Lighting the Path Less Taken

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"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning
for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime,
educate people."

-- Chinese proverb
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A river cuts through rock,
not because of its power,
but because of its persistence.
- Jim Watkins

We can throw stones,
complain about them,
stumble on them,
climb over them,
or build with them.

William Arthur Ward

Faith and doubt both are needed, not as antagonists,
but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.
~Lillian Smith
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"Strength is happiness.
Strength is itself victory.
In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness.
When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose.
But regardless of the short-term outcome,
the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being."

-- Daisaku Ikeda
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Think No Evil
"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."
Do not even think evil, because first you think of something, then you speak of it, then you see it.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
~ John Wooden
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Be The Example
Instead of teaching others by telling them,
teach them by doing it yourself.

If you want happiness for an hour - take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day - go fishing.
If you want happiness for a month - get married.
If you want happiness for a year - inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime - help someone else.

Chinese Proverb
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"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies,
just as much to stand up to our friends."

-- Dumbledore
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Beautifully said sage, wonderful quotes gets me thinking

Thanks Ravi, and a note..any of you can post one if you come across one too! This ain't just mine, it's all of ours.

Create Vision
Never believe anyone who says we cannot change.
Vision is one of the secrets of personal transformation.
We are all artists, our mind is the arena of creation and vision is what we are constantly creating.

What is your vision of yourself today – patient, relaxed, positive or tense, tight and negative? What do you prefer?
So be creative – what does patience look like, feel like, what are you doing that is different when you are patient and you are expressing your power to …wait?
Always start with vision not action.
See it and you will be it.
Be it and you will do it.
We don’t ‘get a life’ as some would cynically tell us – we create our life.
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein

Ferocious Lions
The habits of guessing and assumption can be like ferocious lions.
So do not allow them to run wild.
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"Move out of your comfort zone.
You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new."
-- Brian Tracy
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The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
- George Bernard Shaw

"It is more important to know where you are going than to get
there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement."

-- Mabel Newcomber
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Look up in to the sky at the birds flying free
You have the same freedom as the birds
Its only you that has built a cage around yourself
Hermie

I just don't know what to say Sage
You got me q22

Give and Take
Whatever you give comes back to you.
Whatever you take will not stay with you.
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"Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human
being living humanely is like.
She is a person who understands, values and develops her body, finding it beautiful and useful; a person who is real and is willing to
take risks, to be creative, to manifest competence, to change
when the situation calls for it, and to find ways to
accommodate to what is new and different, keeping that part of
the old that is still useful and discarding what is not."

-- Virginia Satir
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The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive.
The great opportunity is where you are.
- John Burroughs

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached,
don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."
-- Confucius
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Give Time
Whatever or whoever you give time to, you give your attention to. Whatever gets your attention gets your energy.
Whatever gets your energy must grow.
So what will you give your time to today - who will get your attention? What or who needs your attention?
Is it a task, a process or a relationship?
Or are you waiting for these things to give you time and attention? How long have you been waiting?
Why are you waiting?
Are you a leader or a follower, a master or a slave?
Mmmm...all questions today!
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Every situation, properly perceived,
becomes an opportunity.
- Helen Schucman

Courage
Courage is taking a step forward into an area of difficulty without a solution in mind,
trusting that whatever help you need will become available.
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Did you know...

... that today, besides being Veteran's Day in the US, is also
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Day? In 1921, President Warren
Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington
National Cemetery. Trivia buffs: The Guard takes 21 steps
during his walk across the Tomb of the Unknowns; it alludes to
the 21-gun salute, which is the highest honor given any
military or foreign dignitary. There has been a Sentinel on
duty in front of the Tomb every minute of every day since 1937.

Today's Inspirational Quote:

"To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all
different in the way we perceive the world and use this
understanding as a guide to our communication with others."

-- Tony Robbins

Peace
Peace is not a passive attitude;
it is an active state.
It requires having constant attention in order to live and to respond as a peaceful being to any upset in life.
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I make the most of all that comes,
And the least of all that goes.
~ Sara Teasdale