"It doesn't matter how fast you get somewhere,
if you're heading in the wrong direction."
"It doesn't matter how fast you get somewhere,
if you're heading in the wrong direction."
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."
--Dale Carnegie
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
--Mark Twain
Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, now and then joyfully, then sadly, waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us - I can live only wholly with you or not at all.
Yes, I am resolved to wander so long away from you until I can fly to your arms and say that I am really at home with you, and can send my soul enwrapped in you into the land of spirits...No one else can ever possess my heart - never - never - Oh God, why must one be parted from one whom one so loves. And yet my life in V is now a wretched life - Your love makes me at once the happiest and the unhappiest of men - At my age I need a steady, quiet life - can that be so in our connection?
Be calm, only by a calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together - Be calm - love me - today - yesterday - what tearful longings for you - you - you - my life - my all - farewell. Oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.
ever thine
ever mine
ever ours.
I read a fantastic article in the June issue of O Mag, that talked about the power of organizing, and how it can help you shed the shackles of your past when you're trying to move forward. I used to think that the physical environment did not affect my emotional, or spiritual self, but I am starting to believe I'm wrong. (It ain't the first time.) I think if you subconsciously hold onto your past as you're trying to grow, you stay rooted in your old identity and you never give yourself the chance to bloom into something new.
Here's an excerpt. It's written by Julie Morgenstern, author of, "When Organizing Isn't Enough." Morgenstern was an ambitious theater student before leaving that profession to start a successful small business.
"In my work with clients, I've found that without a framework, most of us stumble blindly through transitions. For example, if you think of every object or activity as a treasure and can't bring yourself to heave, you won't free any space for growth. If you value nothing from the past and always jump straight to the heave stage, you'll end up leaving some wonderful gems behind and feel empty. When you don't re-connect with your identity, it's easy to get caught up in someone else's vision of who you are. And if you're afraid to move forward, you'll stagnate in the present, limiting your ability (and opportunity) to achieve the change you want."
From "Letters to a Young Poet" by Rainer Maria Rilke. It always brings a tear to my eye.
You are so young, so much before all beginning, and I would like to beg you, dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.
*For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
*For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
*For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
*For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
*For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Never throw out anybody.
*Remember, If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
--Audrey Hepburn.
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