I Believe

I believe that if we stand up and take responsibility for our mistakes we risk many things but the knowledge we gain is worth much, much more.

I believe that risk and failure and success and experience and about a million other things build character...or take away from it.

I believe that happiness is not about good luck or good fortune but rather a decision that we make with each experience that we have.

I believe that all peace and happiness starts within and moves without. I do not believe you can reverse that.

I believe we can waste a lifetime blaming ourselves or blaming others for the problems in our life or our world or we can spend a lifetime doing something about it.

I believe whether you make a conscious decision or not, you are setting an example for somebody.

I believe like attracts like, who and what do you want to attract?

I believe good memories are better than good inheritances.

I believe what you say isn’t half as important as what you do.

I believe the best things in life are free – free of judgement, free of discrimination, free of bias, free of hatred.

I believe if you can only follow one thing, it should be your intuition.

I believe it is OK to act now and ask for forgiveness later if you can explain why it was important for you to do that.

I believe the only person you are required to trust is yourself but I believe you’ll be happier if you learn to trust others too.

I believe in nature and nurture – you cannot have one without the other.

I believe friends and family are the foundation of faith.

I believe being selfish is an asset not a character flaw. You can be nothing to nobody if you aren’t something to yourself.

I believe you should be the absolute center of your own universe. I do not believe you should be alone in that universe.

I believe that you should laugh with your children loud and often and if you don’t, you are in the wrong business.

I believe that you will never win if you don’t play the game.

I believe that stress and worry and heartache exist but for how long, how much and how often is entirely up to you.

I believe that self-esteem, or the lack thereof, can be sensed from great distances.

I believe missing someone can build or break a relationship.

I believe that trading your heart for a promise of safety is a terrible trade.

I believe the quality of your life is as good as the quality of the people you share it with.

I believe the best thing you can do with what happened to you yesterday, is to learn from it today.

I believe how you feel on the inside is visible on the outside. Clothes cannot cover everything.

I believe the best thing you can put on each day is a smile.

I believe that the sights and sounds that fill our space also fill our souls.

I believe in paying attention to the details. If this is your one shot at life...don’t you want to see, hear, learn from and experience every inch of it?

I believe in evolution. I have evolved. Have you?

I believe life is very, very hard and from time to time throws us unexpected curveballs. I also believe that despite the hard times and curveballs life is still very, very good.

I believe in faith that accepts change and gets out of the way for personal growth.

I believe very strongly in the life philosophies that work for me. I encourage you to believe strongly in whatever works for you.

I believe people can do anything they want all by themselves. I believe our experiences are maximized when we share them with someone we care about.

I believe what is true today may not be true tomorrow and what is true for me may not be true for you -- and I believe that is OK.

What do you believe?