A Good Head and Good Heart are Always a formidable combination. ~ Nelson Mandela
We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice. ~ Sogyal Rinpoche
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. ~ A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
My mother said to me, ‘If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.’ Instead, I was a painter and became Picasso. ~ Pablo Picasso
You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and darn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way. ~ Elizabeth Taylor
When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. ~ Barbara Bloom
It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others. ~ Dalai Lama
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” ~ Audrey Hepburn
Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong. ~ Muhammad Ali
I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being. ~ Hafiz of Shiraz
Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are. ~ Bernice Johnson Reagon
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong. ~ Sarah Dessen
Things don’t go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be. ~ Charlie Jones
What I know for sure is this: You are built not to shrink down to less, but to blossom into more. To be more splendid. To be more extraordinary. To use every moment to fill yourself up. ~ Oprah
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. ~ Michael Jordan
Life is like riding a bicycle, in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving. ~ Albert Einstein
Nothing reduces the odds against you like ignoring them. ~ Robert Brault
Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists. ~ Eckhart Tolle
Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion. ~ Buddha
Dance. Smile. Giggle. Marvel. TRUST. HOPE. LOVE. WISH. BELIEVE. Most of all, enjoy every moment of the journey, and appreciate where you are at this moment instead of always focusing on how far you have to go. ~ Mandy Hale
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ~ Judy Garland
If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise. ~ Johanne von Goethe
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ~ Winston Churchill
Remember that not getting want you want somtimes is a stroke of luck. ~ Dalai Lama
Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. ~ Babe Ruth
You must find the place inside yourself where NOTHING is IMPOSSIBLE. ~ Deepak Chopra
A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose – a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve. ~ John Maxwell
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
When we are mindful of our minds, we get to live a new life. ~ Mastin Kipp
It is often hard to distinguish between the hard knocks in life and those of opportunity. ~ Frederick Phillips
Accept -- then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it... This will miraclulously transform your whole life. ~ Eckhart Tolle
If your life is cloudy and you're far, far off course, you may have to go on faith for a while, but eventually you'll learn that every time you trust your internal navigation system, you end up closer to your right life. ~ Martha Beck
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. ~ Barbara Kingsolver
The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials. ~ Confucius
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. ~ Kenji Miyazawa
I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself. ~ Walter Anderson
There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. ~ Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, 1820
Diseases can be our spiritual flat tires - disruptions in our lives that seem to be disasters at the time but end by redirecting our lives in a meaningful way. ~ Bernie S. Siegel
When written in Chinese the word "crisis" is composed of two characters - one represents danger and the other represents opportunity. ~ John F. Kennedy, address, 12 April 1959
He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress. ~ Anwar El Sadat
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.
~ Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. ~ Stephen King
Tough times never last, but tough people do. ~ Robert H Schuller
I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind.
Some come from ahead and some come from behind.
But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
~ Dr. Seuss
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. ~ Winston Churchill
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. ~ William Shakespeare
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. ~ Bernard M. Baruch
I can be changed by what happens to me but I refuse to be reduced by it. ~ Maya Angelou
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. ~ Joshua J. Marine
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what the storm’s all about. ~ Haruki Murakami
Sorrow comes in great waves... But it rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us it leaves us on the spot and we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain. ~ Henry James
You were given this life because you were strong enough to live it. ~ Unknown
We must be willing to let go of the life we've planned so that we can have the life that is waiting for us. ~ Joseph Campbell
Scars tell us more about the future than the past, about how we can live strong despite any pain we've been through. ~ Terri Guillemets
There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with. ~ Harry Crews
Opportunities surround the One who does not judge a situation as good or bad but simply remains open, trusting and persistent in effort and approach. ~ Jackson Kiddard
Your life is right now. It's not later. It's not in that time of retirement.
It's not when the lover gets here. It's not when you've moved into the new house. It's not when you get the better job. Your life is right now.
It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now, because it's not ever going to get better than right now, until it gets better right now. ~ Esther Abraham-Hicks
Life is short, break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile. ~ Mark Twain
Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher
When one door of happiness closes, another opens: but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. ~ Helen Keller
Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. ~ Napoleon Hill
Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free. ~ Eckhart Tolle
Rely upon your own judgment; be true to your own conscience; follow the light that is within you; all outward lights are so many will-o’-the-wisps. There will be those who tell you that you are foolish; that your judgment is faulty; that your conscience is all awry, and that the light within you is darkness; but heed them not. If what they say is true, the sooner you, as a searcher of wisdom, find it out the better, and you can only make that discovery by bringing your powers to the test. Therefore, pursue your course bravely. ~ James Allen
Someone who takes the time to understand their relationship with source, who actively seeks alignment with their broader perspective, who deliberately seeks and finds alignment with who-they-really-are, is more charismatic, more attractive, more effective, and more powerful than a group of millions who have not achieved this alignment. ~ Esther Hicks
It is finally when you let go of what people expect you to be and people’s perceptions of you that you’re able to be the version of yourself that you’re supposed to be – like in God’s eyes. It doesn’t matter if you’re half crazy, or eccentric, or whatever it is – that you have to be true to who you were born to be. ~ Gwyneth Paltrow
The strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. ~ Rona Barrett
Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you. ~ Jim Rohn
Asking for help does not mean that we are weak or incompetent. It usually indicates an advanced level of honesty and intelligence. ~ Anne Wilson Schaef
A little boy was having difficulty lifting a heavy stone.
His father came along just then.
Noting the boy's failure, he asked, "Are you using all your strength?"
"Yes, I am," the little boy said impatiently.
"No, you are not," the father answered.
"I am right here just waiting, and you haven't asked me to help you." ~ Anonymous
"I must do something" always solves more problems than "Something must be done." ~ Anon
How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself – so always think positively. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible. ~ Orison Swett Marden
If you shift your focus from yourself to others, extend your concern to others, and cultivate the thought of caring for the well being of others, then this will have the immediate effect of opening up your life and helping you to reach out. ~ Dalai Lama XIV
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. ~ Peter Ustinov
Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love. ~ Leo Buscaglia
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. ~ Thomas Merton
Not what we have, but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance. ~ Epicurus
Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach
The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little. ~ Ben Sweetland
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. ~ Oprah Winfrey
Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized. ~ Osho
Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. ~ Albert Camus
Most people take the limits of their vision to be the limits of the world. A few do not. Join them. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
All of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~ Walt Disney
Take risks on behalf of your heart! ~ Mastin Kipp
SO I SAY TO YOU, ASK AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU; SEARCH, AND YOU WILL FIND; KNOCK, AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED FOR YOU. ~ Jesus Christ
Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything. ~ Jack Kornfield
A beautiful thing is never perfect. ~ Proverb
You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don't know it, all of that doesn't even matter. Every second that you spend on doubting your worth, every moment that you use to criticize yourself; is a second of your life wasted, is a moment of your life thrown away. It's not like you have forever, so don't waste any of your seconds, don't throw even one of your moments away. ~ C. JoyBell C.
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ~ Malachy McCourt
Get out of your head and get into your heart. Think less, feel more. ~ Osho
Happiness does not come from having much, but from being attached to little. ~ Cheng Yen
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. ~ William James
I vow to let go of all worries and anxiety in order to be light and free. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness. ~ Chuang Tzu
To ensure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life. ~ William Londen
Letting go of the past means that you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now. ~ Don Miguel Ruiz
Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear. ~ Ram Dass
Don't let past relationships ruin your future happiness. Scars remind us of where we've been, not where we are going. ~ Unknown
More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin. ~ Unknown
If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. ~ Oprah Winfrey
If you propose to speak, always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind ~ Buddha
The more you hide your feelings, the more they show. The more you deny your feelings, the more they grow. ~ Unknown
If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher. ~ Pema Chodron
Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. ~ Dalai Lama
Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you. ~ Unknown
Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination. ~ Roy Goodman
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right. ~ Henry Ford
Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings. ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. ~ Eckhart Tolle
Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence, and face your future without fear. ~ Unknown
When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering. ~ Miguel Ruiz
If you find yourself constantly trying to prove your worth to someone, you have already forgotten your value. ~ Unknown
Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~ John Wooden
The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. ~ Buddha
Displace the pain. Put it in a camera, in a story, in a poem, in a song, in a lover, in a canvas. ~ Unknown
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. ~ William S. Burroughs
No man is a failure who is enjoying life. ~ William Faulkner
You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are. ~ Yogi Bhajan
If only we’d stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time. ~ Edith Wharton
Be strong enough to let go and patient enough to wait for what you deserve. ~ Unknown
Yay!!!! Doing a happy dance and celebrating right here at my desk!! So happy you are doing so well after the surgery.