Liz's Epiphanies: 2008

Favorite Quotes and Blurbs:

...if you want something very badly, you can achieve it. It may take patience, very hard work, a real struggle, and a longtime; but it can be done. That much faith is a prerequisite of any undertaking, artistic or otherwise.
Ann Landers~ One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.
Anne Lamott~ Blame no one and do something!
Anonymous ~ Be outrageous. It’s the only place that isn’t crowded
Aristotle the Nichomachean Ethics ~ Anyone can become angry- that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way- that is not easy.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Buddha- “Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it or because it has been handed down for many generations or because it is found written in your religious book or merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason, and is conductive to the good and benefit of one and all, accept it and live up to it.”
By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action you receive it.
Chris Matthews- The important thing is to get your seat at the table. Name your dream, there's a place, people are pursuing it.
CREED FOR OPTIMISTS; Christian D Larsen~ * Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. * Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. * Make all your friends feel there is something special in them. * Look at the sunny side of everything. * Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. * Be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. * Forget the mistakes of the past and press onto the greater achievements of the future. * Give everyone a smile. * Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. * Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.
Do today what others don't. so you can have tomorrow what others want.
Emily Beonte~ Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
Ernest Hemingway~ Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be but, what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today...
Everything is naturally for you. Make up your mind that this is true.
Excerpt from the Alchemist ~ ‘Because it isn’t love to be static like the desert, nor is it love to roam the world like the wind. And its not love to see everything from a distance, like you do. Love is the force that transforms and improves the soul of the world. When I first reached through to it I thought the soul of the world was perfect. But later I could see that it was like the other aspects of creation and had its own passions and wars. It is we who nourish the soul of the world, and the world we live in will be wither better or worse, depending on whether we become better or worse. And that’s where the power of love comes in. Because when we love, we always strive to become better then we are.’
Frank Outlaw~ Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
Greenland Proverb- When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of.
Hellen Keller~ When indeed shall we learn that we are all related one to the other, that we are all members of one body? Until the spirit of love for our fellow men, regardless of race, color or creed, shall fill the world, making real in our lives and our deeds the actuality of human brotherhood- until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained.
IF IT IS TO BE IT IS UP TO ME. * 10 Most poweful 2 letter words. *
It is the perfect time to connect with your dreams and turn them into reality. The universe will support you.
Marianne Williamson~ The future is not fixed! A set of probabilities, a karmic consequence of the lives we lived yesterday and the lives we live today. The bridge to the future is a bridge that moves- and the land to which it is connected moves as well- according to how we walk across the bridges and who we are while walking.
Seamus Heaney~ You have reached a stepping stone in your life, a place where you can pause for a moment and enjoy the luxury of looking back on the distance covered; but the thing about stepping stones is that you always need to find another one up there ahead of you. Even if it is panicky in midstream, there is no going back.
Somehow so many of us have forgotten that truth, honesty compassion, empathy, and laughter help us all. Those qualities are inside all of our cores. Do you remember? We need to recommit, get inspired and get serious. “Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course.” Can we get back on track?
Theodore Hesburgh~ My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make then because they are cheap; you don't make them because they are popular; you make them because they are right.
To the plus-entity of a man, all things are possible. The world belongs to him, - is his estate. He fears naught, dreads naught, stops at naught; he asks no privileges, but demands them; he dominates, and cannot cringe; his requests are orders; opposition flees at his approach; he levels mountains, fills in vales, and travels on an even plane where stumbling is unknown.
Toni Morrison ~ The function of freedom is to free someone else.
When the why gets stronger the how gets easier.
William Penn~ I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

About your attitude:

1. Attitude is a choice.... always.

2. We all make things harder than they need to be.

3. Human beings are incredibly capable, resilient and strong when they have to be.

4. We major on minors.... a lot.

5. When we have to survive, we'll find a way. When we have no choice, we just get it done... we don't think, rationalise, complain or procrastinate because we don't have the time. We just do.

6. Being told you have three months to live is a quick way to discover what your real values and priorities are.... (pity some people have to get sick before they start putting things into perspective).

7. Sometimes it's good to laugh, even when there's no reason to do so. Sometimes it's good not to complain, even when there is a reason to do so.

8. Sometimes, the only person you can rely on is you.

9. 'Experts' don't always know. Sometimes the human spirit is more relevant than 'test results'.

10. If you have the best attitude in the worst situation, you have a chance. If you have the worst attitude in the best situation, you're doomed.

Monday, December 22, 2008

The Art of War for Women

Here are just some of the amazing things the book talks about.

*Win without confrontation.

*Fully integrate your ethics into the practical demands of earning a living. (You can succeed without compromising your integrity.)

*Develop the crucial ability to see the 'big picture' and master strategic thinking in its entirety.

*Become more innovative, adaptive, and creative by integrating you own style and philosophy into every action you take.

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