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Words of Wisdom

It's not what happens to me that matters most, it's how I respond to what happens to me.

What the law requires is written on their hearts. Paul (Romans 2:15)

An angry person, in order to live in this world, is forced to either fight, flee, withdraw, or control.

( ANGER ) When a drunk admits they are an alcoholic, they stop drinking one day at a time. A drunk who won't admit they are a alcoholic will keep on drinking. Angry people who admit their anger, can stop being angry one day at a time. An angry person who denies their anger will never stop being an angry person.

All thoughts that come from a low state of functioning, keep you in a low state of functioning.

Being in a high state of awareness allows us to make positive choices, not to argue, confront, fight, or always having to be right.

The greatest gift GOD gave to man was to choose his mental attitude.

Our mind is the only means by which we may plan our life and live it as we choose.

Winners - vs Losers

Always a part of the answer Always a part of the problem

Always has a program Always has a excuse

Let me do it for you That is not my job

Sees an answer for every problem Sees a problem for every answer

It may be difficult but it's possible It may be possible but it's to difficult

There are those who see only negative

There are those who see only positive

There are those who see both and look for the negative

Thomas Paine. The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
What we obtain to cheap, we esteem too lightly.

All of us must become better informed. It is necessary for us to learn from others' mistakes.
You will not live long enough to make them all yourself. Admiral Hyman Rickover

Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. Alphonse Karr

How can we expect a harvest of thought who, have not had a seed-time of character

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. – Aristotle

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.- Albert Einstein

Treat this situation like the oh so amusing show that it is. In fact, once you take the attitude that this is a command performance in honor of some prestigious company (that'd be you), you'll enjoy yourself immensely.

Yet the test should be simple, just listen to any prophet and if you hear him speak of sacrifice-run. Run faster than from a plague. It stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served
But if you ever hear a man telling you that you must be happy, that it is it's your natural right, that your first duty is to yourself- that will be the man who is not after your soul.
Ayn Rand

"Great change dominates the world, and unless we move with change we will become its victims." - Robert Kennedy

"Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not," Robert Kennedy often said, quoting George Bernard Shaw

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Abraham Lincoln

"People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it."
Ogden Nash

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear. - Bertrand Russell

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
Viktor Frankl

"Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you
will never go any higher than you think."
Benjamin Disraeli

"Let's not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it." ~ Vincent Van Gogh

"We should not think of our past as definitely settled. . . . My past changes every minute according to the meaning given it now, in this moment." ~ Czelaw Milosz

We are All One

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