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Take Each Day As It Comes

    Write it on your heart
    that every day is the best day in the year.
    He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day
    who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

    Finish every day and be done with it.
    You have done what you could.
    Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in.
    Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day;
    begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit
    to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

    This new day is too dear,
    with its hopes and invitations,
    to waste a moment on the yesterdays.

    ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

      “Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

        “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” ~ Helen Keller

          Don't be in such a hurry to condemn a person because he doesn't do what you do, or think as you think. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today." ~ Malcom X

            "Patience is not the ability to wait but how you act while you're waiting." ~ Joyce Meyer

              Be an optimist prime! ...Not a negatron.

                "Don't let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace." ~ Kimberly Jones

                  "The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts." ~ Marcus Aurelius

                    “But the plain fact of the matter is that, for any person to successfully lead others, he or she must deal with reality and be ready to accept the fact that leadership , at times, can bring out the worst in us. And understanding, as well as coming to grips with the darker side of your personality, is key to dealing with real-life situations.” ~ Donald T. Phillips, Lincoln on Leadership

                      “Subordinates look for their bosses to be positive, in good humor, and cheerful. They aren’t supposed to be emotional or have bad days. but leaders are guman, too, and when they are in a lousy mood and snap at a subordinate, it can have a devastating effect.” ~ Donald T. Phillips, Lincoln on Leadership

                        "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses." ~ Abraham Lincoln

                          Spending today complaining about yesterday won't make tomorrow any better.

                            “No one can outperform his/her self image.” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

                              ...You need to know that there are and will be better days...

                                "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."

                                  “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” ~ Richard Steele, The Tatler

                                  She is Gone!

                                    You can shed tears that she is gone,

                                    or you can smile because she has lived.

                                    You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back,

                                    or you can open your eyes and see all she’s left.

                                    Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her,

                                    or you can be full of the love you shared.

                                    You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,

                                    or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.

                                    You can remember her only that she is gone,

                                    or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.

                                    You can cry and close your mind,

                                    be empty and turn your back.

                                    Or you can do what she’d want:

                                    smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

                                    ~ David Harkins

                                      “A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

                                        “While someone can attempt to shame you, shame must also be accepted to be effective. We can’t make you feel shame without your participation.” ~ Seth Godin, The Icarus Deception

                                          Happiness is a choice. Choose it!