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Thought for the day
Part of the way of coping with life's circumstances is to to focus your thoughts on something positive. This sections offers a thought to ponder everyday. We encourage you think about it, then write about what it means to you in a journal. If you have a qoute that you would like to e-mail to us, we will be happy to look at it and consider it for the "Thought of the day column."
11/20 Celebrate every day, then life will always be a celebration!
John Klopfer
11/19/08 "The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings."
Okakura Kakuzo
11/18/08 Love can only be real and geniune when it is born of God.
Lori Bari
11/17/08 The first step toward a positive day is to have a positive thought.
Look at yourself in the mirror and admire yourself for being a
beautiful and unique individual.
John Klopfer
11/16/08 "Today ends at midnight, it does not extend into tomorrow. So
leave today's woe should be left for yesterday."
John Klopfer
11/13/08 "I wa sbrought up to believe how I saw myself was more important
than how other saw me."
Anwar el-Sadat
11/12/08 "People only see what they are prepared to see."
Ralph Waldo Emmerson
11/11/08 By showing gratitude for all you have, you will have more to show
gratitude for.
John Klopfer
11/10/08 "You teach best what you most need to learn."
Richard Bach
11/07/08 “The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.”
Martina Navratilova
11/07/08 “After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to
deal with the irritating details of outer life."
Evelyn Underhill
11/06/08 “A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a
mountain top.”
Unknown
11/05/08 “I say luck is when an opportunity comes along, and you’re prepared for it.”
Denzel Washington
11/04/08 "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear."
Mark Twain
11/03/08 "If you would learn the secret of right relations, look only for the
divine in people and things, and leave all the rest to God."
J. Allen Boone
10/31/08 “Love and friendship are the seeds of our soul.”
Lori Bari
10/30/08 Take the time to look at the beauty that surrounds you.
John Klopfer
10/29/08 "Whether we suffer depends not on our surroundings but our
preceptions."
Isha
10/28/08 “Whatsoever a person commits, whether it be vitreous or sinful deeds, none of
these is of little import; all bear some kind of fruit.”
Udanavarga 9.8
10/27/08 “So act that your principle of action might safely by made a law for the whole
world.”
Immanuel Kant
10/26/08 "I am doing better than good because I understand that failure is
an event, not a person; that yesterday ended last night; and that
today is my brand-new day."
Zig Zigler
10/25/08 "No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good
intentions."
Margaret Thatcher
10/24/08 "What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity."
Joseph Addison
10/23/08 "Men of genius are admired; men of wealth are envied; men of
power are feared. But only men of character are trusted."
Arthur Friedman
10/22/08 "I am only one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do
something, I will not refuse to do something I can do."
Helen Keller
10/21/08 "With the fearful strain that is on me day and night, if I did not
laugh, I should die."
Abraham Lincoln
10/20/08 Allow yourself to feel gratitude for all that you have, regardless of
life circumstances.
John Klopfer
10/19/08 Just like thread through the eye of the needle we always end up on the other
side.
Lori Bari
10/17/08 "Get the pattern of your life from God, then go about your work
and be yourself."
Phillips Brooks
10/16/08 "You are not what you think you are. What you think, you are."
Unknown
10/15/06 "Soaring birds, swimming fish, flowing waters...are the wheel of
Essential Nature turning."
Bassui
10/14/08 "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we
give."
Winston Churchill
10/13/08 Rejoice in the now.........yesterday is gone.....and tomorrow can
wait.
John Klopfer
10/11/08 "Most people are as happy as they make their minds up tp be."
Abe Lincoln
10/10/08 "Forgveness is a gift you give yourself."
Brandon Bays
10/09/08 "Knock the T off the word can't. You can do anything-ANYTHING- if
you think you can!"
Norman Vincent Peale
10/08/08 "Consider other as yourself."
Dhammapada 10.1
10/07/08 Out of darkness comes hope.
Butterflyhope
10/06/08 "Today you have a choice; either let others determine your worth,
or let God."
Jentezen Franklim
10/05/08 "They can conquer who believe they can."
Virgil
10/04/08 "When a God-given opportunity comes along, it is God's gift to you.
What you do with that opportuntiy is your gift to God"
Jentezen Franklin
10/03/08 "Love is not is your heart to stay but to share."
unknown
10/02/08 Most spiritual philosophies feel that we came to earth to make a difference is
the life of others. What type of difference have you made today?
John Klopfer
10/01/08 “I have always felt that the moment when first you wake up in the morning is the
most wonderful of the twenty-four hours.”
Monica Baldwin
09/30/08 "Do not fear, BELIEVE!"
Lori Bari
09/29/08 “It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.”
Saint Jerome
09/28/08 "Too many people are living in a prison that they have themselves manufactured."
Dr. Michael Beckwith
09/26/09 “The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The
only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.”
Whitney Young
09/25/08 “Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your
tomorrow.”
Sir William Osler
09/24/08 "Put duties aside at least an hour before bed and perform soothing quiet
activities that will help you relax.”
Dianne Hicks
09/23/08 "I think I shall never see A poem as lovely as a tree."
Joyce Kilmer
09/22/08 "Unfettered like a wafting mist I give myself up to where the wind
wants me to be."
Ryocan
09/21/08 “Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud and one the
stars.”
Fredrick Langbridge
09/20/08 "To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler--and less
trouble. ”
Mark Twain
09/19/08 "Even the best laid plans may not turn out as you intend, so be open
to the element of suprise as you go."
Dr. Lisa Love
09/17/08 "Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words
are best of all."
Sir Winston Churchill
09/16/08 "Don't be afraid to see what you see."
Ronald Reagan
09/15/08 "Take time to listen to what is said without words."
Lao Tzu
09/12/08 "There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than
for bread."
Mother Teresa
09/11/08 God bless America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
09/10/08 “Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.”
Shirley MacLaine
09/09/08 "Each step brings a fresh breeze, Each step makes the flower
bloom."
Thich Nhat Hanh
09/08/08 "It's not difficulr to see the reflections in a mirror, but can you take
hold of the moon in the water?"
Pai Chang
09/07/08 The next time you are angry with someone, instead of shouting, try embracing
them.
John Klopfer
09/06/08 Have you ever thought about how many minutes you have spent quarrelling or
being angry with someone? How many years would that add up to in a lifetime?
Wouldn’t that time be better spent doing something else?
John Klopfer
09/05/08 "Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the
water is clear?"
Lao Tzu
09/04/08 “Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love."
Virgil
09/03/08 Today is today, not yesterday nor tomorrow. Focus on being who
you are today.
John Klopfer
09/02/08 “I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than
how others saw me.”
Anwar el-Sadat
09/01/08 One of the great tragedies of man is that he judges himself by the feats of
others, rather than his own.
John Klopfer
08/29/08 “Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking
ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.”
Vaclav Havel
08/28/08 “Worry is the misuse of imagination.”
Dan Zadra
Judge everyone and everything for yourself."
08/26/08 When one believes in the divine all is sublime.
John Klopfer
08/25/08 True integrity shows no prejudice when dealing with situations or
people who show no integrity."
John Klopfer
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