Quote of the day ~ Video of the Day ~ Scripture of the Day ~ Keep Persistent even when you Fail : ) 01/02/2012

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence

in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

~ Napoleon Hill

With each day we face, new challenges will arise.  Will you be ready for them?

Even in the face of failure will you be persistent?

The next door you open may be the door that opens everything up for you.  But if you don't turn the handle what will become of the outcome?

Face your challenges head on.  Keep your determination when establishing your plan for the next step on your 'New Year Needs' list.

Will you always get it right on the first time?  NO .....

Did you walk the first time you stepped out as a toddler?  NO.....

We all fall short but those who are persistent and keep pushing on despite trial and errors will outlast those failures and succeed.

Video of the Day

Persistence & Success -Bamboo Tree

Scripture of the Day

That is why we never give up.  Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.

2 Corinthians 4:16

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Quote of the day ~ Video of the Day ~ Scripture of the Day ~ Walking into the New Year : ) 01/01/2012

“The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year.

It is that we should have a new soul”

~ G K Chesterton

Another year is here and it comes into realization or it should be understood that the new year is a mark on your calendar, a notch in time.  You are the spirit and the soul that marks this map, your road map and directs your wins and or your losses.  You and your compass.

Values and principles

What are yours?  What is important to your core, your essence and your marks that your make on your map.  Are they in permanent marker format, rigid and not much room for correction or reorganization?  Are they in pencil so that you can easily adjust your coordinates and re deploy your resources?  

Do you highlight your victories or do you highlight your losses?  Define your values and your principles.

Defined:  Values ----> relative worth, merit, or importance

Defined:  Principles ------> A rule or belief governing one's personal behavior

What are yours?

Take the time, this time to list your values and principles that will define your course, your map for victory.

Video of the Day

Scripture of the Day

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

Matthew 16:26 ESV

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So what of this word Virtue?

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so

virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from

a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of

human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

~Buddha

Maybe we should define this word virtue. From Dictionary.com:

vir·tue   [vur-choo] noun

1. moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.

2. conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness;

3. chastity; virginity: to lose one's virtue.

4. a particular moral excellence. Compare cardinal virtues, natural virtue, theological virtue.

5. a good or admirable quality or property: the virtue of knowing one's weaknesses.

 

I for this like to look at the first, second and last definition to work with and strive for.

To have in our hearts a virtue of moral goodness, righteousness sounds so high and mighty but if you tone it down a bit moral goodness sounds so direct and front of the line it goes.

We also must understand our values and what we place in order, our love for the soul and spirit.  Values should help us stand upright in this world that seems to thrive on putting others down.

Why do you think so many worry about the 1% that have so much?

They feel smothered, overwhelmed and feel less in control.

We need a leader with values and the desire to stand on those values and not be lead by special interest groups or lobby's.

That leader is not just the President but all of Congress and our Statewide leadership.

Knowing thine weaknesses.  Working on them, sharpening the saw but using that skill to improve upon said weakness.

Sharing that smile.

Caring for another.

Even when your light may not be at its brightest.

The uncommon individual the person that strives to care and share their love and kindness.

The value of virtue.  Has a great value indeed.

So today..... establish that list of values, and apply them to making a difference in this world.

Sharing laughter

Sharing a kind word

Sharing love

Sharing comfort

Sharing a Smile

 

Make a difference today and as always Smiles sent your way : o )

10/21/11

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Something more amazing : )

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous,

leading to the most amazing view.

May your mountains rise

into and above the clouds.

~Edward Abbey

A wish for you today, this day that your day be amazing!

Lets define amazing; From the Online Dictionary

–adjective

causing great surprise or sudden wonder.

Every step in life can be amazing if you use that definition you would have to agree.

The nightly news is amazing.

The person next to you driving by texting, reading, multitasking along who seems oblivious to anything around him.  That is amazing as well.

The world is full of amazing things.

Amazing - great surprise and wonder......

Watch this video....

 

Now that is amazing, wanted to share something that was shared by another.

The last line in the video

If you don't get a miracle.....Become one

We all can become amazing, we all have had that moment of surprise, awe, wonder when we became that amazing moment in the life of another.

Amazing....

Be that smile that lights another persons day

Be that laughter that is shared with another, lifts their spirit higher.

Be that change agent that makes a gloomy day something more, just because you were in it.

We can be all that and more, for ourselves, our family, and those around us.  Something More....

A quote that I will leave you with a Chinese proverb

I hear: I forget / I see: I remember / I do: I understand

Do something more...

Dream ~ Smile ~ Laugh~ Love always

and as always smiles sent out to you!  : )

09/30/11

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Take nothing for granted ~ seek its value and you shall find it

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude

means to take nothing for granted,

but to always seek out and value

the kind that will stand behind the action.

Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course.

Everything originates in a will for the good,

which is directed at you.

Train yourself never to put off

the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

~Albert Schweitzer

Life has many lessons does it not?  You are learning with every step you take, every action made.  You have much success and sometimes so it seems, more failure, but failure is only a learning point if you think of it in that manner.

Take nothing for granted, not the family pet, not the morning coffee, not the love of your family.  Nothing should be taken for granted.  Everything has meaning for good, it is only how we allow are perception to take hold that makes it bad, and only in our mind.

Always seek value in everything that passes through your life and guess what you will always find value, you will always find good, even in the mundane things that seem to come to us.

Nothing is truly mundan, our thoughts make it so.

Train yourself, teach yourself that an attitude of gratitude is your new small still voice inside.  That life, is great, that love is not just a noun but a verb that demands action by you and for others.

Love everything that has been presented.  Not the kind of love that is taken for granted but a love that appreciates the simple and acknowledges its purpose.

None of those material possessions do anything

to make your life any better....

I know a lot of people who have

a lot of everything, and they're absolutely

the most miserable people in the world.

So it won't do anything for you

unless you're a happy person

and can have peace with yourself.

~Lenny Kravitz

Things are just that... things.  They attach themselves to no one, they just exist  as tools to aid and help make our life easier.  But when we start to look at our things, our possessions as extensions to our self or worth we now let them define or effect our happiness.

Never allow anything to define your worth, not anything, never let even a mate define your standard of worth.  But to allow your money, or your possessions is sure destruction to the esteem we carry each day.

Be at peace with yourself, be happy with yourself and the value you come across everyday in some of the smallest of places.

Enjoy life.

Live life.

Dream.

Pray

Love

Not just today.... but everyday......start today, and then continue on your journey of gratitude and acceptance.

Smiles sent your way   :  )

09/27/11

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