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 that are blooming outside our windows today. – Dale Carnegie
This is a classic poem written by W. Livingston Larned. If you have young kids, please read it…..If you have read it before, read it again!
Listen, son:
I am saying this as you lie asleep,
one little paw crumpled under your cheek and
the blond curls stickily wet on your damp forehead.
I have stolen into your room alone.
Just a few minutes ago,
as I sat reading my paper in the library,
a stifling wave of remorse swept over me.
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Believing in yourself is one of the fundamentals of success. You have to believe you can achieve something BEFORE it ever happens! Believing in yourself is a learned skill but you can make the choice to believe in yourself at any time. Your beliefs are usually based on past experiences. If you have failed at something in the past, you may begin to believe that you are not capable of achieving it in the future. Here is the funny thing about beliefs though. They are not FACTS. A belief is nothing more than an opinion about the way something is.
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~Pablo Picasso
“Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now!”
~Michael Landon
What a great quote……Think about this one. Do you want to look back on your life when you are on your death bed and think about what you could have been?
