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"Awareness is the first step in making any sort of change," relationship expert Susan Winter previously told Elite Daily. "Once we're able to be honest with ourselves and admit our shortcomings, then we're one step closer to our recovery of wholeness and emotional health."
Source: insider.com/signs-youre-bad-partner-even-if-you-think-you-arent-2019-7
Thomas Edison's teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything." He was fired from his first two jobs for being "non-productive."
As an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. When a reporter asked, "How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?" Edison replied, "I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps."
The only permanent thing in this life is that everything is temporary.
Life is too short to worry about what other think or say about you. Have fun and give them something to talk about.
There lies before us, if we choose, continued progress and happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? We appeal, as human beings, to human beings: Remember your humanity and forget the rest.
- Albert Einstein
Overcoming Hardship by Daisaku Ikeda
Extracted from the book, Glass Children and Other Essays by Daisaku Ikeda
As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.
- Joseph B. Wirthlin
Note to Self
ctto Fannie Tican
A man’s favorite donkey falls into a deep precipice. He can’t pull it out no matter how hard he tries. He therefore decides to bury it alive.
Soil is poured onto the donkey from above. The donkey feels the load, shakes it off, and steps on it. More soil is poured.
It shakes it off and steps up. The more the load was poured, the higher it rose. By noon, the donkey was grazing in green pastures.
Sweet Dreams
A young boy and girl were enjoying a pleasant afternoon playing outside in their neighborhood together. The boy showed the girl his collection of beautiful, unique marbles. In turn, the girl showed the boy the handful of candy that she had just gotten for her birthday.
The boy proposed that the two of them switch–he would give her all of his marbles if she handed over all of her candy. The girl agreed, as she found the marbles to be beautiful as well.
The boy handed over all of his marbles, but kept one–the most exquisite one of them all–in his pocket. The girl kept her promise and gave the boy all of her candy.
That night, the girl was happy with the exchange and peacefully went to sleep.
The boy, however, couldn’t sleep, as he was up wondering if the girl had secretly kept some of her candy, just like he did with the marble.
What I Learned From 100 Days Of Rejection
By Jia Jiang
"The greatest lesson I’ve learned from rejection is no matter what, don’t be ignored by the world."
From: fastcompany.com/3045858/what-i-learned-from-100-days-of-rejection
John Maxwell on reinventing yourself and personal growth:
“The thing that we hold so dear to us which is our security, if we hold onto it beyond its time, becomes our detriment.”
However, if we put our mind to bettering ourselves...
“I amazed at what you can accomplish if you’re consistent in a relatively short time.”
Difficult times may have dampen our fervor for life but it is especially in these times that we exert more effort to exult in the fact that we are alive. We are still alive and surviving. So start living life!
Have a relaxing weekend, everyone! :)
Edwin Louis Cole once said, “You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.”
It’s a timely reminder that it’s not our problems that defeat us, it’s our inability to come up with resourceful solutions to them.
Sometimes, we get caught in the trap of focussing on our circumstances.
We think that we’re defeated and if we go on thinking that way, we are.
Let me encourage you today to keep your head above water, to keep swimming, to find a way to make it through whatever challenges are in your way.
It’s easy to allow one mistake to sidetrack our endeavours, but don’t let that happen to you.
One bad eating day doesn’t need to destroy your weight loss aims.
One bad customer interaction doesn’t need to hinder you from reaching your sales targets.
One negative comment doesn’t need to stop you from sharing your ideas.
One day of inaction doesn’t need to turn into a life of lethargy.
You may be down at the moment, but you don’t need to stay there.
Through persistence, a positive attitude, hard work and innovative ideas, you can come up out of the water. Dripping wet and smiling!
Source: betterlifecoachingblog.com/2012/01/26/you-dont-drown-by-falling-in-water
A dying old man said to his doctor while on the sick bed " Doctor, don’t worry. I know I am going to die. I didn’t want to come here but they brought me here.
Please don’t worry about me, look at my hair, they are gone. I am so old but you are so young. I have learnt a lot from life, if you don’t mind I will tell you some of them before I die.
When I was 4 years, I use to think the world is about me. When I turned 14, I wanted to rule the world. I thought I would be the greatest man that ever lived. When I was 21, I wanted to be the richest man, when I was 25, I wanted to find love, when I was 40, I wanted to be helpful to everyone. Now that I am here, I want to die. You see, I wanted so many things at so many times. Most importantly, I wanted to be happy. I thought the best way to be happy is to listen to others.
When I wanted to enter the University, I wanted to study Zoology but everyone said I should study Engineering that I will be a great Engineer. So I listened to them. I had no one to pay my fees, I had to work and also pay my fees. In my third year, I couldn’t cope with my studies, I had to drop. When I dropped, the same people told me "you should have studied Zoology"!
When I turned 28, everyone said I should marry. That I needed a wife. So I listened to them, I got married. 6 years into the marriage, I caught my wife sleeping with my neighbour. I asked her why and she slapped me. I was angry and didn’t say anything. The next day I returned from work, she had run away with my children, now I am dying a lonely man.
At 40, I got a huge contract. My name was in the news. The next day, all my friends and families were at my house, everyone had a serious problem. Within one week, I spent all the money on them with the promise that they will pay back. I could not complete the contract because they refused to return the money as promised. So I was sent to jail for 6 years. I stayed in jail and I came out. When I came out, they were nowhere.
There was one mistake I made through all this time. Now it is clear to me. Let me tell you about it. I refused to listen to myself. I ignored my own self and listen to others. Now that I am here the only person that is with me is myself.
You see, it is very good to listen to others. It is very wise to seek advice from others. But it is very dangerous to ignore your own self. It is very very dangerous to refuse to pay attention to your heart.
When you get home this night, sit down, take a glass of water. Close your eyes if you want or open it if you want, then talk to yourself, reason with yourself. You can walk down the road alone and as you walk, begin to talk to yourself.
The only person that can overrule yourself is God, after God, listen to yourself next. I know it may not make sense to you now but always remember I told you LEARN TO LISTEN TO YOURSELF.
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
5 Life Lessons We Can All Learn From Nature
(Source: blog.tentree.com/5-life-lessons-we-can-all-learn-from-nature)
Whenever a person is actively offending someone to make them feel bad, he is revealing a big part of his own personality.
What others say or think about you has nothing to do with reality. It’s just their perception.
- Sinem Günel
"Don't be afraid of failure. What you do next after failure is what will define you. Everyone fails. It's gonna happen to you; it's gonna happen to me, to everyone. Instead of sitting on your hands and saying I can't do it again, find the courage inside of you and saying what can I do differently."
- Priyanka Chopra
Your breakthrough is not determined on what age you are right now, your breakthrough is determined by God and God alone. - Toni Gonzaga
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5 Life Lessons We Can All Learn From Nature (Source: blog.tentree.com/5-life-lessons-we-can-all-learn-from-nature)
We count what we have, not what we don't have.
The degree of responsibility you take for your life determines how much change you can create in it.
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