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