Courage

Attitude, Challenges in Life, Choices in Life, Comic, Courage, Dealing with Adversity, Don't give up, Don't lose hope, Fábio Coala, Happiness comes from within, Heart-touching, Illustration, Inspirational, Inspiring, Lesson in Life, Letting go, Never give up, Perseverance, Reflection, Three-legged dog

Zen from a Dog Comic

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October 28, 2013

This comic beautifully illustrated the quote from Hugh Downs which I shared yesterday, “A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” In this case … a dog.

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Attitude, Be the change that you want to see, Choices in Life, Courage, Give without any expectation, Giving, Gratitude, Happiness comes from within, Inspirational, Inspiring, Lesson in Life, Randall S. Weeks, Reflection, Service, True measure of Greatness

The True Measure of Greatness by Randall S. Weeks

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October 14, 2013

A young student once asked his old teacher, “Teacher, what is the true measure of greatness?” The teacher looked far away into the mountains and gave the following reply:

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Children, Choices in Life, Courage, Dealing with Adversity, Education, Faith, Healing Words, Inner Peace, Inspirational, Keeping the Faith, Lesson in Life, Letter to teacher, Loss, Reflection, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Unconditional Love

It takes guts to be a teacher

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September 23, 2013

In a powerful letter to all teachers, Nelba Marquez-Greene, the mother of one of the children killed in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, wrote, “It takes guts to be a teacher.”

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Attitude, Bucket list, Cancer, Challenges in Life, Courage, Determination, Dreams, Fearless, Gratitude, Inspirational, Lesson in Life, Live life to the fullest, Meaning in Life, Perseverance, Reflection

Our time is limited

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August 16, 2013

Two patients, ‘A’ and ‘B’, were admitted at the same time into the same ward, both having the same discomfort in the nose. While waiting for the test report to come back, ‘A’ said, “If it is cancerous, I’ll set off immediately to travel around the world; first stop will be Lhasa, prefecture-level city in Tibet.”

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Appreciation, Attitude, Challenges in Life, Choices in Life, Courage, Dealing with Adversity, Dream, Empowering Ourselves, Family Relationship, Gratitude, Happiness, Health, Inspiration, Joseph Campbell, Lesson in Life, Living, Passion, Patience, Randy Pausch, Reflection, Steve Jobs

Follow Your Bliss through Open Doors

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January 17, 2013

Steve Jobs said something about loving what you do, ?Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven?t found it yet, keep looking. Don?t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you?ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking. Don?t settle.?

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