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I'm thankful to a friend who sent these to me. I wish to share them for your consideration.

  1. Free your heart from hatred
  2. Free your mind from worries
  3. Live simply
  4. Give more
  5. Expect less

The following inspirational piece by Ralph Marston just seemed so appropriate at this time. Pause, turn off the noises around you, and imagine!

“Power of Imagination”

Do more than merely wishing for success.

Imagine it in every detail. In your mind's eye, see yourself reaching the goals you have set.

See and feel yourself living the dreams that mean the most to you.

Whatever your goal may be, clearly and richly imagining it is a critical step.

See yourself going there and you'll develop a workable understanding of precisely how to make the journey.

Opportunity is turned into reality when you imagine yourself working your way through every step of that opportunity. Imagination is the starting point in bridging the gap between where you are and where you would like to be.

The very act of imagination forces you to accept that certain things are indeed possible for you.

Once those possibilities gain a foothold in your belief system, they begin to grow into real and tangible achievements.

Everything you've ever done, you've first done in your mind. Imagine the very best, and you'll find yourself making it happen.

Thank you Ralph Marston for those words.


Stepping Out And Stepping Up!

Here's a great story that was sent to me (author unknown) that can be applied to most of us at some point or another!

Shaking Off Adversity

A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer's well. The farmer heard the mule "braying" or whatever mules do when they fall into wells.

After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together and told them what had happened ... and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery.

Initially, the old mule was hysterical! But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back. A thought struck him. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back ... he should shake it off and step up! This he did, blow after blow. "Shake it off and step up ... shake it off and step up ... shake it off and step up! he repeated to encourage himself.

No matter how painful the blows, or distressing the situation seemed, the old mule fought "panic" and just kept right on shaking it off and stepping up!

You're right! It wasn't long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over the wall of that well! What had seemed would bury him, actually blessed him ... All because of the manner in which he handled his adversity. Hey, that's life!

If we face our problems and respond to them positively and refuse to give in to panic, bitterness or self-pity ... the adversities that come along to bury us usually have within them the potential to benefit and bless us!

Remember that forgiveness, faith, praise and hope all are excellent ways to shake it off and step up" out of the wells in which we find ourselves!

Inspiration

  • Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
    Calvin Coolidge

  • There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.
    Orison Swett Marden

  • The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose,we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
    Vince Lombardi

  • Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
    Orison Swett Marden

  • People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Always have something ahead of you to ''look forward to'' -- to work for and hope for.
    Maxwell Maltz

  • Taking initiative does not mean being pushy, obnoxious, or aggressive. It does mean recognizing our responsibility to make things happen.
    Stephen Covey

  • Luck is what happens when preparation meets Opportunity!
    Vince Lombardi

  • The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth and courage of your convictions.
    William F. Scolavino

  • Raise new questions, explore new possibilities, regard old problems from a new angle.
    Albert Einstein

  • If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
    William Arthur Ward.

  • Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
    Dale Carnegie

  • Succes is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life, as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed.
    Booker Washington

  • Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.
    Kate Seredy

  • We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
    Woodrow Wilson

  • Do little things in an extraordinary way. You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God's creative principle works in you. Never mind the past. Have the unflinching determination to move on your path unhampered by limiting thoughts of past errors.
    Paramahansa Yogananda

  • Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.
    Goethe

  • I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demostrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.
    Anthony Robbins

  • Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap...but by the seeds you plant!
    Robert Loius Stevenson

  • There are very few guarantees in life, yet one thing is certain - if you never attempt anything, you'll never accomplish anything. We frequently are held back by fear of failure. And failure is always a possibility. It is a certainty, however, when you never try in the first place. You become what you think about most. When you continually focus on the fear of failure, failure will become real for you. Look instead at the possibilities. Look at what could happen if only you would attempt it. Sure, it might not succeed completely. Yet even then you will learn something.
    Ralph Marston

  • There is one mental attitude which is fatal and which you must avoid, and that is the attitude of believing yourself the victim of circumstances, condemned to a dreary grind from which escape is impossible or very difficult. It is not so.
    Wallace D. Wattles

  • It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.
    Sir Philip Sidney

  • Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience.
    William Arthur Ward)