Janurary 13

To have a dream takes courage & hope. A dream guides us, even if we haven't let ourselves bring it to consciousnesness. How often do we stop to ask what are dreams are? Do we even know what we want? This path is about becoming the best we can be. It's more about who we become than what we achieve. So it inspires us to create dreams for our development as human beings.

When we take a few moments to reflect on the kind of people we want to be, we create reference points, or beacons to move toward. This gives us a way to measure our actions and our choices. Do our actions take us in the direction we want to go, or do thay take us off course? Are we growing into the people we want to be, or have we forgotten to follow our beacons?


Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. ~Henry David Thoreau

Janurary 14

If someone dislikes me or resents something I have done, I ought first consider whether it was I who generated the dislike or resentment. Was it something I did? Is it something I should make amends for? If so, am I inclined to justify what I did when it really wasn't right? ANswering these questions will give me good practice in being honest with myself.

If I was hurtful, and I make excuses to myself for what I did, I am building a second wall between me and the person I injured. Let me tear the first wall down by being honest and honestly acknowledging my fault.

What a relief it is to acknowledge that I am human, that I do make mistakes, and that I am willing to correct them. I can't help liking myself better after the air has been cleared. In solidifying a friendship, I become a better friend to myself.

Always DREAM YOUR DREAMS for when we quit dreaming, we quit living!!!!

So true for we must like the person within before we expect anyone else to like or understand us.

We all make mistakes in life some can not be corrected but we can change and make for a better tomorrow so when we look back into the past it should be with no regrets but to learn this is what made me the person I'm today.

And acceptance is the answer to "all" my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation--some fact of my life unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly as it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake.

Janruary 15

I need'nt explore how I'll feel about something that might occur in the future. I don't actually know how I'll feel, and it may never happen. So when I feel leaving the present, I'll remind myself that the future is not today's problem.

"Worry never robs tommorow of its sorrow; it only saps today of of its strenght." ~A. J. Cronin

So true live each day as a new day embrace it with open arms don't take it for granted for today will be your past tomorrow. The moments you have today will be your memories of tomorrow.

Our actions of today will help create the results of tomorrow. Leave each day behind with a smile with no regrets. Enjoy each day as your last for we can not turn back the hands of time.

Today the present is and should be the most important day of your life,,, no regrets,, no worries,, live with a smile on your face, calm within your heart and a song in your soul,,,

Tomorrow is not promised to us,, we should all live each day as if it were our last,, live, love and laugh a whole hell of alot...

Hugs

Janurary 16

At times, we have all wondered if there is hope for us. But, in fact, we can all succeed at finding peace of mind. we can all achieve self-respect. The mosy financially successful person may be proud of their achievements but it doesn't satisfy them. By the same token, a major failure doesn't define a person. When we understand our actions aren't who we are, we will not feel trapped by a failure and we can persue the greater prize of becomming a better person.

Today we may be troubled by a recent failure or haunted by an old one. We are embarrased by it and feel we have lost the high regard of our friends. This failure can propel us into greater wisdom and stronger understanding of how to live life with value.


Failure is an event, never a person. ~William D. Brown

Yes,,,, I am me because of all my failure's,,, they are my stepping stones to who I am,,

Love & Light

And Denise u ae an AMAZING woman and person, U are sooooooooo loved on here!!!

A true friend will accept us for whom we are failures and all. For no one in this life is perfect without failures even God admits he was not perfect. But within his eyes those are the only eyes we must answer to in the end. He sees all and forgives us once we see within our selves were we went wrong without condemning us. But instead he offers his hand in friendship.

Janurary 17

We love competition. Many of us enjoy it in both our recreation and work life. We love to run faster, play harder, stack higher, pound more, sell more, and produce more than our friends and business colleagues. Some of almost seem to worship competition. as a great virtue, above all other virtures such as camaraderie, teamwork, fair play, community service, honesty, and generosity. Any good thing can become a bad thing when it's taken to the extreme. Intemperate competition serves our primitive drive fpr power. Winning is wonderful--but it's not the only thing we stand for.

More important than coming out ahead is coming out with our integrity and self-respect. We preserve our integrity by adhering to the truth as we know it, caring for the welfare of others, and dealing fairly and honestly both at work and at play. No win, no personal advantage is ever worth the price of our character.


Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win? ~Lane Kirkland

Janurary 18

The way we see the problem, is the problem. ~Stephen R. Covey

Many of us have a min-set that keeps us on a treadmill. It's not for lack of effort that our lives reel out of control. We struggle to move forward. We work hard to manage the unmanageable. But with all our busy efforts, we can't see that we are continously recycling the same problem over and over.

The solution we need may be right before our eyes. Our denial is confusing us; we don't even know we are denying anything. We cannot solve our problems alone-or even see the problems clearly from the inside. That's what friends do for us.. They reflect back to us what we are missing. Thats why we have to have good talks with others who have walked the same path that we are on. The strongest, most powerful people have wise advisers who show them things they do not know. They accept the role of seeker and learner because that's the way they enhance themselves.

That's absolutely true! Even if a person isn't accepted "as is", it doesn't matter...because they may have worked on themselves anyway. :)

As a free spirit/rebel....non butt kisser, myself, it makes life interesting. We don't think the same way as others, for starters.

So true for one that is looking in at times see things that the one looking out no longer sees. We all see things from a different angle. But normaly we know what we do and want to do but can't always see things from anothers view till they point it out to us in order to see things clearer. At times they can help us solve problems before us that we could not see even tho at times there was a simple solution to the problem.

To see oneself in the eyes of another,, The view changes and the reality sets in,,, Friends are amazing .. Unconditional Love from there soul to yours,, priceless ,, now forming stepping stones to seemingly unknowing knowledge,,, I am a seeker and a learner

Hugs to you my friend,,,

Janurary 19

Today, I seek to become a little more accepting of myself, a little more comfortable in my own skin. Although it it imortant to recognize and admit my limitations and flaws, only my Higher Oower can remove them.

Condemning my imperfections has never enhanced my appreciation of life or helped me to love myself more. Perhaps I can let go of all condemnation for this one day. I will recognize that I am on a spitiyual of self-improvement. Every tiny step I take on that path moves me closer to wholeness, health, and serenity.

If I become impatient with myself, I can examine my expectations. Perhaps I expect this process to happen overnight. I will take time today to acknowledge my efforts and to trust the process. I will remember to be gentle with myself today, trusting that the healing will come.

One must learn to accept themselves of who they are and strive for a better tomorrow. Never be so harsh on what the past brought your way but instead take the time to improve for a better tomorrow. Always find the good qualites you have and enhance upon those and understand the bad is what you take and learn from instead.