Inspiration

PRACTICAL WISDOM TO LIVE BY

“We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love
…and then we return home.” - Australian Aboriginal Proverb

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“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drown 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

“The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.”  - James Allen

“If you want to have a dream come true, you must first have a dream.” - Geela Parish

“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” - Henry David Thoreau

“Life like success is not a race or a destination. It’s a journey!” - Unknown

“The only journey is the journey within.” - Rainer Maria Rilke

“Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.” - Grace Hansen
 
“It’s not the length of life, but the depth of life.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I found in life it's not about attaining a goal. What's most important is who we become during our pursuit.” - Betty Smith

“Often people attempt to live their lives backwards:  they try to have more things, or more money,  in order to do more of what they want so they will be happier.  The way it actually works is the reverse.  You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do,  in order to have what you want.” - Margaret Young

“Remove those ‘I want you to like me’ stickers from your forehead,  and instead, place them where they truly will do the most good – on your mirror!” - - Susan Jeffers

"It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others." - Sidney J. Harris

“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.” - Rainer Rilke

“There is no way to Happiness, Happiness is the way!” - Buddha

“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” - Maya Angelou

“I found in life it's not about attaining a goal. What's most important is who we become during our pursuit.” - Unknown

“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”
- Oprah Winfrey 

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” - Anatole France

“It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the Dream of yesterday is the Hope of today - and the Reality of tomorrow.” - Robert Goddard

“What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” - Napoleon Hill

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” - Henry David Thoreau

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” - Henry David Thoreau

“Dreams are the touchstones of our character.” - Henry David Thoreau

“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.” - Henry David Thoreau

“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.” - Henry David Thoreau

“It only takes a single thought to move the world.” - Unknown

“Shoot for the moon. It's the only way to discover a universe of possibilities.” - Unknown

“Winners must have two things: definite goals and a burning desire to achieve them.” - Brad Burden

“Jealousy finds a way to attack your greatness."  - Alison Stormwolf

“Champions are made, not born.” - Unknown

“It is the size of one's will which determines success.” - Unknown

“We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sail.” - Unknown

“Remember there will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping-stones; it all depends on how we use them.” - Unknown

“Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes them meaningful.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Life is not a spectator sport.” – Geela Parish

"Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think."- Benjamin Disraeli

"If you want a quality, act as if you already had it." - William James

”Whatever good things we build end up building us.” - Jim Rohn

“Lord help me to be the person my dog thinks I am.” - Unknown



Failures came first …

Somebody had to fight them through. This time it's you. Behind any stories of success, you will find years of frustration. And it's hidden silently behind that single accomplishment.

Come on, shed those tears and fight again. If God be for you, who can be against you?

Just give it another big blow! Don't be a holdout. Go all out. Do this, and life will not hold out on you.

If you're as far down as you can get -- that there's no further down you can go; Congratulations! The only direction that you can take now is UP.

Hey! There's no defeat! There's no failure! They're only temporary setbacks.

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” - Denis Waitley

“What you fear is a sign of what you must do.” - Alison Stormwolf

“In all suffering  I saw fear was at the root.”  - Alison Stormwolf

“Fear binds us  from many acts of magnificence.”  - Alison Stormwolf

“Understand that it is ok to be scared or uncertain, however right beyond those barriers ultimately lies your dreams.”  - Josh Hinds

“Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great." - Fernando Flores

 ”Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't - you're right.” - Henry Ford

”The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.” - Brian Tracy

“Self pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in the world.” - Helen Keller

“Integrity comes when character is tested; keep true and never be ashamed of doing what is right.” - Yowan

“It's all about character. Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” - Frank Outlaw

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”  - Helen Keller

“The pain of rejection  is nothing more than a sign post to what ails you.” - Alison Stormwolf

“I care not what the world thinks as long as He accepts me. What greater confirmation could I ask?”  - Alison Stormwolf

“To allow others to be your yardstick will keep you enslaved all your life.” - Alison Stormwolf

“To believe others rather than your own heart  will keep you stunted.”  - Alison Stormwolf

"Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality." - Les Brown

“The man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.” - Charles Schwab

“Look into your own eyes and say:  Yes, I am a good person."  - Alison Stormwolf

“Never let another steal  your magnificence.” - Alison Stormwolf

"It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes." - Sally Field

“Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.”
- Anthony Trollope

“A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.” - Jean De La Bruyere

 ”Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.” - Eric Hoffer

 ”First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe," three times.” - Norman Vincent Peale

“Look into your own eyes and say : Yes, I am a good person." - Alison Stormwolf

”Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.” - Maxwell Maltz

 ”Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” - Malcolm S. Forbes

”To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.” - Denis Waitley

”There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.” - Hindu proverb

"The greatest success is successful self-acceptance." - Ben Sweet

“The minute you alter your perception of yourself and your future, both you and your future begin to change.” - Marilee Zdenek

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." - Harvey Fienstein

"The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others." - Dr. Sonya Friedman

"In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned." - Jane Haddam

“In the darkness came teachings.”  - Alison Stormwolf

“Beware of those who drag you down. They always have a hidden agenda.”  - Alison Stormwolf

“How do the geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans, know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within, if only we would listen to it, that tells us so certainly when to go forth into the unknown.”
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“Don't waste your life in doubts and fears: spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.” - Eric Butterworth

“The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.” - Vince Lombardi

“Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions.” – Unknown

“If we don’t change, we don’t grow.  If we don’t grow, we are not really living.  Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.” - Anatole France

“The flames of transformation are agony. The end result?  New found knowledge of our inner strength.” - Alison Stormwolf

“How much pain have cost us the evils that have never happened.” - Thomas Jefferson
   
“It is not work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more on a man than he can bear. But worry is rust upon the blade. It is not movement that destroys the machinery, but friction.” -  Henry Ward Beecher

“Be just, and fear not.  Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's,  Thy God's and truth's.” - William Shakespeare

“Ask yourself this question:  "Will this matter a year from now?"  - Richard Carlson, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

“Never let life's hardships disturb you ... no one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.” -  Nichiren Daishonen

“We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history, but to shape history.” -  Madeleine Albright

“Give your troubles to God: he will be up all night anyway.” - Unknown

"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you." - Brian Tracy

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” - Alice Walker

“Depression is often the key that unlocks creativity.” - Alison Stormwolf

“Depression isolates us from the trivialities of the world so that our re-emergence  will be bold, renewed, powerful.”  - Alison Stormwolf

“You’ve got more power than you know!” - Unknown

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” - Dr. Spock

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” - Marianne Williamson

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” - Alice Walker

"The tragedy is that so many people look for self-confidence and self-respect everywhere except within themselves, and so they fail in their search."
- Dr. Nathaniel Brande

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, "What are you doing for others?" - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Everyone can be great because anyone can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. ... You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"There's something wonderfully rewarding in being part of an effort that does make a difference." - Thomas Jefferson

“Let's all find out something for ourselves that might be worthwhile for the whole human condition.” - George Clooney

"We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark." - Whoopi Goldberg

“You want to see a miracle? Be the miracle!” – From the movie Bruce Almighty



Geela’s To Do List For the Real Good Life

Find a passion and pursue it.
Fall in love.
Dream Big.
Drink wine and eat great food.
Spend quality time with good friends.
Laugh everyday.
Believe in magic.
Tell stories.
Reminisce about the good old days but look with optimism to the future.
Travel often.
Learn more.
Be creative.
Spend time with people you admire.
Seize opportunities when they reveal themselves.
Love with all your heart.
Love with all your heart.
Never give up.
Do what you love.
Be true to who you are.
Make time to enjoy the simple things in life.
Spend time with family.
Forgive even when it’s hard.
Smile often.
Be grateful.
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Follow your dreams.
Try new things. Work hard.
Don’t count the minutes count the laughs.
Embrace change.
Trust in yourself.
Be thankful.
Be nice to everyone.
Be happy. Live for today.
And above all….
Make every moment count.

   The Secret To Joyful Living

Whether or not you’re ready for it, one day everything comes to an end.

There will be no more sunsets. No more minutes, hours or days.
All the stuff you’ve accumulated, be it precious or forgettable, will be transformed to someone else.
Your health, reputation and power will fade away and evaporate into oblivion.

It doesn’t matter what you owned or what you owed.
Your anger, hatred, frustrations, and envy – all will be gone.
Likewise, all of your hopes, aspirations, plans and To Do lists, all will evaporate.

All the victories and losses that once seemed so important will be gone and be no more.
In the end, it wouldn’t matter where you came from or what side of life you’ve lived. It won’t even matter if you were once beautiful or wise.
Even your sexual orientation and skin color will be meaningless.

                                           So, what does matter?
How would your days on earth be measured and worth?

What will make a difference is not what you have bought, but rather what you have built.
It’s not what you’ve achieved but what you’ve given.
It’s not your success but your importance.
It won’t mater what you’ve learned but what you’ve taught.

What will make a difference is every act done with integrity, compassion, courage, or sacrifice that enriched, strengthened or encouraged others to follow your footsteps.

What’s important it’s not your capabilities, talents and abilities, but your character.

It doesn’t matter how many people you’ve known, but how many people will feel a genuine sense of loss because you’re gone.

What matters it’s not your memories but the memories that will be left behind among those who loved you.

It doesn’t matter how long you’d be remembered, but by whom and what for.

To live a life of meaning is not something that happens accidentally. It’s not a matter of circumstances, but choice.

Do it Anyway

People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be frank and honest anyway.
People favor underdogs but will follow only top dogs. Fight for some underdogs anyway.
People may need help, but may attack you if you help them. Help people anyway.
What you spend your years building may be destroyed overnight. Build away.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world the best you have anyway.
Remember, the fundamentals of a person are not in substance, but in spirits.



A Prayer of Compassion

Lord help me
To bring comfort where there is pain
Courage where there is fear
Hope where there is despair
Acceptance when the end is near
A touch gentle with tenderness, patience and love



There is No Death

I am standing on the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch her until at length she is a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says, “There! She’s gone!” Gone where? Gone from my sight that is all.

She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side, and she is just as able to bear her load of living weight to her destined harbor.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, “There! She’s gone!” there are other voices ready to take up the glad shout, “There she comes!”

And that is dying.



What A Wonderful Way To Explain It

A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the
examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what
lies on the other side."
Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know."
"You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the
other side?" The doctor was holding the handle of the door; on the other side came a sound of scratching and whining, and as he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.
Turning to the patient, the doctor said, "Did you notice my dog? He's never been in this room before. He didn't know what was inside. He knew nothing except that his master was here, and when the door opened, he sprang in without fear. I know little of what is on the other side of death, but I do know one thing... I know my Master is there and that is enough."

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