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    “Just because you are embarrassed to admit that you’re still living the consequences of bad decisions made 5, 10, 20 years ago shouldn’t stop you from making good decisions now.  If you let pride stop you, you will hate life 5, 10, and 20 years from now for the same reasons.” ~ Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

      “If you’re fifty, exercise your mind and body regularly, eat well, and have a general zest for life, you’re likely younger – in very real, physical terms – than your neighbor who is forty-four, works in a dead-end job, eats chicken wings twice a day, considers thinking too strenuous, and looks at lifting a beer glass as a reasonable daily workout.” ~ Ken Robinson, The Element

        “Live every day like it’s your last because one day you’re gonna be right.” ~ Ray Charles

          “Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves – regret for the past and fear of the future.” ~ Unknown

            “Who wants to go through life doing everything right? Taking no chances means wasting your dreams.” ~ Unknown

              Point to Ponder #1 (Picture Quote)

                “You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” ~ Henry Drummond

                  “Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.” ~ Buddha

                    “If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page.” ~ Mark Houlahan

                      “Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.” ~ Mary Manin Morrissey

                        “I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of a man is to live, not to exist.” ~ Jack London

                          “Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity. Reduce selfishness, have few desires.” ~ Lao Tzu

                                “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” ~ Reinhold Niebuhr

                                    “One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.” ~ Bruce Lee

                                      “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” ~ Maya Angelou

                                      What Will Matter

                                        Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.

                                        There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.

                                        All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.

                                        Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

                                        It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.

                                        Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear.

                                        So too, your hopes, ambitions plans and to-do lists will expire.

                                        The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

                                        It won’t matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end.

                                        It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.

                                        Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

                                        So what will matter?  How will the value of your days be measured?

                                        What will matter is not what you bought by what you build,

                                        not what you got but what you gave.

                                        What will matter is not your success but our significance.

                                        What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught,

                                        What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.

                                        What will matter is not your competence but your character.

                                        What will matter is not how many people you knew,

                                        but how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone.

                                        What will matter is not our memories but the memories of those who loved you.

                                        What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

                                        Living a life that maters doesn’t happen by accident.

                                        It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

                                        Choose to live a life that matters.

                                         

                                        ~ Michael Josephson