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 SHERWhat you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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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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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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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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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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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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Real Dreams don’t require you to abandon your family, quit your job, and move to Tahiti with your paintbrush. They just require that you search your soul for that deep dream you put aside-and go for it. And watch your life light up.
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Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you’re doing something virtuous.
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What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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There is always a realistic way to fulfill any dream. There has never been a dream that you can’t have – at least, not the heart of it, not the part you love the most.
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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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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.
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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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Every time you have to make a choice about anything, think Does this go toward or away from what I want? Always choose what goes toward what you want.
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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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