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Positive Thought for Today ~ Follow Your Heart

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“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.”

Ella Fitzgerald
NOTE: Joseph Campbell, the famed mythologist and cultural anthropologist, said, “Follow your bliss.” He went on to explain if one follows his/her bliss they will be happy. And, if fate favors them, they’ll end up happy and rich. Either way they’ll be happy. Never quit, Never give up following where your heart leads you.

Positive Thought of the Day ~ Chose a Life Affirming Attitude

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“What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.”

Willie Mays
NOTE: The fame psychiatrist, Viktor Frankl said that the one freedom no one can take from us is our right to chose the attitude we take in any situation. We can choose to be defeated. Or, we can choose to never give up. We can choose to wallow in self pity. Or, we can chose to hold our head high, stand tall, and face our challenges with courage. 

Positive Thought for the Day ~ Your Turn is Coming

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Feeling Stuck? Feeling like you’re running a streak of bad luck? Don’t give up. You never know when the tide will turn. My experience tells me if I hang in there long enough, through all the crap that’s coming my way, I’ll come out of it just fine. The tide always turns. Your turn is coming. It will bang on your door and you’ll hear it shouting to you if you don’t give up. Never quit.

Positive Thought of the Day ~ You Are Important

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“Use all your hidden forces. Do not miss the purpose of this life, and do not wait for circumstance to mould or change your fate.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox
NOTE: You are important. You have a unique gift to offer this world. There are people who need you. There are people who are counting on you. There is work waiting for you that no other can do as well as you can. Fan the the embers within you and embrace the wonderful purpose of your life.

Positive Thought of the Day ~ Embrace Life and All Its’ Looks

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Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a struggle, accept it.

Life is a tragedy, confront it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is too precious, do not destroy it.

Life is life, fight for it.

Mother Teresa

Positive Thought of the Day ~ The Seeds of Happiness Surround You

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“Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.”

Walt Whitman
NOTE: If we can’t be happy now, when will be happy? Unhappiness is the result of wanting to be in someplace other than in the place we currently find ourselves. How often have you said or heard someone say, “I’ll be happy when . . .”? We find happiness where we are in the midst of the chaos, unsettling events, and diversity of people and opinions. Dig for it and you’ll find it. You’ll have a treasure no one can take from you.

Positive Thought For the Day ~ Live Now

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You can live in the past, or you can live in the present but you cannot live in both. Living takes place in the present with an eye toward tomorrow. Be grateful for what was and move on. Life calls us to live and enjoy the moment, to continually grow, and learn from every experience.

Positive Thought for the Day ~ Listening is Hard Work but Worth It

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“We do not hear what we hear…, only what we remember.”

Morton Feldman
NOTE: Listening is hard work. Making sure we listen accurately takes even more effort. Those in great relationships make the effort to accurately hear each other. When we hear selectively we filter what we hear through our biases. Selective hearing is often the source of many disagreements. Make the effort to listen and listen accurately it will pay off big time.

Positive Thought of the Day ~ Surprise Yourself

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“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”

Vincent Van Gogh
NOTE: Still the negative voices. Ignore them when they scream at you. Act like the salmon who swim upstream to spawn. Put your face into the wind and keep moving. Nothing can stop you from chasing your dream if you keep chasing it. Who knows, one day you may surprise yourself and all the doubters.

Positive Thought of the Day – Nothing Can Stop You

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If you think you can – you can !
If you think you can not – you can not !
And either way……..you are right !

Shiv Khera
NOTE: Turn a deaf ear to the naysayers. Don’t hang out with the pessimists. Where there are problems, see possibilities. Where there is opposition, see opportunities. You’re strong. You know it. You’ve been knocked down. You didn’t stay down. You got up, shook it off and began again. Nothing can stop you. You know it.

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