Monday Thoughts 12/21/2020

“Responsibility is accepting that you are the cause and the solution of the matter.”  ~~Anonymous “Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.”  ~~Adrienne Rich

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Monday Thoughts 12/14/2020

  “Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”  ~~E.E. Cummings “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”  ~~Eleanor Roosevelt “Trust yourself.  Create the kind of self

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Monday Thoughts 12/07/2020

“A contented heart is a calm sea in the midst of all storms.”  ~~Anonymous “Contentment comes from many great and small acceptances in life.”  ~~Anonymous “Comparison makes finding contentment a million times harder.”  ~~Anonymous #11 Enthusiasm is my daily exercise. I treasure the moments of my New Life. Enthusiasm has

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Monday Thoughts 11/30/2020

“Acceptance is simply love in practice.  When you love, you accept.  When you lack love, you judge.”  ~~A. Naskar “Pause and remember—when you fight reality, you will lose every time.  Once you accept the situation for what it truly is, not what you want it to be, you are then

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Monday Thoughts 11/23/2020

“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength.  However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”  ~~Ann Landers “Let go of certainty.  The opposite isn’t uncertainty.  It’s openness, curiosity and a willingness

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Monday Thoughts 11/16/2020

“There is comfort in acceptance.  There is unexpected growth of seedlings of life if we take the risk of opening ourselves up.”  ~~Jan Warner “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers simple.’~~ Dr. Seuss “Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity.  It is the

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Monday Thoughts 11/9/2020

 “Don’t forget to love yourself” – Soren Kierkegaard “Love is not just something we say or write.  Love is the face we put on, the clothes we wear, the way we walk and move…our very heart and soul.”  – Amy E. Dean from Night Light. We are all willing to love and

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Monday Thoughts 11/2/2020

“A strong woman knows she has strength enough for the journey, but a woman of strength knows it is in the journey where she will become strong” ~ Author unknown Statement #6 Life can be ordinary or it can be great Greatness is mine by a conscious effort Good Morning,

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Monday Thoughts 10/26/2020

“Impossible and extremely difficult are as unalike as the desert and the ocean.”  ~~Richelle E. Goodrich “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”  ~~Eleanor Roosevelt “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” ~~Dr. Benjamin Spock _______________________________________________________________ #5 I am

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Monday Thoughts 10/19/2020

“A problem well stated is a problem half solved.”  ~~John Dewey “I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.”  ~~Maya Angelou “If you choose to not deal with an issue, then you give up your right of control over the issue

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