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Saturday, November 28, 2015
50 Inspirational Positive Quotes
“Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.”
– Henri L. Bergson
– Henri L. Bergson
“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
– Hellen Keller
– Hellen Keller
“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.”
– Josh Billings
– Josh Billings
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there”
– Will Rogers
– Will Rogers
“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
– Mahatma Gandhi
“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
– Christopher Columbus
– Christopher Columbus
“To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.”
– St Catherine of Siena
– St Catherine of Siena
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we took so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened up for us”
– Helen Keller
– Helen Keller
“We don’t see the things the way they are. We see things the way WE are.”
– Talmund
– Talmund
“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.”
– Norman Vincent Peale
– Norman Vincent Peale
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
– Dr Wayne Dyer
– Dr Wayne Dyer
“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.”
– Theodore Rubin
– Theodore Rubin
“Pessimist : A person who says that O is the last letter of ZERO, instead of the first letter in word OPPORTUNITY.”
– Anonymous
– Anonymous
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
- Thomas A Edison
- Thomas A Edison
“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting”
- Elizabeth Bibesco
- Elizabeth Bibesco
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.”
– B. Olatunji
– B. Olatunji
“When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
– Franklin D Roosevelt
– Franklin D Roosevelt
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.”
– Zig Ziglar
– Zig Ziglar
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
– Winston Churchill
– Winston Churchill
“The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.”
– Dennis Green
– Dennis Green
“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”
– Muhammad Ali
– Muhammad Ali
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
– Dale Carnegie
– Dale Carnegie
“So many of our dreams at first seems impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”
– Christopher Reeve
– Christopher Reeve
“Hard work spotlights the character of people. Some turn up their sleeves. Some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.”
– Sam Ewing
– Sam Ewing
“There are those who work all day. Those who dream all day. And those who spend an hour dreaming before setting to work to fulfill those dreams. Go into the third category because there’s virtually no competition.”
– Steven J Ross
– Steven J Ross
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
– Confucious
– Confucious
“Many of life’s failures are people who had not realized how close they were to success when they gave up.”
– Thomas A Edison
– Thomas A Edison
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”
– Stephen Covey
– Stephen Covey
“Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.”
– Peter Drucker
– Peter Drucker
“Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea? Nothing!”
– Donald Gardner
– Donald Gardner
“Success is what you attract by the person you become.”
– Jim Rohn
– Jim Rohn
“You have to ‘Be’ before you can ‘Do’ and ‘Do’ before you can ‘Have’.
– Zig Ziglar
– Zig Ziglar
“You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people to get what they want.”
– Zig Ziglar
– Zig Ziglar
“The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others wish to join us.”
– Hubert Humphrey
– Hubert Humphrey
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus when the limo breaks down.”
– Oprah Winfrey
– Oprah Winfrey
“Formal education will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune.”
– Jim Rohn
– Jim Rohn
“It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.”
– Jim Rohn
– Jim Rohn
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
– Mahatma Gandhi
“The future has several names. For the weak, it is the impossible. For the fainthearted, it is the unknown. For the thoughtful and valiant, it is the ideal.”
– Victor Hugo
– Victor Hugo
“There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice.”
– Po Bronson
– Po Bronson
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
– Waldo Emerson
– Waldo Emerson
“Use what talents you possess, the woods will be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”
– Henry van Dyke
– Henry van Dyke
“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
– Bertrand Russell
– Bertrand Russell
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.”
– Winston Churchill
– Winston Churchill
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life’s about creating yourself.”
– George Bernard Shaw
– George Bernard Shaw
“Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vintage point.”
– Harold B Melchart
– Harold B Melchart
“The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.”
– Benjamin Mays
– Benjamin Mays
“More often in life, we end up regretting the chances in life that we had, but didn’t take them, than those chances that we took and wished we hadn’t.”
– Anonymous
– Anonymous
“An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.”
– Pope John Paul I
– Pope John Paul I
“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.”
– Earl Shoaf
– Earl Shoaf
Friday, November 27, 2015
Abundance
Abundance
Abundance is bigger than the personal question of who we are and what we wish to do. In order to achieve anything, we need to be in living exchange with other people, as clearly as we are dependent upon so many individuals when we sit down to a meal – including the farmers, cooks, and the servers.
Serenity
Serenity refers to a state of peacefulness where the mind is calm and unruffled by the external environment. This higher spiritual echelon, or inner peace, is accompanied by a sense of contentment and bliss. Human beings are distinct from all other life forms due to their intelligence and consciousness. The conscious mind perceives the external world and feels various emotions based on experiences and perception.
These feelings, emotions, and sentiments, in turn, determine our inner equilibrium or “inner life.” Consciousness, which stems from internalization of social values and morals, also plays a major role in directing the inner equilibrium. Most of the time, the inner life or equilibrium of a human mind is in a disturbed state. The mind is never at peace, and chaos reigns due to anger, shame, feelings of guilt, and sadness. The human mind strives to achieve the right balance or equilibrium. The eternal quest for the ultimate goal
These feelings, emotions, and sentiments, in turn, determine our inner equilibrium or “inner life.” Consciousness, which stems from internalization of social values and morals, also plays a major role in directing the inner equilibrium. Most of the time, the inner life or equilibrium of a human mind is in a disturbed state. The mind is never at peace, and chaos reigns due to anger, shame, feelings of guilt, and sadness. The human mind strives to achieve the right balance or equilibrium. The eternal quest for the ultimate goal
Balancing Hope And Reality To Plan A Dignified Death
Balancing Hope And Reality To Plan A Dignified Death
Dealing with the end of life and the decisions that accompany it bring critical challenges for everyone involved-patients, families, friends and physicians. In fact, “managing” the progression toward death, particularly when a dire diagnosis has been made, can be a highly complex process. Each person involved is often challenged in a different way.
Communication is the first objective, and it should start with the physicians. In their role, physicians are often tasked to bridge the chasm between lifesaving and life-enhancing care; thus, they often struggle to balance hopefulness with truthfulness. Determining “how much information,” “within what space of time” and “with what degree of directness for this particular patient” requires a skillful commitment that matures with age and experience.
A physician’s guidance must be highly personalized and must consider prognosis, the risks and benefits of various interventions, the patient’s symptom burden, the timeline ahead, the age and stage of life of the patient, and the quality of the patient’s support system.
At the same time, it’s common for the patient and his or her loved ones to narrowly focus on life preservation, especially when a diagnosis is first made. They must also deal with shock, which can give way to a complex analysis that often intersects with guilt, regret and anger. Fear must be managed and channeled. This stage of confusion can last some time, but a sharp decline, results of diagnostic studies, or an internal awareness usually signals a transition and leads patients and loved ones to finally recognize and understand that death is approaching.
Once acceptance arrives, end-of-life decision-making naturally follows. Ongoing denial that death is approaching only compresses the timeline for these decisions, adds anxiety, and undermines the sense of control over one’s own destiny.
With acceptance, the ultimate objectives become quality of life and comfort for the remainder of days, weeks or months. Physicians, hospice, family and other caregivers can focus on assessing the patient’s physical symptoms, psychological and spiritual needs, and defining end-of-life goals. How important might it be for a patient to attend a granddaughter’s wedding or see one last Christmas, and are these realistic goals to pursue?
In order to plan a death with dignity, we need to acknowledge death as a part of life-an experience to be embraced rather than ignored when the time comes. Will you be ready?
Mike Magee, M.D., is a Senior Fellow in the Humanities to the World Medical Association, director of the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative, and host of the weekly Web cast “Health Politics with Dr. Mike Magee.”
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