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Post by ramatama on Nov 18, 2012 16:42:44 GMT -5
reading the quotes has me going "mmmmmmmmmmmmMMMMMMmmm"
Thank you to all contributors...
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Post by dayeanu on Nov 18, 2012 20:41:12 GMT -5
Many, many great, enlightening and inspiring thoughts on this thread. Today, the following are especially meaningful to me. I am grateful for this thread. “Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Leo F. Buscaglia "Never mind searching for who you are. Search for the person you aspire to be."--Robert Brault"People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates."--Thomas Szasz, "Personal Conduct," The Second Sin "How would your life be different if...you stopped allowing other people to dilute or poison your day with their words or opinions? Let today be the day...you stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey through your day without attachment to the validation of others.”--Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free"I wish I could show you, When you are lonely or in darkness, The astonishing light of your own being."--Hafiz...
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 19, 2012 12:40:09 GMT -5
“When you know you are doing your very best within the circumstances of your existence, applaud yourself!”--Rusty Berkus“Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”--Brian Tracy"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."--Harvey Fierstein"Those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."--Bernard Baruch Ramatama and Dayeanu, I am so glad that you are drawing inspiration from the quotes. It's amazing how the words of others can often help us see ourselves in a more positive light. Thank you for letting me know that you're enjoying this month's topic.
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 20, 2012 1:26:04 GMT -5
"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."--Buddha
“Self love is the elixir of an immortal heart.”--Amy Leigh Mercree
“Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives."--Louise L. Hay
"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."--Oscar Wilde
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Post by dayeanu on Nov 20, 2012 9:04:09 GMT -5
I am very grateful for this thread today.
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Post by Freedom on Nov 20, 2012 16:16:44 GMT -5
What Daye said
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Post by ramatama on Nov 20, 2012 17:10:43 GMT -5
Wouldn't it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out. ~Alan Cohen
By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before. ~Edwin Elliot
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. ~Malcolm S. Forbes
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~Albert Einstein
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to. ~W.C. Fields
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Post by Freedom on Nov 20, 2012 21:45:23 GMT -5
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~Albert Einstein
Thank you.
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 21, 2012 1:21:11 GMT -5
"Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty'. It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism'. It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success."--Bobbe Sommer“No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.”--Barbara de Angelis "We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light."--Mary Dunbar"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."--John Mason Daye and Freedom, I'm very glad these quotes gave you a lift today. And thank you, Ramatama, for your contributions--the quote by Einstein has always been one of my favorites.
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 22, 2012 1:56:36 GMT -5
To all of our members who are celebrating--Happy Thanksgiving!
To help all that turkey digest just a bit better, here are a few funny quotes about the holiday...
"What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?"--Erma Bombeck
“I like football. I find it's an exciting strategic game. It's a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.”--Craig Ferguson
"You can tell you ate too much for Thanksgiving when you have to let your bathrobe out."--Jay Leno
"An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day."--Irv Kupcine
"Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often."--Johnny Carson
"Thanksgiving dinners take 18 hours to prepare. They are consumed in 12 minutes. Half-times are 12 minutes. This is not coincidence."--Erma Bombeck
"It's not the minutes spent at the table that put on weight, it's the seconds."--Unknown
"May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have nary a lump. May your yams be delicious And your pies take the prize, And may your Thanksgiving dinner Stay off your thighs!"--Unknown
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 22, 2012 2:09:22 GMT -5
"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem."--David Carradine
“Once you start recognizing the truth of your story, finish the story. It happened but you're still here, you're still capable, powerful, you're not your circumstance. It happened and you made it through. You're still fully equipped with every single tool you need to fulfill your purpose.”--Steve Maraboli
"You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand."--Irene C. Kassorla
"I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part."--Shirley MacLaine
“I am an artist of my own creation. I like myself.”--Sondra Ray
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Nov 22, 2012 7:29:46 GMT -5
"I don't think there's any difference really between what you feel you have to do in your heart ... and ... success. They're inseparable.
And when you trust your own insides, and that becomes achievement, it's a kind of a principle that seems to me is at work with everyone. God bless that principle. God bless that potential that we all have for making anything possible if we think we deserve it. I deserve this. Thank you."
-- Shirley MacLaine (from her 1984 acceptance speech for winning the 1983 AcademyAward/Oscar)
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 23, 2012 12:38:25 GMT -5
"To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet."--Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon“We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies."--Roderick Thorp"The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.”--Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.”--Dr. Wayne Dyer Lioness, thank you so much for the wonderful quote from Shirley MacLaine.
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 24, 2012 16:16:14 GMT -5
"The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself."--Lao-tzu
"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you."--Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise."--Johann von Goethe
“I’ve finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?”--Goldie Hawn
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Post by hiding on Nov 25, 2012 3:01:04 GMT -5
The helping hand you're looking for is on the end of your wrist.
-Author unknown
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