Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music.
BARBARA SHERDoing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.
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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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You don’t need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.
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We all need to learn a new language for love – a language that speaks not in socks, pancakes, and paychecks, but in shared fascination with physics or poetry, delight in each other’s uniqueness, and mutual practical and emotional support.
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Not fulfilling your dreams will be a loss to the world, because the world needs everyone’s gift – yours and mine.
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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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Doing what you love isn’t a priviledge; it’s an obligation.
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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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The cure for sorrow is to learn something.
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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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Action helps you think and raises your self-esteem. Good luck happens when you’re in action. Ask yourself, “Does this go toward or away from what I want?” There’s an animal in us, and it has great instincts. Scan for a desire and follow it. Set a goal, any goal, and start doing everything you can think of to achieve it.
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Real obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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Thinking about swimming isn’t much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.
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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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Whenever you do what you really love, your heart lifts, your mind opens, and everything changes. You wake up. That’s what true adventure really is.
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It’s only too late if you don’t start now.
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Sometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf
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You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.
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A direct statement about yourself is considered objective only if it is negative. If it’s positive, it is considered subjective. And ‘objective’ means it is accurate, and ‘subjective’ means it is conceited self-delusion.
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Sometimes life isn’t about who you were or are, but it’s about who you are becoming.
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Down deep we really know our worth, but we don’t have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won’t remember that we deserve it.
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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.
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Becoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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What you want is what you need. Your dearest wish comes straight from your core, loaded with vital information about who you are and who you can become.
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Now is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream.
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