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Archive for November 18, 2013
“When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It’s all a matter of perspective.”
Harvey Mackay
As an individual growing up in a very wonderful and passionate Italian family, I am no stranger to the dramatic. So, I know that with passion, sometimes things can be taken a bit out of perspective. The amazing thing about life, however, is when things do get out of control, when we know better, we do better. As we get older and are faced with different life experiences, we have the opportunity to no longer see things through the lens of a child’s microscope. As we live, our understanding of the world broadens over time and so does our perspective if we let it. We have the opportunity to realize that circumstances happen, it…
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For it is in giving that we receive!
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
Winston Churchill
Have you ever been the recipient of an unexpected bouquet of flowers? Have you ever been surprised by a visit or call out of the blue from a good friend that you have not heard from in a while? Have you ever struggled in life only to find out that someone has done a good deed that makes your experience a little easier to handle? If you have been the giver or the receiver in any of the preceding scenarios, then you know how wonderful it can feel on both ends when you experience the act of service. When you receive by virtue of someone taking the opportunity to serve you out of love, it feels wonderful. And, when you give in kind…
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“…there are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths.”
― Mark Nepo
Our future is calling to us, but many of us are too weighed down with the burdens of the past to hear the call or see the signs. We may be too comfortable with the known and too afraid of the unknown. However, we are all meant to move forward on this journey in life. To do so, it is time to let go of the “stuff” that leaves us trapped in things that no longer serve us. It is time to be grateful for all of the lessons that have taught us so much. It is time to make a commitment with enthusiasm for all that awaits us when we decide to open our hearts and minds to the new paths that are there to be discovered. While we may be yearning for a shift in our…
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Never underestimate yourself, everyone that changed the world were thought of as crazy as well.
Jason Silva’s video titled Existential Bummer from his series Shots of Awe.