Try to be a good listener, for only when you listen do you hear ideas different from your own. It is hard to learn something new when you are talking, and some people DO know more than you do.

All external circumstances and material things change.
No matter what your circumstances, remember, THIS TOO SHALL
PASS!

One day I decided to quit… I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality… I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.

You’ve failed many times, although you may not remember.
You fell down the first time you tried to walk.
You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim, didn’t you
Did you hit the ball the first time you swung a bat

When we were young, we had dreams and expectations. We imagine things, we keep thinking about what we want to be, what we want to do, what makes us proud and happy and what will we become.

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Constant dripping hollows out a stone.” – Lucretius

The desire to succeed means nothing without the will to prepare! – Author Unknown
Failure is the path of least persistence! – Author Unknown

Thou shalt not worry, for worry is the most unproductive of all human activities.
Thou shalt not be fearful, for most of the things we fear never come to pass.

I see the sands of Iraq
My husband fighting back
The sand drift so deep
To trudge on and on
With your weary feet
So hard to run
In that burning sun,

The traditional purpose of affirmations is to create new, empowering beliefs that will override the old, limiting beliefs you may have formed during your life time. For example, if you want to be more confident you would recite a phrase like, “I am strong, confident and successful in everything I do,