tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309490092024-02-21T01:12:49.122-05:00From Mother to DaugherThis is little tidbits of advice I have found to share with my daughters. I hope they enjoy this blog.Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-86833192209826882792016-03-28T09:16:00.000-04:002016-03-28T09:16:16.240-04:00The Train<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">At
birth we boarded the train and met our parents,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">and we
believe they will always travel on our side.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">However,
at some station</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">our
parents will step down from the train,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">leaving
us on this journey alone.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">As time
goes by,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">other
people will board the train;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">and
they will be significant</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">that is
-- the love of your life,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">our
siblings, friends, children,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Many
will step down</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">and leave
a permanent vacuum.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Others
will go so unnoticed</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">that we
don't realize</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">they
vacated their seats.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">This
train ride will be full of joy,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">sorrow,
fantasy, expectations,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">hellos,
goodbyes, and farewells.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Success
consists of having a good relationship</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">with
all passengers</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">requiring
that we give the best of ourselves.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The
mystery to everyone is:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">We do
not know at which station</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">we
ourselves will step down.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">So, we
must live in the best way,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">love,
forgive, and offer the best of who we are.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">It is
important to do</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">this
because when the time comes for us to step down</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">and
leave our seat empty</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">we
should leave behind beautiful memories</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">for
those who will continue to travel on the train of life.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">I wish
you a joyful journey on the train of life.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Reap
success and give lots of love.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">More
importantly, thank God for the journey.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Lastly,
I thank you</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">for
being one of the passengers on my train.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I would like to give credit to whoever wrote this but I received in a random email. I think it is beautiful</span></div>
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Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-27100950133715252212016-03-02T11:24:00.001-05:002016-03-02T11:24:17.521-05:00<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">“There are two victims in every abortion: a dead baby and a dead conscience.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Mother Teresa</span>Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-66674677648786037382014-10-16T11:08:00.002-04:002014-10-16T11:08:30.827-04:00<div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: AvenirNext-Regular, ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 20px 25px; padding: 0px;">
People often tell Regina Brett how great she looks for her age. Turns out, she is actually 54 years old — not 90. She wrote down these life lessons the night before her 45th birthday after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Over that past decade, these lessons have gone viral on the Internet amid claims that she is 90 years old. Luckily, she finds humor in this misrepresentation, knowing how many lives she has touched.</div>
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Whatever her age might be, these universal lessons are relatable to anyone who needs a little reminder of what's important in life.</div>
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<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Life isn't fair, but it's still good.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">When in doubt, just take the next small step.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Pay off your credit cards every month.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Save for retirement, starting with your first paycheck.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">It's OK to let your children see you cry.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">You can get through anything if you stay put in today.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Burn the candles; use the nice sheets; wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Overprepare, then go with the flow.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">The most important sex organ is the brain.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">No one is in charge of your happiness except you.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Forgive everyone everything.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">What other people think of you is none of your business.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Time heals almost everything. Give time time.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">However good or bad a situation is, it will change.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Believe in miracles.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">The best is yet to come.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">If you don't ask, you don't get.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Yield.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.</li>
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Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-78963885671864486482013-12-03T21:15:00.002-05:002013-12-03T21:15:55.293-05:00Watch your Thoughts...<img alt="" src="http://i.imgur.com/HeTuuli.jpg" />Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-64564466372673139802013-02-26T21:00:00.002-05:002013-02-26T21:01:16.037-05:00Three Simple Rules in LIfe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-12026246267872533212012-03-06T21:07:00.001-05:002012-03-06T21:07:39.916-05:00Advice to my daughter on marriageDon't marry a man unless you would be proud to have a son exactly like him.Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-30159989230123073382012-02-24T11:12:00.002-05:002012-02-24T11:12:26.427-05:00PeopleDon't worry about the people in your past, there's a reason they didn't make it to your future ♥Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-28535170713657340572012-02-17T23:50:00.002-05:002012-02-17T23:50:29.431-05:00<div id="abw" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 50%; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit; width: 984px;"><div id="abb" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.214844) 0px 10px 15px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.214844) 0px 10px 15px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit;"><div class="clear" id="abm" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; zoom: 1;"><div id="abc" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: -342px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; width: 954px;"><div id="articlebody" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 357px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static; text-decoration: inherit;"><div class="lsItm" style="clear: left; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.- Nora Roberts</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-51241923953124265392012-02-17T23:45:00.002-05:002012-02-17T23:45:15.547-05:00Moving On"You can't start the next chapter in your life if you keep re-reading the last chapter."Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-5369862894489050572011-08-01T19:53:00.000-04:002011-08-01T19:53:43.573-04:00Quotes that are short but sweet<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">People may forget what you said but they'll never forget how you made them feel. ~ Maya Angelou</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson</span>Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-7074229197026312642011-07-31T23:39:00.000-04:002011-07-31T23:39:36.439-04:00Advice for AugustDon't worry if people are talking about you behind your back, It shows that you're already ahead of them.Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-57680569445047066062011-07-18T22:45:00.001-04:002011-07-18T22:46:56.171-04:0025 Lessons I Wish I Had Learned WAY Sooner<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: minion-pro-1, minion-pro-2, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><h2 style="font-weight: 700; font-family: news-gothic-std-1, news-gothic-std-2, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; color: rgb(178, 65, 0); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I of course found this on the internet on a blog called demanding joy.com. It is really, really good advice. Do you see a common thread in all these?</h2><div class="entry"><ol style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 35px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">1 out of 4 people that you meet won’t like you. That’s really OK.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Life isn’t fair. Most of the time it’s not fair in your favor, so don’t whine about life not being fair.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Save your money.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">No one knows what you’re thinking unless you tell them.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Perfectionism will kill you.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">You’re stronger than you think you are.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">You think that sexism and racism were in the olden days. They’re not.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Comparing yourself to others is never a good idea.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">When someone shows you who they are, believe them. People are consistent.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Develop critical thinking skills and use them.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Never hide your intelligence from anyone.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Trust your instincts.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://demandingjoy.com/?p=85" style="color: rgb(241, 111, 0); text-decoration: none; ">80% of everything is irrelevant</a></li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Spend WAY less time worrying about the shape of your body.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Stay away from credit cards.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">There are lots of men who will be nice to you. Accept nothing less.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Be nicer to yourself too.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">For the most part, it doesn’t matter what people think. Follow your own truth.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://demandingjoy.com/?p=1165" style="color: rgb(241, 111, 0); text-decoration: none; ">No education is wasted.</a> Drink in as many new experiences as you can.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Pay your dues. Work hard.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Networking is critical.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Letting go of control is liberating. Try it.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Don’t treat anyone badly. You’ll be surprised when they’ll pop up again in your life.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Do what you love, not what you think you’re supposed to do.</li><li style="list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Don’t forget to enjoy your journey!</li></ol><div class="sociable" style="margin-top: 16px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; "></div></div></span>Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-56271634922066705422011-07-18T22:25:00.000-04:002011-07-18T22:27:33.516-04:00How do you craft an exceptional life?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 18px; "><h3 class="entry-header" style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-right: 35px; margin-left: 35px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.2; ">How do you craft an exceptional life? By Robin Sharma</h3><div class="entry-content" style="position: static; clear: both; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 35px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 35px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><div class="entry-body" style="clear: both; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">How do you craft an exceptional life? Ultimately, life goes by in a blink. And too many people live the same year 80 times. To avoid getting to the end and feeling flooded with regret over a live half-lived, read (and then apply) these tips:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">How many will you try today?</p><ol style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; list-style-type: decimal; "><li>Exercise daily.</li><li>Get serious about gratitude.</li><li>See your work as a craft.</li><li>Expect the best and prepare for the worst.</li><li>Keep a journal.</li><li>Plan a schedule for your week.</li><li>Know the 5 highest priorities of your life.</li><li>Say no to distractions.</li><li>Drink a lot of water.</li><li>Improve your work every single day.</li><li>Get a mentor.</li><li>Hire a coach.</li><li>Get up at 5 am each day.</li><li>Eat less food.</li><li>Find more heroes.</li><li>Be a hero to someone.</li><li>Smile at strangers.</li><li>Be the most ethical person you know.</li><li>Don’t settle for anything less than excellence.</li><li>Savor life’s simplest pleasures.</li><li>Save 10% of your income each month.</li><li>Spend time at art galleries.</li><li>Walk in the woods.</li><li>Write thank you letters to those who’ve helped you.</li><li>Forgive those who’ve wronged you.</li><li>Remember that leadership is about influence and impact, not title and accolades.</li><li>Create unforgettable moments with those you love.</li><li>Have 5 great friends.</li><li>Become stunningly polite.</li><li>Unplug your TV.</li><li>Read daily.</li><li>Avoid the news.</li><li>Be content with what you have.</li><li>Pursue your dreams.</li><li>Be authentic.</li><li>Be passionate.</li><li>Say sorry when you know you should.</li><li>Never miss a moment to celebrate another.</li><li>Have a vision for your life.</li><li>Know your strengths.</li><li>Focus your mind on the good versus the lack.</li><li>Be patient.</li><li>Don’t give up.</li><li>Clean up your messes.</li><li>Use impeccable words.</li><li>Travel more.</li><li>Honor your parents.</li><li>Tip taxi drivers well.</li><li>Be a great teammate.</li><li>Give no energy to critics.</li><li>Spent time in the mountains.</li><li>Know your top 5 values.</li><li>Shift from being busy to achieving results.</li><li>Innovate and iterate.</li><li>Speak less. Listen more.</li><li>Be the best person you know.</li><li>Make your life matter. </li></ol></div></div></span>Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-68531716920341588412011-06-12T22:13:00.000-04:002011-06-12T22:14:27.490-04:0050 Ways to Scatter Sunshine- Found on the internet<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-size: 12px; "><h2 class="title" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.04em; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); ">50 Ways to Scatter Sunshine</h2><div class="entry" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div class="postbody entry clearfix" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-width: 0px; "><h2 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.04em; text-align: center; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); ">“It took us so long to realize that a purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.” — Kurt Vonnegut.</span></h2><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">1. Send a hand-written thank you card to someone.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">2. Give a compliment about your waiter/waitress to his or her manager.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">3. Hold open a door for someone.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">4. Have a conversation with a homeless person.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">5. Compliment a co-worker.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">6. Pay for the person behind you in the Starbucks drive-thru.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">7. Clean out your clothes and donate to a local non-profit.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">8. Send flowers to someone anonymously.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">9. Leave an encouraging note in a library book.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">10. Ask an elderly person about their childhood.</span></h4><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-size: 13px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); "><br /></span></p><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">11. Be a courteous driver.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">12. Mentor an at-risk child.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">13. Mow a neighbor’s lawn.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">14. Donate blood.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">15. Introduce yourself to a new coworker/classmate/church member.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">16. Share inspirational quotes.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">17. Write letters of appreciation to organizations that serve your community.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">18. Leave happy post-its for strangers to find.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">19. Smile.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">20. Appreciate the people who support you.</span></h4><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-size: 13px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); "><br /></span></p><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">21. Treat everyone the same– from your best friend to your mom to postal worker.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">22. Release your expectations of other people. Allow them to be who they are.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">23. Be genuine.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">24. Forget yourself.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">25. Delight in every day.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">26. Flatter people.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">27. Tell people how much you like them.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">28. Share your lunch.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">29. Fill a parking meter.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">30. Volunteer somewhere. Anywhere.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">31. Seek forgiveness.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">32. Do your best.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">33. Love yourself.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">34. Dream big.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">35. Tell someone why you love them.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">36. Check in on someone who is lonely.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">37. Stay curious.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">38. Adopt a pet from the humane society.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">39. Tell your boss that he/she does a great job.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">40. Renew an old friendship.</span></h4><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-size: 13px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); "><br /></span></p><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">41. Donate toys/books to a hospital.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">42. Give someone a sheet of brightly colored stickers.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">43. Make eye contact.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">44. Take someone’s picture and send it to them.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">45. Don’t think about other people’s definitions of success, beauty or happiness.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">46. Create spaces for others to enjoy.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">47. Make beautiful art.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">48. Send unexpected gifts.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">49. Be enthusiastic.</span></h4><h4 style="margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(209, 76, 193); ">50. Love your life and everyone in it.</span></h4><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/beauty/" rel="tag" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 6px; color: rgb(115, 0, 150); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(210, 190, 216); font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; text-shadow: rgb(238, 238, 238) 0px 1px 1px; border-top-left-radius: 5px 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px 5px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">auty</a>, <a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/blessings/" rel="tag" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 6px; color: rgb(115, 0, 150); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(210, 190, 216); font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; text-shadow: rgb(238, 238, 238) 0px 1px 1px; border-top-left-radius: 5px 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px 5px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">blessings</a>, <a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/compassion/" rel="tag" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 6px; color: rgb(115, 0, 150); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(210, 190, 216); font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; text-shadow: rgb(238, 238, 238) 0px 1px 1px; border-top-left-radius: 5px 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px 5px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">compassion</a>, <a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/donate/" rel="tag" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 6px; color: rgb(115, 0, 150); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(210, 190, 216); font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; text-shadow: rgb(238, 238, 238) 0px 1px 1px; border-top-left-radius: 5px 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px 5px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">donate</a>, <a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/dream/" rel="tag" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 6px; color: rgb(115, 0, 150); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(210, 190, 216); font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; text-shadow: rgb(238, 238, 238) 0px 1px 1px; border-top-left-radius: 5px 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px 5px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">dream</a>, <a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/encourage/" rel="tag" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 6px; color: rgb(115, 0, 150); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(210, 190, 216); font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; text-shadow: rgb(238, 238, 238) 0px 1px 1px; border-top-left-radius: 5px 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px 5px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">encourage</a></span></p></div></div></span>Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-16195253061196136112011-05-12T11:21:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:25:15.723-04:007 Nevers1) Never dull your shine for someone else.<br />2) Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.<br />3) Never continue a job you do not enjoy.<br />4) Never let the odds keep you from pursuing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.<br />5) Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.<br />6) Never depend on immersion in another person for your own personal growth.<br />7) Never lose sight of the fact that old age needs so little, but needs that little so much.Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-44873653253425390582011-02-22T12:19:00.001-05:002011-02-22T12:19:54.270-05:00RosesSome complain that roses have thorns. Others rejoice that thorns have roses! ~ AnonymousYour Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-35673814849066935412011-02-22T12:18:00.000-05:002011-02-22T12:19:08.476-05:00Malcolm Forbes Quote"Failure is success if we learn from it."~ Malcolm ForbesYour Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-4955973173833911342011-02-22T12:17:00.001-05:002011-02-22T12:17:31.100-05:00This is really true."When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the fire department generally uses water." - UnknownYour Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-1238313330047045822011-02-22T12:15:00.002-05:002011-02-22T12:17:11.149-05:00Muhammad Ali Quote"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of the friendship, you really haven't learnedanything." -- Muhammad AliYour Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-46460938309465979812011-02-22T12:14:00.001-05:002011-02-22T12:14:29.839-05:00Oprah Quote"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."- Oprah WinfreyYour Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-48140375465453724412011-02-22T12:13:00.001-05:002011-02-22T12:13:48.749-05:00Chinese Proverb."If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else."-- Chinese ProverbYour Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-46883938888899987922011-02-03T13:04:00.000-05:002011-02-03T13:06:01.540-05:00100 Excellent Pieces of Advice I found on the Internet1. Don’t try to read other people’s minds<br />2. Get up 30 minutes earlier so that you don’t rush/get a ticket while driving too fast/have to explain why you’re late/get fired<br />3. Get 8 hours of sleep per night so that you think more clearly<br />4. Stick to your budget<br />5. Start saving and investing every week, no matter how little you can spare<br />6. Balance your checkbook<br />7. Don’t try to be friends with everyone. Cultivate closer relationships with fewer people.<br />8. Don’t try to do business with everyone. Identify your target client and take very good care of them.<br />9. Before getting angry, ask yourself if it will really matter in 20 years<br />10. Focus on being a good person, not on pleasing others<br />11. Stay home this Saturday, and finish off that nagging chore that you need to finish<br />12. Kiss and make up<br />13. Make a weekly menu, and shop for only those items at the market<br />14. Ask your grandparents the best way to uncomplicate life, and try it for a month<br />15. Fill up your gas tank when it’s half full<br />16. Don’t drink alcohol when you’re tired, sad or mad<br />17. Pay your bills on time<br />18. Get an annual physical examination<br />19. Say “I love you” to your significant other and to your children. Studies show that more marriages last, and fewer kids use drugs, when these words are spoken every day.<br />20. For just one day, imagine everyone’s intentions are good because most people’s are<br />21. Give away clothes that haven’t been worn in two years<br />22. Throw out clothes that are in disrepair, and can’t be mended<br />23. When you have a conflict with someone, talk it out. Don’t let it turn into more than it is.<br />24. Know what your priorities are in life, and act as if they are your priorities<br />25. Tell the truth<br />26. Don’t cheat<br />27. Don’t steal<br />28. If you’re holding a ridiculous grudge, let it go<br />29. Clean your house weekly, so that it doesn’t become too large a chore<br />30. Do your best at work, or at school<br />31. Don’t eat when you aren’t humgry<br />32. Eat when you are hungry<br />33. Be yourself<br />34. Say no unapologetically<br />35. Cook simple meals<br />36. Don’t try to keep up with the Joneses<br />37. Pay off your car before buying a new one<br />38. Organise your desk at the office<br />39. Change your smoke alarm batteries when the clock springs forward, and when it falls back<br />40. Organise your important paperwork<br />41. Take only half the clothes that you planned to take with you on holiday<br />42. Help your children with their homework every night, and have an open dialogue with their teachers<br />43. Have white sheets and white towels in children’s rooms, because they’re easily bleached<br />44. Spend your time with nice people<br />45. Avoid drama<br />46. Don’t text or talk on the phone while driving<br />47. Turn off the television/video games/computer; they’re time consumers<br />48. Don’t engage in office politics<br />49. Refuse to gossip, or talk behind other people’s backs<br />50. Do the dishes right after dinner<br />51. Never go to sleep angry<br />52. Ask nicely for what you need and want<br />53. Walk 10,000 steps per day to help your heart<br />54. Do 20 push-ups before speaking in anger<br />55. Leave work at work<br />56. Don’t befriend anyone that isn’t trustworthy<br />57. Don’t envy others<br />58. Have your oil changed<br />59. Take vitamin C before you catch a cold<br />60. Don’t work more than 8 hours per day<br />61. Weed your garden weekly<br />62. Wash your car weekly<br />63. Have a spring cleaning month every year, and do one room at a time<br />64. You don’t need to be best friends with work colleagues, but build respectful partnerships<br />65. Don’t drink and drive<br />66. Don’t look for reasons to be angry or sad, look for reasons to be happy. You’ll always be able to find plenty of each.<br />67. Be friendly with your neighbours<br />68. Return emails and phone messages promptly<br />69. Schedule in free time<br />70. Don’t procrastinate<br />71. Do what you say you’ll do, when you say you’ll do it<br />72. Be more flexible when you’re able to be<br />73. Forgive and forget. End of story.<br />74. Break the consumerism habit…put a three month moratorium in place on buying anything not deemed a necessity<br />75. Start your diet on September 1, rather than January 1, so that you won’t also have holiday pounds to lose<br />76. Take care of any health issues or concerns<br />77. Have your tires rotated<br />78. Have your brakes checked<br />79. Have your eyes checked<br />80. Don’t let your imagination run away with you<br />81. Let go of perfection in others<br />82. Let go of perfection in yourself<br />83. Don’t try to help those that refuse to help themselves<br />84. Find a way to reduce your commute to work<br />85. Have an alloted amount of worry time per day/week, that you strictly abide by<br />86. Drink more water<br />87. Eat more salmon<br />88. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill<br />89. Wear your hair in a classic, easy to care for style<br />90. Finish what you start<br />91. Wear classic clothes and shoes that never go out of style<br />92. Create a daily routine<br />93. Have a 1, 5, 10 and 20 year plan for your financial and life goals<br />94. Slow down<br />95. Eat out less often<br />96. When you ask your husband which outfit looks best, thank him for his answer and wear the one he liked<br />97. Allow your children to grow up<br />98. Clean out your garage, and donate anything that hasn’t been used in the past year<br />99. Stretch every day<br />100. If a relationship is over, let it goYour Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-55249235883364782532010-11-01T00:18:00.000-04:002010-11-01T00:19:22.125-04:00Remember....Actions speak louder than words.Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-31767811439611395672010-06-02T09:41:00.002-04:002010-06-02T09:41:52.234-04:00ForgivenessA VERY HUMAN THING TO DO<br /><br />Someone made the statement: "To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent." Sometimes I think I operate that way - afraid to err and slow to forgive.Of course, we've all heard Alexander Pope's famous assertion that to err is human, to forgive, divine. But I don't agree. I think that to forgive is one of the most human things we can do.A number of years ago, Hildegard Goss-Mayr of the "International Fellowship of Reconciliation" told this true story. In the midst of tragic fighting in Lebanon in the 1970s, a Christian seminary student was walking from one village to the next when he was ambushed by an armed Druze guerrilla fighter. The Druze ordered his captive down a mountain trail where he was to be shot.But an amazing thing happened. The seminarian, who had received military training, was able to surprise his captor and disarm him. Now, the table was turned, and it was the Druze who was ordered down the trail.As they walked, however, the student of theology began to reflect on what was happening. Recalling the words of his scripture, "Love your enemies," "do good to those who hate you," "turn the other cheek," he found he could go no farther. He threw the gun into the bushes, told the Druze he was free to go and turned back up the hill.Minutes later, he heard footsteps running behind him as he walked. "Is this the end after all?" he wondered. Perhaps the young man had retrieved his weapon and meant to finish him off. But he continued on, never glancing back, until his enemy reached him, only to grab him in an embrace and pour out thanks for sparing his life.That was a very human thing he did - foregoing the impulse to strike back. It took a strong spirit. Yet every time we decide not to get back at somebody who hurts us, we exercise one of our greatest powers - the power to choose a better way.Somebody else put it better than I can: "Life is too short for drama and petty things, so, kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly." It's one of the most powerful and human things to do.-- Steve GoodierYour Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949009.post-66423974260171544122009-11-08T19:33:00.000-05:002009-11-08T19:34:05.797-05:00ThoughtIt is nice to be important. It is more important to be nice.Your Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345304770651386861noreply@blogger.com0