Inspirations
Kindness
In a December 2004 article in First magazine called “Are you turning a blind eye to bliss?”, there are three questions they suggest asking ourselves to determine how in-tune we are with positive events that happen throughout our daily lives:
- Did you witness someone performing a small favor for a stranger today?
- Have you overheard a coworker or friend mention a bit of good news today?
- Did you see someone’s face light up after receiving a compliment today?
They also suggest we program ourselves to pay attention to the “good” things that happen around us. I’m convinced that our constant and active participation in the celebration of kindness is the secret to peace and joy in everyday life.
http://www.actsofkindness.org/
Confidence in God and His Universe
The Secret and Law of Attraction Notes and Exercises
Secrets of a Confident Woman by Joyce Meyer (MAY07)
Positive Thinking
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
Unlikely Success Stories
http://www.tombodett.com/bio.htm
http://www.faithfulreader.com/authors/au-gulley-philip.asp
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?z=y&cid=883661
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070520/LIVING/705200328/1007/LIVING
Quotations
Sorry, but no self-respecting writer would be without a list of quotations....
The only way I can get anything written is to write really, really shitty first drafts. --Anne LamottNever trust anything you think about your writing when you're not writing. --David Milch
What you are is God's gift to you; what you become is your gift to God. --Unknown
If you do everything in your power to avoid writing and still can't, then you must be a writer. --Fannie Flagg
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. --Mark Twain
It is never too late to be what you might have been. --George Eliot
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. --Edmund Burke
And all the loveliest things there be
Come simply, so it seems to me. --Edna St. Vincent MilayNothing is so fatiguing as the hanging on of an uncompleted task. --William James
Just for today, I will choose and display the right attitudes.
Just for today, I will determine and act on important priorities.
Just for today, I will know and follow healthy guidelines.
Just for today, I will communicate with and care for my family.
Just for today, I will practice and develop good thinking.
Just for today, I will make and keep proper commitments.
Just for today, I will earn and properly manage finances.
Just for today, I will deepen and live out my faith.
Just for today, I will initiate and invest in solid relationships.
Just for today, I will plan for and model generosity.
Just for today, I will embrace and practice good values.
Just for today, I will seek and experience improvements.
Just for today, I will act on these decisions and practice these disciplines, and then one day, I will see the compounding results of a day lived well. --John Maxwell's Daily Dozen from "Today Matters"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people. --John Adams
I am because other people are. --Desmond Tutu
Dreams are God whispering in our ears about what we are meant to be doing. --Anne Wayman, freelancewrite.about.com guide
Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given. --Deepak Chopra
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." --Erma Bombeck
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. --James Taylor
Peace begins with a smile. --Mother Teresa
He who angers you, conquers you. --Elizabeth Kenny
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. --Sir Winston Churchill
The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it, put your whole soul into it - every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have. --John D. Rockefeller III
God can't drive a parked car. --Joyce Meyer
You must do that which you think you cannot do. --Eleanor Roosevelt
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. --Eleanor Roosevelt
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. --Sylvia Plath
Not until we are lost, do we truly understand ourselves. --Henry David Thoreau
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. --Henry David Thoreau
The best way out is always through. --Robert Frost
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. --Henry Ford
To the world, you may be just one person; but to one person, you may be the world! --Unknown
Measure wealth not by the things you have, but by the things you have for which you would not take money. --Unknown
You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. --John Wooden
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. -- Somerset Maugham
If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital. If you don't feel like you are writing somewhat over your head, why do it? If you don't have some doubt of your authority to tell this story, then you are not trying to tell enough. -- John Irving
About a recurring dream she had: "[In it]...I am asked to give an accounting of my...life to a higher court, it [goes] like this: 'So, empty your pockets. What have you got left of your life? Any dreams that were unfulfilled? Any unused talent that we gave you when you were born that you still have left? Any unsaid compliments or bits of love that you haven't spread around?
"And I will answer, 'I've nothing to return. I spent everything you gave me. I'm as naked as the day I was born.'" -- Erma Bombeck