Morning Coffee August 23
Ever felt embarrassed after someone rebuffed your invitation to go for coffee? Ever felt hurt when you opened yourself up to another person and they didn’t react the way that you had hoped? Ever felt scared for any number of reasons?
Congratulations! You’re alive. And growing, too! If we never take a chance, if we never stretch ourselves, there are two things that we can be sure of. One is that we will never feel hurt or embarrassed or scared. The other is that we will stagnate. Safe in our comfort zone, we will find in time that comfort zone has become a prison. We have dealt ourselves a life sentence of “safety.” Yet safety equals stagnation.
Be embarrassed! Be hurt! Be frightened! The rewards of growth and change are permanently rewarding. Slowly, through taking chances on people and situations, we mold ourselves into the person we want to be. We grow. We learn. We change for the better. The end result outweighs the temporary pain encountered on the journey.
Take a chance on life today.
©Jane Powell
To let go isn't to forget, not to think about, or ignore. It doesn't
leave feelings of anger, jealousy, or regret. Letting go isn't about
winning or losing.
It's not about pride and it's not about how you
appear, and it's not obsessing or dwelling on the past.
Letting go
isn't blocking memories or thinking sad thoughts, and it doesn't leave
emptiness, hurt, or sadness.
It's not about giving in or giving up.
Letting go isn't about loss and it's not about defeat.
To let go is
to cherish the memories, but to overcome and move on.
It is having
an open mind and confidence in the future.
Letting go is learning
and experiencing and growing.
To let go is to be thankful for the
experiences that made you laugh, made you cry, and made you grow.
It's about all that you have, all that you had, and all that you will
soon gain.
Letting go is having the courage to accept change,
and the strength to keep moving.
Letting go is growing up. It is
realizing that the heart can sometimes be the most potent remedy.
To let go is to open a door, and to clear a path and set yourself free.
Louise L. Hay
Thanks Marcella
Choose your dreams
Any choice you make is a turn your life takes in one direction or another. Getting where you want to go is a matter of making each and every choice with that in mind.
Letting go of a negative, destructive habit happens by making one positive, empowering choice at a time. Creating a desired achievement comes about in the same way, one intentional, effective choice at a time.
Every choice matters, and every choice either changes or reaffirms a particular direction. That is what gives you great control over the way your life unfolds.
If it is opportunity you seek, stop looking for it and start paying more attention to the choices you make. Every one of them is a real, practical and influential opportunity for you to move toward your most desired outcomes.
In every minute, in any situation, you can continue bringing your most treasured dreams to life through the choices you make. As time moves forward, great and meaningful value arises from choices intentionally made in a consistent direction.
In matters large, small, and in between, there are always choices to be made. Make the choice, each chance you get, to choose your dreams.
Ralph Marston
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Thank you so much...I am trying to follow my dream of starting an online business. I finally went to my state assemblyman for help. I figured the worst that could happen, would be that he said no....he didn't. It isn't easy with a husband that wants to drag you down with him in his world of trust no one paranoia, or accusing me of forgetting things so that I won't notice that he's worse. It isn't working, and for the most part I try not to listen....when It's too bad I come here. I only have one non computer friend anymore.
Thanks for all the support.
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