Daily Quotes - Escape

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten? - Logan P Smith

Daily Quotes: Don't Tell

Do something nice for someone else and don't tell anyone about it ____________Richard Carlson

Daily Quotes: The answer to a child's dream

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again. ______________________Dag Hammarskjold

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Daily Quotes: Little drops of........

"Baby steps count, as long as you are going forward. You add them all up and one day, you look back and you'll be surprised at where you might get to."____________Chris Gardner

Daily Quotes: Get started

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one._______Mark Twain

To my husband; who never ceases to surprise me

Close to a week ago, I started the journey to the 20th year since I  tied the knot with a  very dear friend.

I promised to stay by my best friend's side till the end of times. It was a huge undertaking and I panicked. "I don't know him, but I know it's him. I have only seen him about half a dozen times in the past 3 years, always with others and never alone, what I know of  him is as a member of a group",  "well it's too late now, you can't possibly abandon him at this time; don't worry, it happens to everyone, it will be just fine, you do not need to "know" him, every day will be a journey of discovery and surprises".

So there I was, calming my nerves, telling me not to worry,  "he is a gentleman, he'll treat you well", and he had. He had remained true and so have I. He had stayed and cared, he had loved and respected, he had teased and shared, he has never raised his his voice or his hands except in excitement or for a hug. As the days rolled by and the years came, one after the other,  and the grey set in; he still loves me, he still tells me everyday;  he still tells me how beautiful I have made his life by being a part of it.

I tell him the same, I love him too; I have cared and I have shared, I have hoped and I have found, the essence of life by being his wife. Each new day have been a journey of discovery, each one with its own surprises. I look forward to the next 20 years, maybe another 20 years, of days full of new discoveries and just as surprising as the very first day..
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Daily Quotes - The Real Rose

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.   _______________Dale Carnegie

Daily Quotes - Invest in People.

You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it requires people to make the dream a reality. _________Walt Disney

Daily Quote - Inspiration is a now thing.

Inspiration is a magical thing, a productivity multiplier, a motivator. But it won't wait for you. Inspiration is a now thing. If it grabs you, grab it right back and put it to work.________Jason Fried








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Daily Quotes - Reject Decay!

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. ___________Harold Wilson

 

Daily Quotes - Walk the Talk

Standing for something isn't just about writing it down. It's about believing it and living it.___Jason Fried

Daily Quotes - Destiny

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves
__________ William Shakespeare





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Daily Quotes - Exploration

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."__________T.S. Eliot

Daily Quotes - Exceed your limit

The Only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.

________Arthur C Clarke

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Daily Quotes - Hope

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.

____________St Clement of Alexandra

Daily Quote - Be enthusiastic

Grow the "I'm activated" attitude. Results come in proportion to enthusiasm invested.___David Schwartz

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Daily Quotes - Our Strange Situation.

To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself to us as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive forms - this knowledge, this feeling is at the centre of all true religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I belong to the ranks of devoutly religious men.

_________Albert Einstein

I am human

Everyday of my life, I meet people , new people, some are very good, some are not so wonderful, some come with preformed prejudices, some come with clean intentions. I am who I am, regardless of what the next new person thinks. I am female, I am black, I am veiled, I am large, I am mum, I am wife, I work full time.

I believe that the world didn't happen by accident, I believe that there is a purpose for it, I believe I am small, when compared to the rest of the universe but at the same time, I believe I am big; important; unique. 

The maker made me for a purpose, the world will not be the same without me. I am worth the attention the maker put into ensuring that I am not like anyone else. I am me, I am different, I am not perfect, I  make mistakes, sometimes I learn from them, sometimes I don't, most important is that I am allowed. I am human!

Daily Quotes - Progress

Think Progress, believe in progress, push for progress.
Think improvement in everything you do.
Think high standards in everything you do
Over a period of time, subordinates tend to become carbon copies of their chief.
Be sure the master copy is worth duplicating.
Make this a personal resolution: "At home, at work, in community life, if it's progress, I'm for it"

________David J Schwartz

Daily Quotes : Power

Never underestimate your power to change yourself
 __________ H Jackson Brown Jr

Daily Quotes - This is it

Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
_________Jon Kabat-Zinn   

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Daily Quotes - Decide

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do

_______Elbert Hubbard

Daily Quotes - It's yours too

"...You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here..."
_____Max Ehrmann

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Daily Quotes - What Counts

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"Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts."
________Winston Churchill

Challenging our Self Limiting Beliefs

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If we do not change the ways by which  we do things, nothing in our life will change. It is easy to remain in our comfort zone and repeat the same things over and over again and of course, get the same results over and over again. One area in which I have struggled is in the area of managing my weight, I start on a diet, I lose some weight, it gets too expensive or too monotonous, I revert back to my old ways and gain even faster than I ever did before the diet; it's as though my body have gone into starvation mode and wants to keep everything I put into it, just in case I start one of those "silly" diets again.

So today, I am coaching myself; I have re-affirmed my goal to loose 10kg in the next 1 month. I am going to eat the food I enjoy and I will exercise, only doing activities that I enjoy, I am not going to waste my money on any fancy diets and I am going to succeed and achieve this goal. I can hear some of you already saying it is not possible, or it is not realistic. I can hear myself saying the same too.

Why do we limit our chances at succeeding at a goal by immediately bringing forth our self limiting beliefs? Whenever we think of succeeding at anything, our doubts and fears quickly creep in, cloud our vision and prevent us from going forth on our way. How can we prevent these beliefs from taking charge?  We become our focus; if we believe it is impossible, then it becomes impossible. If for a moment, we believe it is possible; we start seeing solutions and ways of achieving the set goal.

The human mind has a huge  capacity to succeed at almost any thing it sets out to achieve, but first,  it has to succeed at challenging the beliefs that limits it's progress; the negative voice within. As for the weight loss, it is a matter for another day, I will keep you posted on the progress, that is a promise.

Daily Quotes - Focusing on the Goal

The truth is that we are often so focused on what we are doing that we lose sight of where we are going.

______Ruth Morris

Daily Quotes - Compassion

Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and put others there, and to honour the inviolable sanctity of every single human being, treating everybody without exception, with absolute justice, equity and respect.
________ Karen Armstrong

Daily Quotes - Time

"Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness





____Jean de La Bruysre

Daily Quotes- Breaking down the wall around our hearts

"We can find the road to hope and peace in our world if we open ourselves to change, enter into true relationships and break down the walls around our own hearts." _Jean Vanier

Final Bow

"Vision is not enough; it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs".

            Vaclav Havel

Stop and Look

In our very busy lives, how often do we remember  to stop and look?

From our waking to our sleeping, from breakfast to tea time, from school run in the mornings to pick up in the afternoons, from reporting to work and the close of a hectic day; how often do we have the chance to look around and actually take in our surroundings?

When was the last time we looked at the green landscapes, the blue skies with white clouds, the break of dawn and the setting sun, the starry nights and even the moonless ones, the chirping birds and the buzzing bees; the mix of wonderful sounds that can only be heard when we quietly listen and the myriads of colour that can only be appreciated when we purposefully look.

It is very easy, if we do not try, to pass through life, only experiencing the chaos and not seeing the beauty of it as it daily unfolds. It is free, it costs nothing and it's reward is immense. How can we let these free sights go?

This is a call for us to stop, take a deep breathe in, look around, smile, its a beautiful world out there, take it in while you still can.

Planning Ahead

When does your week start? Is it Sunday or Monday? Mine starts on Sunday.

What I find most useful is to sit down on Saturday evening, for about an hour, review the week that has just ended, cross off finished tasks(that is the nicest bit), appraise unfinished tasks, why didn't I finish them? What were the obstacles?  How can I overcome these obstacles next time? This is also when I finalize the list for the upcoming week.

What are my goals for the upcoming week? When  in the week do I need to achieve them? What will I need to carry out the tasks, are there things I need to prepare in advance?

Lastly be flexible and realistic, do not overburden yourself, put things on the list that you absolutely enjoy and these are  your time for relaxation, life doesn't have to be a list of tasks, there is so much more to it than that.