Earthquakes Last But For a Moment …

“The positive thing about natural disasters is that they are seldom prolonged.  Usually they only last for a moment.  Such moments can cause a colossal loss of life and represent a terrible tragedy.  Yet they do not go on and on.  A volcano erupts and then stops.  An earthquake shakes the earth and then stops.  [...]

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Mist Is Beautiful But Fog Can Be Deadly …

“Have you ever considered the way you look at things?  Next time you look at clouds let your inner mind trace images that project some secret story from within you.  Do not worry if your initial steps of self-discovery are small steps.  Every journey has to have a beginning.  Seeds give rise to gigantic trees.  [...]

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Rejoice In Someone Else’s Triumph …

The greatest joy is to be able to feel really good about someone else’s triumph.  To rejoice in another person’s moment of glory, and more, to be gracious enough to feel genuine admiration at an opponent’s magnificent and honourable victory will make you feel good.  It is the ultimate rejoicing because it manifests a generous heart [...]

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Better To Bend Gracefully Than To Stand Inflexible …

“The other day I saw a tall, majestic looking tree uprooted and humbled by the unexpected severity of a storm.  It was a sad sight.  It made me think how the very strength and pride of the tree had made it inflexible and thus vulnerable to the fierce wind and rain.  All around the base [...]

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If You Fall …

“If you fall, simply pick yourself up agsain and keep going.  The secret of a happy life is never to stay down for too long.  Always get up and travel on.  Move along with the flow of time.  Today is the last day of this year … tomorrow is a brand new year.  Try standing extra tall [...]

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Bondage Is A Mental Thing …

Many people live their lives as if they were confined to a gilded cage, not realizing the door is open and unlocked and that they can soar to heights beyond their own imagination.  Instead they build walks around themselves, afraid of the unknown, scared to fail, tormented by fear, troubled by what they believe are their [...]

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Positive Discipline

Outstanding Leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in
themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.
 

   -   Sam Walton   -

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Keeping The Mind Free Of Bondage

The struggle of the mind to keep itself free from every sort of bondage — to remain curious, open, unsatiated in all its relations with nature — is tenfold more difficult than the cultivation of a stable, satisfying point of view, but a thousandfold more precious.
   -   Gardner Murphy   -

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