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.
BARBARA SHERChange is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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In the days before automobiles, people in horse-drawn wagons used to sleep if they were tired. They didn’t worry about getting lost, because the horse knew the way home. Your heart knows the way to your gifts. You can trust it to take you to them.
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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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Everyone has unique gifts and talents. What you love is what you’re gifted at. To be completely happy, to live a completely fulfilled life, you have to do what you love.
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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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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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The first step is to find out what you love – and don’t be practical about it. The second step is to start doing what you love immediately, in any small way possible.
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A good work is a partnership between you and nature… Nature will help you every step of the way.
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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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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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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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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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Find what you love, because greatness is based on great gifts. If you love something, you can count on the fact that you are genetically gifted at it.
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