"There is no such thing as a great talent without great will- power." --Balzac

"The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly." --Corra Harris

.From me to you....................
Do not undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Do not set your goals by what other people deem important.
Only you know what is best for you.
Do not take for granted the things closest to your heart.
Cling to them as you would your life, for without them,
life is meaningless.
Do not let your life slip through your fingers by living in
the past nor for the future.
By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of
your life.
Do not give up when you have something to give.
Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
It is fragile thread that binds us to each other.
Do not be afraid to encounter risks.
It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Do not shut love out of your life by saying it is impossible to
find.
The quickest way to receive love is to give love.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it to tightly.
Do not dismiss your dreams.
To be without dreams is to be without hope.
To be without hope is to be without purpose.
Do not run through life so fast that you forget not
only where you have been but also where you are going.
Life is not a race but a journey to be savored each step of the
way.
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Sometimes silence and stillness are a necessary prelude to action:

"The greatest fault of the day is the absence of stillness."
--Hazrat Inayat Khan

"I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

"In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion..." --Albert Camus

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

---Mother Theresa

"It is good to have money and the things that money can
buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and
make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy. "

- George Lorimer, Former Editor of the Saturday Evening Post (1899-1936)

Questions to Ponder

How is my "non-money" bank account doing?

Do I place as much effort on my "money-cant-buy"
assets, as I do on my bank account?

Actions to Consider

Make a list of all the assets (blessings) in your life
that you cant purchase with money.

Read this list every day for the next week.

Spend time trying to grow these assets!