Be yourself! Everyone else is already taken. ~ Oscar Wilde ~ The phrase “be yourself” is likely one of the most used in the history of time. Yet, it’s such a vague saying. Just what does it really mean when people say it to another person? Do they even really know what they’re saying? It […]
Do What Matters To You
If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place. ~ Nora Roberts ~ A couple of months ago, two days in a row, I had a conversation with two young ladies about […]
11 Things to Know About People Who Have a Kind Heart
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. ~ Dalai Lama ~ During our lifetime, we get to know all types of people. There are some that are just born kind. I’d like to think all of us were born that way. Indeed we were. But, as life goes on, we can so easily identify […]
Do It Til You’re Satisfied
And as we let our own light shine, we subconsciously give other people permission to do the same. ~ Marianne Williamson ~ Recently, I heard a song in the background of a movie on the television. I was in and out of the room, unable to manage to just sit and enjoy the movie. But, at […]
Live With Purpose and Keep Striving to be a Better Human
Wake up every day and know your life is the most valuable you have. For without it, nothing else exists. ~ Mindful Memo ~ We’ve got this one life. Every day is challenging enough without any outside influence. The greatest you could ever give yourself is to live; truly live, your life with purpose. After […]
The Inner Peace of Accepting What You Can Not Change
This very moment is the perfect teacher and, lucky for us, it’s within us, wherever we are. ~ Pema Chödrön ~ Life has a way of finding us feeling as if we’re always with stress from one source or another. It can seem like every time you turn around there is something else taking your attention, […]
Your Time Here Is Limited, Don’t Waste It On Other People’s Thinking
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. ~ Steve Jobs ~ It requires constant awareness is to live your own life based on your own thinking. Not that of others. It’s a day-to-day practice. A […]
Living in The Present Moment
When you are here and now, sitting totally, not jumping ahead, the miracle has happened. To be in the moment is the miracle. ~ Osho ~ Your thoughts are always of a specific point in time. Thoughts pertaining to the past, present or future. Thoughts of what was or could have been, what is or […]
6 Strong Reasons To Not Give Up
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe ~ Despite your best efforts, nothing is going in the […]
Thinking More Deeply About Faith and Honesty
Be as you wish to seem. ~ Socrates ~ We should all care to think more deeply about life and every moment within it. So many don’t though. For one; we’re too busy getting to the next moment. Two; as humans, we don’t live life at a slow enough pace that we even give much […]