Posted in Quotes - 2012 on Jan 30th, 2012
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw
find what?
Often we say and we hear others say ‘I wish to find myself’. What does that mean? To me that means ‘self-knowledge’. Knowing what drives us, what ticks us off, when and why we feel peaceful, when and why we react [...]
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Posted in Quotes - 2012, Stillness on Jan 26th, 2012
…the big things and the real things of this world and the universe are on your side. The sun rises every morning to salute you just as it does the most powerful and prosperous man on earth. - The Urantia Papers
debilitating fear
Sometimes we experience debilitating fear. Fear of the unknown and of the future. During [...]
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Posted in Quotes - 2012 on Jan 25th, 2012
A human being is a deciding being. - Viktor Frankl
decide
We must decide. We feel lost and a lack of control when we can’t make the necessary decisions. We feel blue. To be happy we must ask the right questions and make the appropriate decisions followed by necessary action…
imperatives
We must decide:
What’s most important to us?
Where do [...]
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Posted in Quotes - 2012, Stillness on Jan 24th, 2012
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. - Viktor Frankl
awareness
The key to long term personal growth is increasing awareness of self. As we become more aware we position ourselves as masters. We realize that self-knowledge [...]
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Posted in Quotes - 2012 on Jan 23rd, 2012
Distant water won’t quench your immediate thirst. - Chinese Proverb
that and when
We’re always looking for that something else which will do the trick. We tell ourselves that when that happens we will be just fine. The search for that something else continues, our thirst never really gets quenched and we don’t ever reach a final [...]
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