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RE: thought for the day - 2/28/2010 4:08:08 PM
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" We are each given a block of marble when we begin a lifetime, and the tools to shape it into sculpture. We can drag it behind us untouched, we can pound it into gravel, or we can shape it into glory." - Richard Bach
Sometimes the thing that limits us most in getting ahead and what we want in life is ourselves. Before you blame everything from your partner and the economy to the neighbor's cat and the phases of the moon, look closer to home at yourself. Are you honestly doing the very best you can with what you have at your disposal, be it knowledge, smarts, time or money? Really, truly, 100%?
Don't waste your talents or resourcefulness nor be quick to lay blame at the door of another.
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RE: thought for the day - 3/1/2010 9:31:42 AM
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YES! I totally agree! I just finished my memoir, and although it was a huge sacrifice I kept that very thought in mind. Doing what we should be doing with our talents would make for an amazing world!
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RE: thought for the day - 3/2/2010 9:00:06 PM
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YES! I totally agree! I just finished my memoir, and although it was a huge sacrifice I kept that very thought in mind. Doing what we should be doing with our talents would make for an amazing world!
Amen to that, Christine! Hey btw, have you seen what Lulu's offering just now? You can get a free book and just pay for the post & packaging. Who did you go with last time and did you like them? I'm not familiar with many self-publishers and someone was asking me who was good.
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RE: thought for the day - 3/4/2010 9:44:41 AM
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Lulu is good, I have heard plenty of good things about them. My sister works at Bridgeport National Bindery so I skipped Lulu and went through her. They deal with lots of self publishing companies though, including Lulu.
I'm going for the gusto with my memoir, and not self publishing...of course I'm not sure what to do...but I'm giving it my all, lol.
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RE: thought for the day - 3/7/2010 11:27:57 AM
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Lulu is good, I have heard plenty of good things about them. My sister works at Bridgeport National Bindery so I skipped Lulu and went through her. They deal with lots of self publishing companies though, including Lulu.
I'm going for the gusto with my memoir, and not self publishing...of course I'm not sure what to do...but I'm giving it my all, lol.
Giving it your all is what counts most! I've got a lot of articles at Cuckleburr about approaching publishers and so on if you need some inspiration when it's all done and dusted.
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RE: thought for the day - 3/7/2010 11:44:10 AM
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How often do you feel you're on the brink of something big, so close that you can taste it, and yet you don't give yourself that final push that makes it happen? We rarely question why we self-sabotage and we should.
It could be fear of change. It could be fear of success. It could be fear of succeeding and then failing, only to fall lower than you were prior to your success. It could be fear of what your friends or family will think.
Don't let the fears overcome what is destined for you. Each of us deserves success in some shape or form! It can only happen if we move towards it and don't shrink from it. Banish the fears and embrace the success. - Kay Elizabeth
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RE: thought for the day - 3/14/2010 11:48:15 AM
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The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love. - Red Auerbach
It's natural to have the odd day where you're self-absorbed but don't let it become a habit. Look around you and see what you can do to make the day brighter for someone else. While you're at it, smile! There are many less fortunate than you are and self- pity doesn't make troubles any easier to bear. Appreciate what you're blessed with in life, do a nice thing for another to improve their spirits and your own, and get on with the day. 
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RE: thought for the day - 3/17/2010 10:56:25 AM
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Is it asked, how can the laboring man find time for self-culture? I answer, that an earnest purpose finds time, or makes it. It seizes on spare moments, and turns fragments to golden account. A man who follows his calling with industry and spirit, and uses his earnings economically, will always have some portion of the day at command. And it is astonishing how fruitful of improvement a short season becomes, when eagerly seized and faithfully used. It has often been observed, that those who have the most time at their disposal profit by it the least. A single hour in the day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledge. -Channing
I think this is very true! The more time you have the more you waste. I'm going to make more of an effort not to waste time and do something of value instead. Plopping down in front of a TV show doesn't count. One hour a day is the commitment.
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RE: thought for the day - 3/20/2010 1:32:13 PM
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“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear,an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
~ Leo Buscaglia
It doesn't take much, does it?
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RE: thought for the day - 3/24/2010 8:25:51 AM
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Love or hate yourself, you're still you. Be at peace with that and try to being loving towards yourself more often. - Kay Elizabeth
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RE: thought for the day - 3/28/2010 1:47:40 PM
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- If you can start the day without caffeine.
- If you can get going without pep pills.
- If you can always be cheerful ignoring aches and pains.
- If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles.
- If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it.
- If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time.
- If you can overlook it when those you love take it out on you when through no fault of yours something goes wrong.
- If you can take criticism and blame without resentment.
- If you can ignore a friend's limited education and never correct him.
- If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend.
- If you can face the world without lies and deceit.
- If you can conquer tension without medical help.
- If you can relax without liquor.
- If you can sleep without the aid of drugs.
- .....Then you are probably the family dog!
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RE: thought for the day - 4/3/2010 7:04:24 PM
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I LOVED that!
LOL, I thought you would appreciate that one. I swear my dogs were reading over my shoulder and nodding in approval as well.
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RE: thought for the day - 4/3/2010 7:14:51 PM
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"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." - Albert Schweitzer
I run into people who rekindle my spirit all the time. Trouble is, I don't always realize that until they are long gone. Take the time to appreciate those you are blessed with in your life that are always there, cheering you on when you need them to and setting you straight when you need that too. Just because they sit across the table from you or are always on the phone doesn't make them any less valuable than the person who shares an occasionally supportive comment. Our biggest cheerleaders often live in our own houses.
< Message edited by fiery -- 4/3/2010 7:15:36 PM >
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RE: thought for the day - 4/9/2010 8:28:45 PM
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What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly. -Shakti Gawain
How many times have you second guessed what your intuition told you and made the wrong choice? I think those hunches, feelings and inner knowing that we experience should be given more credence than they are. Trust your instincts and be conscious of noticing how often they are right. The more you do, the more confident you'll become about going with your gut.
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RE: thought for the day - 4/13/2010 12:19:54 PM
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds. ~Franklin D Roosevelt
However you perceive life, don't let it drag you down. Your thoughts create your reality and what you seek, you'll find. Good or bad. Look for the good and don't waste time go over the could be's or maybe's or what if's. You'll look up and realize you missed what was happening, right then in the moment , the whole day wasted that could have been spent more positively.
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RE: thought for the day - 4/16/2010 8:11:27 PM
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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
- George Washington Carver
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RE: thought for the day - 4/17/2010 10:17:51 AM
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Wow, is that awesome! Thanks for sharing, there are days that I can totally relate to that for sure! (like today)
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RE: thought for the day - 4/20/2010 6:18:03 PM
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The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away. -Barbara Kingsolver
I like this quote because it describes me! I'm the type that will be there and make a mess sometimes of trying to help rather than keep my distance. But luckily, I know they know I mean well.
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RE: thought for the day - 4/22/2010 10:32:35 PM
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain
So just do it.
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