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This is a good reminder for me these days.

Worrying about something that may never happen is like paying interest on money you may never borrow. ~Unknown

Watchful

"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." —Laozi (Lao-tzu)

Impressions

"Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you." -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

The pursuit of happiness

"Some pursue happiness, others create it. " -Anonymous

Stuck in my head.

"Buy the ticket, take the ride."

Easier said than done.

"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." — Lady Dorothy Nevi

That Gilda was a wise woman.

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what is going to happen next.” -Gilda Radner

Realllllllllllllly?????

"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.” -- William James

Strawberry Jam

"When you overthink at the wrong moment, you cut yourself off from the wisdom of your emotions, which are much better at assessing actual preferences. You lose the ability to know what you really want. And then you choose the worst strawberry jam." Johan Lehrer - author of How We Decide.

The race is long.

"The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the others than it is to drive too hard and crash." The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

It's not the load...

“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.” ~Lena Horne

Proverb

Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Cherokee Proverb

Rumi

Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. ~Rumi

We are what we think.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Why be normal?

Being normal is not necessarily a virtue – it rather denotes a lack of courage. ~Stockard Channing as Aunt Francis in Practical Magic

Self-esteem

I have learned that self-esteem is just that: SELF-esteem. Not wife-esteem or lover-esteem or even sponsor-esteem. It has to come from ME, not from others opinions of me. ~Al-Anon

Discoveries

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. - William James

Solitude

If you can’t stand solitude, maybe you bore others too. ~Bob Gordon

I love this...

“ Run your fingers through my soul . For once, just once, feel exactly what I feel, believe what I believe, perceive as I perceive, look, experience, examine, and for once; just once, understand.”

Waste not.

"To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are." -Unknown