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.
BARBARA SHERBecoming 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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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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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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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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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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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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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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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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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
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I believe you can have whatever you really want in this life, in one form or another, sooner or later. All you have to do is take care of your health and be lucky enough to live for a while. But you can’t have it all at once and you can’t have it forever. No life has the room for everything in it, not on the same day.
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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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If you don’t know how you feel, you won’t know what you want.
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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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What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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