You don’t have to get it right the first time.
BARBARA SHER
BARBARA SHER
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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.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher Thinking about swimming isn’t much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher Isolation is the dream killer.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher 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.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher What you love is as unique to you as your fingerprints. You need to know that because nothing will make you really happy but doing what you love.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher 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.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher 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.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher 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.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher A goal is the basic unit of life design.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher 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 SherBarbara Sher Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
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