While thinking of the many things we didn’t get to say.

                      I know how much you love me, as much as I love you

                      And each time that you think of me, I know you’ll miss me too.

                      But when tomorrow starts without me please try to understand,

                      That an angel came and called my name and took me by the hand.

                      He said my place was ready, in heaven far above

                      And that I’d have to leave behind all those I dearly love.

                      But as I turned and walked away a tear fell from my eye.

                      For all my life I’d always thought, I didn’t want to die.

                      I had so much to live for, so much left yet to do.

                      It seemed almost impossible that I was leaving you.

                      I thought of all the yesterdays the good ones and the bad.

                      I thought of all the love we shared, and all the fun we had.

                      If I could relive yesterday, just even for a while,

                      I’d say goodbye and kiss you and maybe see you smile.

                      But then I fully realized that this could never be,

                      For emptiness and memories would take the place of me.

                      When I thought of worldly things I might miss come tomorrow

                      I thought of you and when I did my heart was filled with sorrow.

                      When I walked through heavens gates I felt so much at home.

                      God looked down and smiled at me from his great golden throne

                      He said, “This is eternity and all I’ve promised you”

                      Today your life on earth has passed but here life starts anew.

                      I promise no tomorrow, but today will always last

                      And since each day is the same there’s no longing for the past.

                      You have been so faithful so trusting and so true.

                      Though there were times you did some things you knew you shouldn’t do.

                      You have been forgiven and now at last you’re free.

                      So won’t you come and take my hand and share my life with me?

                      So when tomorrow starts with out me don’t think we’re far apart,

                      For every time you think of me, I’m right here in your heart.

                      —— —— ——

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                        “Life is created on a daily basis by the choices you make or don’t make.” ~ Bronnie Ware

                          “Sometimes we believe that happiness is not possible in the here and now, that we need a few more conditions to be happy. So we run toward the future to get the conditions we think are missing. But by doing so we sacrifice the present moment; we sacrifice true life.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, Savor

                            “Understand the value of time. Life ends up being really short, no matter how long you live. You can recover money, you can rebuild houses, you can re-buy glassware — but you can’t get back time.” ~ Nick Crocker, Medium

                              “Always take the stairs. There’ll be plenty of days where you can’t, so accept the opportunity to take the stairs as a gift and make a deposit into your Future Health account.” ~ Nick Crocker, Medium