Happiness starts with you - not with your relationships, not with your job, not with your money, but with you.
"How people treat other people is a direct reflection of how they feel about themselves." -Paul Coelho
The biggest communication problem we have is that we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply and defend.
"There is no choice you've ever made, nor any you will ever make, that will limit you as much as you may fear." The Universe (Mike Dooley)
Every family has one weird relative. If you don't know who it is, then it's probably you.
"Life appears to me too short to be nursing animosity or registering wrongs." Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
"Sometimes when a tiny series of the most unpredictable events occur that make no sense at all, something big is about to happen." The Universe (Mike Dooley)
"Your task is not to become a leader. Your task is to become yourself, and to use yourself completely - all your gifts and skills and energies - to make your vision manifest. You must withhold nothing. You must, in sum, become the person you started out to be and enjoy the process of becoming." -Warren Bennis, On Becoming A Leader
Don't be afraid of being different. Be afraid of being the same as everyone else.
Be confident. Too many days are wasted comparing ourselves to others and wishing to be something we are not. Everybody has their own strengths and weaknesses, and it is only when you accept everything you are -- and are not -- that you will truly be successful and on the road to happiness.
"Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace." -Dali Lama
Not everyone is going to want, accept or know how to receive your energy. Make peace with that and keep on.
"Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now." -Fred Rogers
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down and it has made all the difference in my life." - Steve Jobs
Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you.
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures for anything. -Irish proverb
Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep the faith. It will all be worth it in the end.
One of the happiest moments in life is when you find the courage to let go of what you can't change.
