Halloween

 

Happy Halloween!

Repeated Gratitude

Look For Love

Don't search for flaws in others.

Instead, look for love.

Senses

Not the senses I have but what

I do with them is my kingdom.

~ Helen Keller ~

Big Things in Life

Most Important Ingredient

The most important single ingredient in the formula

of success is knowing how to get along with people.

~ Theodore Roosevelt ~

Trust the Journey

Climb Uphill

You cannot climb uphill

by thinking downhill thoughts.

Staying Positive

Best Day in the Year

Hope

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it,

casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

~ S. Smiles ~

Set An Example

Softest Pillow

There is no pillow as soft

as a clear conscience.

~ French Proverb ~

Happiness

Happiness is found along the way -

not at the end of the road.

~ Sol Gordon ~

Perception

Bag of Nails

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there."

The little boy then understood how powerful his words were. He looked up at his father and said "I hope you can forgive me father for the holes I put in you."

"Of course I can," said the father.

It's not always anger, it is your actions in general. There are no "fresh starts" in life. There is no new beginning. Forgiveness comes easy for many people but the scars of the past, they never go away. Watch what you do today, because sometimes the price isn't worth the reward.

Genius

Search for Joy

Savor the moment.  Search for a little joy,

and you will find a great deal of it in unexpected places.

~ Edge Learning Institute ~

Head in the Sand?

An ostrich with its head in the sand

is just as blind to opportunity as to disaster.

Nonsense

Realize Your Dreams

If you truly expect to realize your dreams,

abandon the need to be liked by all.

Conforming to everyone else's expectations

sacrifices your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence.

~ Edge Learning Institute ~

A Diamond

It is said that Diana Nyad, the world's top female marathon swimmer,

had this reminder hanging above her desk in her room...

A diamond is a lump of coal that stuck with it.

Four Vital Ingredients

Four vital ingredients for good mental management:

Forgive yourself.

Forgive others.

Keep up with yourself (not others).

See yourself at your best.

~ Edge Learning Institute ~