Thursday, February 28, 2013

Change your life...change the lives of others...

"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight.

Extend to them all the care,
kindness and understanding you can muster, and do with no thought of any reward.

Your life will never be the same again"

- Og Mandino

It is hard work to accomplish this but it is worth the effort!

If we could approach every interaction this way what a difference we could make in not only other people's lives, but our own as well!

Give it a shot!  What do we have to lose?

Stay Strong! !!

Monday, February 25, 2013

"Call upon Mary"

In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties,think of Mary, call upon Mary.

Let not her name depart from your lips,never suffer it to leave your heart.

And that you may more surely obtain the assistance of her prayer,neglect not to walk in her footsteps.

With her for guide, you shall never go astray;

While invoking her, you shall never lose heart;

So long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception;

While she holds your hand, you cannot fall;

Under her protection you have nothing to fear;

If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary;

If she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.

Take on the Week!!!

Happy Monday!!! 

Remember you are not alone...and your life has a very valuable meaning!! 

Remain open and ready to realize just what that meaning is!!! 

In the meantime, practice kindness, provide strength and compassion to others in need, and do not lose sight of the multitude of BLESSING we have in our daily lives!! 

Focus on the POSITIVES ONLY!!!  Those are all that matter!!!

There is a plan and we all have a lead role!!!   Be ready for the "call"!

Stay Strong!!

Friday, February 15, 2013

Banish Worry!!! TODAY!!

"It is not work that kills men; it is worry.
Worry is rust upon the blade."
- Henry Ward Beecher

It is a staggering fact that we often spend days, weeks, and sometimes years ruminating and beating ourselves up over something that may have taken only a few seconds to occur!!!

How many things do you have bouncing around in your head that happened many years ago yet you are still thinking about it, lamenting, regretting and re-living it???

How crazy is that???  How silly does that sound?!!

The good news is we all possess the power and ability to stop this insane activity TODAY!!!!

Treat today as a starting point to a NEW chapter in your life!

Declare it now!!!!  The past is behind us!!!!  

We cannot change what has already occurred...as Shakespeare famously wrote;

"What is done is done and cannot be undone."

So why in the world would we continue to re-live it and worry about it?

Sure, we always can and indeed should learn from past events and correct anything we deem necessary to fix, BUT only with a focus on moving forward!!!

Leave the past where it belongs - YOUR time is NOW!!!

Life is short ..do not waste a valuable minute worrying and re-hashing the past!!! 

It does nothing to help us!!!!  Zero!!

Remember, there is a plan..and everything works out!!!!

Stay Strong! !!!

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Re: [Stay Strong] Happy Wednesday!!!

Yes!!!  Happy Ash Wednesday!!!!!

Thank you, Kim!!
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> Posted By CIM to Stay Strong at 2/13/2013 08:55:00 AM

Happy Wednesday!!!

Thursday, February 7, 2013

"Our greatest glory consists, not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall."
     - Oliver Goldsmith 1730-1774 (repeated by Nelson Mandela)