That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. – Emily Dickinson
. . . as this precious moment.
Make the most of each moment, whether that means doing something monumental, something tiny, or nothing at all.
Each moment is precious as it stands out amongst them all.
In a sense, there is no other moment other than this one – be in it.
If being hard on yourself was going to work, it would have worked by now. – Jamie Smart This reminds of something I’ve heard: if you talked to other people the way you (sometimes) talk to your self, you’d have no friends. Sometimes people think that if they’re easy on themselves they won’t accomplish anything. That…
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world. – Robert Louis Stevenson . . . because it has two important benefits: 1) you get to be happy 2) you serve as a living, breathing model of what to do….
Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. – Rumi We are all living a story. A story we create with the help of others and our repeated thoughts and beliefs. At any time you can shift your story. Rewrite it. Be an active and authentic author going…
We’re all familiar with this question, but the way we all process it is: What do you want to do when you grow up? I’m interested in who you want to be when you grow up, and now is as good as time as any to start being what you’ve always wanted to be. This notion is…
So many people have heard the old saw “practice makes perfect.” It’s wrong. Just. Plain. Wrong. I was watching a Tim Ferriss Four Hour Life video and he quoted a top chef who says: “practice makes permanent.” It’s true. Absolutely 100% true. What you train, you ingrain. Whatever you practice creates muscle memory and neural pathways…
Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. – James Bryce As we, in the United States, take a day to honor those who gave their lives in battle, for our country, let us ponder that ultimate sacrifice. Let us examine ourselves as…