109/365 - The Lesson (Sasha Azevedo)

“When you're a beautiful person on the inside,

 nothing in the world can change that about you.

 Jealousy is the result of one's lack of self-confidence, 

self-worth, and self-acceptance.

 The Lesson: 

If you can't accept yourself,

 then certainly no one else will.”

- Sasha Azevedo

108/365 - Honor what you've accomplished (John Bingham)

“It was being a runner that mattered,

 not how fast or how far I could run. 

 

The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, 

not in the destination. 

 

We have a better chance of seeing where we are 

when we stop trying to get somewhere else. 

 

We can enjoy every moment of movement, 

as long as where we are is as good

 as where we'd like to be.

 

 That's not to say that you need to be satisfied forever 

with where you are today. 

 

But you need to honor what you've accomplished, 

rather than thinking of what's left to be done.”

- John Bingham

(No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running)

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107/365 - An Event, Never a Person (William D. Brown)

“Failure is an event, 

never a person.”

- William D. Brown

106/365 - Worlds within Worlds (Daniel C. Dennett)

“If you can approach the world's complexities,

both its glories and its horrors, 

with an attitude of humble curiosity,

 acknowledging that however deeply you have seen, 

you have only scratched the surface,

 you will find worlds within worlds, 

beauties you could not heretofore imagine,

 and your own mundane preoccupations 

will shrink to proper size,

 not all that important in the greater scheme of things.”

  - Daniel C. Dennett

(Breaking the Spell: 

Religion as a Natural Phenomenon)

105/365 - Lay Yourself Down (Oscar Wilde)

“If you want to be a doormat 

you have to lay yourself down first.”

  - Oscar Wilde

104/365 - Cherish it (Leo Babauta)

“The life you have left is a gift.

 Cherish it.

 Enjoy it now, 

to the fullest.

 Do what matters, now.”

  - Leo Babauta

103/365 - Joyeux Noel!

Wishing you all a Very

Merry Christmas!

May you be Loved,

Blessed,

and Cherished.

Thank you for making Life

All that it is.

Kimie

xx

102/365 - The Real Test of Character (Susan Elizabeth Phillips)

“Sometimes knowing when to give up

 is the real test of character."

- Susan Elizabeth Phillips

(Match Me If You Can)

101/365 - The Opportunity to put it right (Ann Brashares)

“You couldn't erase the past. 

You couldn't even change it. 

But sometimes 

life offered you the opportunity to put it right.”

  - Ann Brashares

(Girls In Pants: The Third Summer Of The Sisterhood)

100/365 - Expect Victory (Joel Osteen)

“You cannot expect victory 

and plan for defeat.”

  - Joel Osteen

99/365 - Unanswered Questions (J.D. Stroube)

“Life is filled with unanswered questions, 

but it is the courage to seek those answers 

that continues to give meaning to life.

 You can spend your life wallowing in despair, 

wondering why you were the one

 who was led towards the road strewn with pain,

 or you can be grateful

that you are strong enough to survive it.”

  - J.D. Stroube

(Caged by Damnation)

98/365 - To Be So Human (C. JoyBell C.)

“I'm not in search of sanctity, 

sacredness, purity; 

these things are found after this life,

 not in this life; 

but in this life I search to be completely human: 

to feel, to give, to take, 

to laugh, to get lost, to be found, 

to dance, to love and to lust,

 to be so human.”

- C. JoyBell C.

97/365 - Our Wounds, the Openings (David Richo)

“Our wounds are often the openings 

into the best and most beautiful part of us.”

- David Richo

96/365 - Choices we've made along the way (Megan McCafferty)

“I believe that what we get out of life

 is what we've set ourselves up to get, 

so there's no such thing as an inconsequential decision. 

Our destinies are the culmination

 of all the choices we've made along the way,

 which is why it's imperative

 to listen hard to your inner voice

 when it speaks up.

Don't let anyone else's noise drown it out.”

  - Megan McCafferty

(Second Helpings)

95/365 - Real or not (Toni Morrison)

“What difference does it make

 if the thing you're scared of

 is real or not?”

  - Toni Morrison

94/365 - Fear is inevitable (Isabel Allende)

“Fear is inevitable, 

I have to accept that, 

but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.”

  - Isabel Allende 

  (The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir)

93/365 - Hear them Sing (Eric Berne)

“The moment a little boy is concerned

 with which is a jay and which is a sparrow,

 he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.”

  - Eric Berne

92/365 - Firmest Friendships (Charles Caleb Colton)

“The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity,

as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.” 

  - Charles Caleb Colton

91/365 - Fall Together (Jessica Howell)

“Sometimes good things fall apart, 

so better things can fall together.”

  - Jessica Howell

90/365 - Worth Having (Jacqueline Carey)

“All knowledge is worth having”

- Jacqueline Carey

  (Kushiel's Dart)

89/365 - Who we believe we are (Rob Bell)

“What we do 

comes out of who we believe we are.”

  - Rob Bell

(Sex God)

88/365 - Eyes off the Goal (E. Joseph Cossman)

“Obstacles are things a person sees 

when he takes his eyes off his goal.”

  - E. Joseph Cossman

87/365 - The End of your Rope (Theodore Roosevelt)

“When your at the end of your rope,

 tie a knot and hold on”

  - Theodore Roosevelt

86/365 - Being with Children (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

“The soul is healed by being with children.”
 

- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

85/365 - From Everything (Alfred Hitchcock)

“Ideas come from everything”

- Alfred Hitchcock

84/365 - They have a Song (Gregory Colbert)

“The whales do not sing 

because they have an answer,

 they sing because they have a song.”

  - Gregory Colbert

83/365 - What the Man Seeks (Confucius)

“What the superior man seeks is in himself; 

what the small man seeks is in others.”

  - Confucius

82/365 - Rational Thinking (Albert Einstein)

“I never made one of my discoveries

 through the process of rational thinking.”

  - Albert Einstein

81/365 - What you whisper to yourself (Robert Kiyosaki)

“It's not what you say out of your mouth

 that determines your life,

it's what you whisper to yourself 

that has the most power!”

- Robert Kiyosaki

80/365 - Mental Blueprint (Robert Collier)

“Visualize this thing you want. 

See it, feel it, believe in it. 

Make your mental blueprint and begin.”
  

- Robert Collier

79/365 - 1 percent Inspiration (Thomas A. Edison)

“Genius is 1 percent inspiration 

and 99 percent perspiration.”

  - Thomas A. Edison

78/365 - Luck in Life (Mother Teresa)

“God made the world for the delight of human beings-- 

if we could see His goodness everywhere,

 His concern for us, 

His awareness of our needs: 

the phone call we've waited for,

 the ride we are offered,

 the letter in the mail, 

just the little things He does for us throughout the day.

 As we remember and notice His love for us, 

we just begin to fall in love with Him 

because He is so busy with us --

 you just can't resist Him. 

I believe there's no such thing as luck in life, 

it's God's love, it's His.”

  - Mother Teresa

(A Simple Path: Mother Teresa)

77/365 - The Price of Greatness (Winston Churchill)

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”
 

- Winston Churchill

76/365 - To live on top of the Mountain (Andy Rooney)

“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain,

 but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.”
 

- Andy Rooney

75/365 - When the People (Thomas Jefferson)

“When the people fear the government 

there is tyranny, 

when the government fears the people 

there is liberty.”

  - Thomas Jefferson

74/365 - My Apple Tree (Martin Luther King Jr.)

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces,

 I would still plant my apple tree.”

  - Martin Luther King Jr.

73/365 - Grab on with Both Hands (Christine Feehan)

“Life gives us choices. 

You either grab on with both hands

 and just go for it,

 or you sit on the sidelines.”

  - Christine Feehan

(Night Game)

72/365 - Your Reality (George Lucas)

“Always remember, 

your focus determines your reality.”

- George Lucas

71/365 - Little Cost in the Giving ( F. Scott Fitzgerald)

“It was only a sunny smile,

and little it cost in the giving, 

but like morning light it scattered the night

 and made the day worth living.”

  - F. Scott Fitzgerald

70/365 - A Minute to say Hello (Anurag Gupta)

“It takes a minute to say hello

 and forever to say goodbye.”

  - Anurag Gupta

69/365 - With the New Day (Eleanor Roosevelt)

“With the new day

 comes new strength and new thoughts.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

68/365 - The only cure for loneliness (Mother Teresa)

“The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy;

 it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for.

 We can cure physical diseases with medicine, 

but the only cure for loneliness, 

despair, and hopelessness

  is love.

 There are many in the world who are dying

 for a piece of bread 

but there are many more dying for a little love.

 The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty -

 it is not only a poverty of loneliness

 but also of spirituality. 

There's a hunger for love,

 as there is a hunger for God.”

- Mother Teresa

 (A Simple Path: Mother Teresa)

67/365 - Power over your mind (Marcus Aurelius)

“You have power over your mind - 

not outside events. 

Realize this, and you will find strength.”

  - Marcus Aurelius

66/365 - The Race (Garth Stein)

“There is no dishonor in losing the race.

There is only dishonor in not racing

 because you are afraid to lose.”

  - Garth Stein

(The Art of Racing in the Rain)

65/365 - The Beauty of the Earth (Rachel Carson)

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth 

find reserves of strength 

 that will endure as long as life lasts. 

There is something infinitely healing

in the repeated refrains of nature -- 

the assurance that dawn comes after night, 

and spring after winter.”

  - Rachel Carson

(Silent Spring)

64/365 - Loyalty to who I am (Jarod Kintz)

“Just because I liked something at one point in time

 doesn’t mean I’ll always like it, 

or that I have to go on liking it at all points in time 

as an unthinking act of loyalty to who I am as a person, 

based solely on who I was as a person.

 To be loyal to myself

 is to allow myself to grow and change, 

and challenge who I am and what I think.

 The only thing I am for sure is unsure, 

and this means I’m growing, 

and not stagnant or shrinking. 
”

  - Jarod Kintz

63/365 - Tomorrow will be better (Morgan Matson)

“Tomorrow will be better.”

“But what if it’s not?” I asked.

“Then you say it again tomorrow. 

Because it might be. 

You never know, right? 

At some point, tomorrow will be better.”

  - Morgan Matson

(Amy and Roger's Epic Detour)

62/365 - A Little bit of Summer (Henry David Thoreau)

“One must maintain a little bit of summer, 

even in the middle of winter.”

  - Henry David Thoreau

61/365 - Into a Golden Haze (Elinor Glyn)

“Romance is the glamour

 which turns the dust of everyday life

 into a golden haze. ”
 

- Elinor Glyn

60/365 - A Single Heart (Mahatma Gandhi)

“To give pleasure to a single heart 

by a single act

 is better than a thousand heads 

bowing in prayer.”

- Mahatma Gandhi