When we go away, we get to come back.

Living in the box of a small world – a triangle between home and work and the mall, is going to limit our world view and our inspiration.

Go away for a while every now and then.  Experience new places and new things. When we come back, we are different, and so is that triangle.

Are you a master of something?

Great!  Congratulations!  

Now go be an amateur and learn something new.

"I thought I was the only one…"

No, you’re not.  There’s nothing wrong with you.

Work through it, strive to improve, and go out there and give your best today.

You’re doing great!

Obituaries are written before we're dead

What they say about you depends on what you are doing and who you are being right now.

Right?

One day at a time

If we have a huge job or challenge that will take a long time (like being successful, or learning something really well), forget about years. Forget about months. And weeks are man-made; forget about them too.

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One Week – xxxxxxx

One Day – x  (you can handle this)

The sun goes up, and the sun goes down. That’s a day. We can get our head around a day. Do your best today. One day at a time.

Indifference

If we are mild, and lukewarm about things, we don’t have the fire to climb the mountain.  

We have to have some strong feelings about something. Be bold – out of inspiration or desperation.

Learn to put all you’ve got into everything you do. It will quickly reveal results or reveal that you need to go in a different direction.

What do you feel strongly about?

Pessimism

Expecting the worst. Trying to figure out what is wrong with the world instead of what is right. Asking “Why does this happen to me?” and “What is wrong with these people?”

Our lives are not so much affected by how things are, but how we expect them to be, and think they are.

Poor thinking habits keep people poor.

Blame others and you lose

When we blame others we give our power away to them. We are saying “that person is responsible for this part of my life. It is out of my control.” You just gave power over that part of your life to someone else.

I’m not going to do that.

Are you?

Why?

We asked “In life we should strive to_________.”  We received more comments than ever in one day!  You can always see comments by commenting, or go to thinkdaily.com and scroll to see what people are saying.

To this question, if one said “To serve others” or “to be our best selves,” or any other answer, if one asked you “Why?”, what would you say?  Then if they asked “Why?” again, what would you say?  Then again, then again, until there was no further answer on your part, you’d invariably wind up with “Because I want to be happy.”

That is what we should strive for – to be happy – whatever that is for us.

…be happy.

In life, we should strive to be happy. What could be more meaningful?

Pay attention. Find what makes you happy; then live it.