Today’s quote reminds us that there is no shame in falling, only in staying down.
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
Where do you pick yourself up each time you fall? Give yourself some credit — you deserve it.
Where do you stay down? What could you change to help yourself get up each time? Change a belief? An association? A relationship? Your environment?
Worry often gives a small thing a great shadow. – Swedish Proverb A mentor of mine (Steve Chandler) says that worry is a misuse of our imagination. He’s right. We’re best served by using our imagination to ponder what what we want and what we need to do (i.e. who we we need to serve……
No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. – Dwight Eisenhower Many people think “defeat” is losing, or being beaten. It’s really not. Defeat is when you stop working. When you stay down when you can get back up. Defeat is not trying because it seems too hard, or it didn’t work out…
There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems. – Henry Ford So it is in life. We have no big problems, only lots of little problems that combine and feel like big problems. * * * The only thing between a fulfilled, authentic life is the solving of these little problems….
Enjoy all you have while pursuing all you want. – Jim Rohn There’s no point in pursuing anything if you can’t enjoy everything.* Be where you are and enjoy everything – even the “bad” stuff (it’s there for a reason, and it’ll keep showing up until you figure out why . . . ). ***** *…
This, according to the “Posts” section of my WordPress Dashboard is my 200th post. That’s pretty cool, but what does it mean? Well, as I have come learn, it means whatever I want it to mean. Primarily, I am going look at 200 posts as a testament to perseverance. I don’t always feel like writing five…
People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. – Earl Nightingale Doing what I do and having read what I’ve read, I’ve noticed that there’s a great deal of debate on how to do goals properly. But what I’ve found is that the great “difference” isn’t between the different ways to set and achieve…