I came across this quote this morning. It is another great quote about the benefits of developing and having patience.
“Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.” ~ Brian Adams
What has developing patience done for you? I would love to hear your thoughts.
I have taken the holiday season to enjoy my family. Now that we are getting ready for the new year, I wanted to share one of my personal goals for the upcoming year
“Practice the pause. When in doubt, pause. When angry, pause. When tired, pause. When stressed, pause. And when you pause, pray.” – anonymous
What about you? What do you want become in the new year?
Sometimes the simple thoughts are the most profound. Which way does your heart draw you?
“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.” – Hasidic Prover
I think we are sometimes harder on ourselves than we are on anyone else. I know that I am. This quote reminds me that as I pay attention to myself, forgive myself, and follow what I know to be true…others will treat me the same way.
“Love yourself. Forgive yourself. Be true to yourself. How you treat yourself sets the standard for how others will treat you.” – Dr. Steve Maraboli
“It’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. You can change or stay the same; there are no rules to this thing. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you see things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” – F.Scott Fitzgerald
I had an amazing experience yesterday and this quote totally explains some of the feelings and emotions I experienced. It confirmed to me again that when we have the strength to follow our dreams and be who we want to be…miracles happen.
I believe I have shared this quote before, but it hit me again this morning, and I wanted to share it again. This is a great reminder to follow your heart.
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” – Steve Jobs
This story hit me like a ton of bricks this morning. I have never thought of anger, frustration, fear this way before.
Lesson from Dr. Wayne Dyer
In the last few years Wayne used to always bring an orange on stage as a prop for the following story.
I opened a conversation with a bright young fellow of about twelve who was sitting in the front row.
“If I were to squeeze this orange as hard as I could, what would come out?” I asked him.
He looked at me like I was a little crazy and said, “Juice, of course.”
“Do you think apple juice could come out of it?”
“No!” he laughed.
“What about grapefruit juice?”
“No!”
“What would come out of it?”
“Orange juice, of course.”
“Why? Why when you squeeze an orange does orange juice come out?”
He may have been getting a little exasperated with me at this point.
“Well, it’s an orange and that’s what’s inside.”
I nodded. “Let’s assume that this orange isn’t an orange, but it’s you. And someone squeezes you, puts pressure on you, says something you don’t like, offends you. And out of you comes anger, hatred, bitterness, fear. Why? The answer, as our young friend has told us, is because that’s what’s inside.”
It’s one of the great lessons of life. What comes out when life squeezes you? When someone hurts or offends you? If anger, pain and fear come out of you, it’s because that’s what’s inside. It doesn’t matter who does the squeezing—your mother, your brother, your children, your boss, the government. If someone says something about you that you don’t like, what comes out of you is what’s inside. And what’s inside is up to you, it’s your choice.
When someone puts the pressure on you and out of you comes anything other than love, it’s because that’s what you’ve allowed to be inside. Once you take away all those negative things you don’t want in your life and replace them with love, you’ll find yourself living a highly functioning life.
Thanks, my young friend, and here’s an orange for you!
“Don’t Limit Your Challenges… Challenge Your Limits.“- Anonymous
Life seems to give us opportunities to test this quote on a daily basis. How often do we focus on trying to limit the challenges that we are presented with? I know I do this on a regular basis.
I also notice that when I challenge my limits, face the challenges that are presented to me, and focus on learning and growing…I always come out a better person, with more confidence in challenging my limits going forward.
How about you?
This is such a true principle. How often do we give people power and control over us and let them influence how we respond or what we think? People will say and do things that may directly impact us…but the one thing that they cannot take away from us is our ability to choose how we respond.
My choice is to not be a victim…what about you?
Most of us believe that we have
been betrayed by someone outside of us –
in other words someone has done something to hurt us,
been dishonest or broken a promise made:
some trust in some concept was broken.
Indeed someone may have taken an action
that took only their needs into consideration,
they may have not followed through on a promise made,
and they may have not told you the truth.
But their actions have nothing to do with you
and have everything to do with them.
That’s why no one can do anything TO you.
They can take actions that involve you that you may not like –
But you are not a victim, no way, no how.
– Sheri Rosenthal
I absolutely love this quote and the principle it teaches. Life is so much easier and more enjoyable when you focus on what you think of yourself instead of what other people think of you.
“One day it just clicks… You realize what’s important and what isn’t. You learn to care less about what other people think of you and more about what you think of yourself. You realize how far you’ve come and you remember when you thought things were such a mess that they’d never recover. And then you smile. You smile because you are truly proud of yourself and the person you’ve fought to become” – Anonymous
"A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst…a spark that creates extraordinary results.” Anonymous
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