Inspirational Quote

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Wise Words

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"If we are basically positive in attitude...we will attract and create people, situations, and events which conform to our positive expectations."

-Shakti Gawain

The Unexpected

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"Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me."

-Carl Sandburg

Wise Words

"Life's disappointments may be preparation for something even more significant in our lives. And, this belief has the best chance of coming true when you make a demonstrated commitment to learn and grow from your present day circumstances...Is there something going on in your life right now that may be preparing you for what's next? Think about it. What if your current challenge is a call to action - the kind of action that will prepare you for the next phase of your life? What are you being invited to learn? What qualities of character are trying to be strengthened or developed? Where do you need to take more responsibility in your life?"

-Selection from Cheryl Richardson's Week 39 Newsletter

Wise Words: Live within your space means

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'You should love and use everything in your home and live within your "space means", like you live within your financial means.'

-Stacey Platt

Thoughts

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"Thoughts are the cause of all suffering. If you stay in a job that deadens you, it’s a thought that keeps you there. If you find yourself stuck, it’s because of a story. Any thought that keeps you from being happy is a lie! If you want to feel freedom, question your thoughts. Change your thoughts, and you can transform your life."

-Sherold Barr, The Top 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Was 30

Smile

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“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”

-Robert Brault

Adjust the Sails

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“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

-Jimmy Dean

Midweek Wisdom

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"It takes courage to let go of things when you are holding on to them for security. It takes bravery to let go of the vague fears, the what-ifs, the 'better safe than sorry' mentality. But that way of thinking can hold you back from new adventures. The whole point of being brave is to experience life more fully, to follow your bliss."

-Judi Culbertson

Midweek Wisdom

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"I love interior design but it's easy to get intimidated. I finally realized that it's really just about finding things you want to sit in and see every day. Comfortable pieces that aren't too high-maintenance. When we become slaves to our environments, we've gone backwards. They should nurture us, not the other way around."

-Gabrielle Reece

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Midweek Wisdom: {Setbacks}

Midweek Wisdom

Midweek Wisdom

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"The things in your home should be beautiful and useful. What you have in your home should be honored and respected."

-Peter Walsh

Midweek {Irish} Wisdom

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“A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures”

-Irish saying

Midweek Wisdom

"Paint the walls of your mind with many beautiful pictures."

-William Lyon Phelps

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Midweek Wisdom

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"People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are wrong, that means that they did something bad and they are being punished. That's not the idea at all. The idea of karma is that you continually get the teachings that you need to open your heart. To the degree that you didn't understand in the past how to stop protecting your soft spot, how to stop armoring your heart, you're given the gift of teachings in the form of life, to give you everything you need to open further. "

-Pema Chodron

Midweek Wisdom

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"Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it."

-Henry Ward Beecher

Midweek Wisdom

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“Do not seek to have that which happens happen as you wish. Wish that what happens may happen as it happens and you will be happy.”

-Epictetus

Midweek Wisdom

"The world in which you live is not primarily determined by outward conditions and circumstances but by the thoughts that habitually occupy your mind."

-Norman Vincent Peale