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Do not undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
It is because we are different that each of us is special.

Do not set your goals by what other people deem important.
Only you know what is best for you.
Do not take for granted the things closest to your heart.

Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
Do not let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past nor for the future.
By living your life one day at a time, you live all of the days of your life.
Do not give up when you still have something to give.
Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
It is a fragile thread that binds us to each other.

Do not be afraid to encounter risks.
It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Do not shut love out of your life by saying it is impossible to find.
The quickest way to receive love is to give love.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly.
In addition, the best way to keep love is to give it wings

Do not dismiss your dreams.
To be without dreams is to be without hope.
To be without hope is to be without purpose.
Do not run through life so fast that you forget not only where you have been,
but also where you are going.

Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

Thanks to StoryBin for this wonderful thought. You know, only you can decide how you should live and grow. So slowdown, take  a deep breath and enjoy every moment of your life. Live your life by your own standards.

Today’s quote highlights the importance of how we live. Someone once said, don’t count your age by the number of years you have lived, but rather by the number of friends you have. One can simply live through the years and make it, if they are lucky. But even more important is how those years were spent.

“It is not how old you are, but how you are old”

                          - Jules Renard

I came across this quote recently.This is so true. We don’t have the patience or perseverance to persist and work on something for a long time. We want quick results or we are out of here. But many things take a long time to build for success, including our retirement savings.

“Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win”

- Bobby Knight

The best way to guage one’s character is to watch how he or she behaves when no one is watching or no immediate benefit is expected as a result of that behavior. Abigail summarizes it beautifully in the quote below

Here is another testament to the power of belief, choice. Everyday, in our every action we are faced with a choice. And knowingly or unknowingly (mostly unknowingly as we choose not to know) we choose. One of such choices we are faced with every day, in every situation is whether we are going to be happy or unhappy. But do we take responsibility.

No, no, noooooooooo…

“Everything was going great until he did this, she did that to me…” blah blah blah…

Stop for a second, take a deep breath and…

Listen to Abraham Lincoln’s wise words below and pay heed…

“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be”
- Abraham Lincoln

The little known wonder is that when we choose to be happy, live and work happily, our results are way better, our satisfaction level is way higher, people want to be around us, our relationships are enriched.

But we rarely notice this difference.

Because…

You know, we are tooooooo BUSY. Doing what?

Doing the same old thing, spinning the same old wheel that has always made us unhappy.

Thus we choose to be unhappy.

Let’s commit to be nice, to be courteous others and to be happy within ourselves, come what may. Let’s make our days memorable for ourselves and those around us.