Monday, February 22, 2010

Learn from the possibilities of life - and laugh

Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
~ Advice

People do great things by focusing on their possibilities, not by dwelling on their limitations.
~ Henry Kissinger

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
~ W. H. Auden

Monday, February 15, 2010

Wasted energy, Honesty, Fine Quotations

Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
~ Advice

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
~ Arthur C. Clarke

A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
~ Joseph Roux

Monday, February 8, 2010

Declutter, Learn, and Shine!

Clear your clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
~ Advice

In times of change, learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned are beautifully equipped for a world that no longer exists.
~ James Thurber

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the Beautiful Stuff out.
~ Ray Bradbury

Monday, February 1, 2010

Encountering minds, and who is education for?

Try to make at least three people smile each day.
~ Advice

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Education is that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
~ Mark Twain