"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet
is fighting some kind of battle."

I love the punch line

Good Math!

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26

Then:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But,

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

:) :)

And remember:


amateurs built the ark ..


professionals


built the Titanic.

I am delighted he took the chance!

Someone famous said :

We do not see things as they are - we see things as we are!

He certainly has some fabulous points!

all kinds of beautiful!

If we loved ourselves...

If we loved ourselves as much as we love our children (which would be appropriate) then we would probably take really good care of ourselves....
...eat our fruits and veggies, not watch violence, get sleep, not drink or smoke or sleep around, exercise and so on.
When we deeply love ourselves, just the way we are, right now, we could really be good to ourselves. (Bear in mind - we don't get another now in which we are different or better.)

We might even say caring things to ourselves inside our own heads!
Have a compassionate night!
K

Trust your heart and gut!

It has now been proven that both your heart and your gut - specifically your ileo-sacral valve (sp?) have nerve cells that are exactly the same as the ones in your brain. Both your heart and gut can "think". The thing is that they are both connected to your hind brain or primitive brain. This means that if you pay attention you can "feel" what they are thinking.
Their messages are not filtered by your front brain - the home of all those doubting voices in your head, so you can trust that they are more accurate!

Way cool - listen to your heart!

The trap of praise

People use words and concepts they know to express themselves.
What we say speaks volumes about who we are.
It says very little about the person we are talking of.

It is generally easy to remember that when someone has said something mean. We can puff up and say, "That's not true. What they said just proves how foolish they are."
And that may or mat not be true.

What is true is what they said, whatever it was, reveals exactly who they are and how they think.

It is generally harder to remember this when someone says something flattering. We instantly want to agree. We want to believe that they are wise and right and wonderful. The trouble with that is, if you get hooked on the pleasure of believing the "nice" things people say about you, you are hooked on believing the things they say. That includes the "not-so-nice" ones too.

You can't believe in light if you don't believe in darkness.
No heads without a tail to go with it.

Neither are essentially true things about you.
Don't take it personally.
It is simply information. About them!

What is true about you, is what you say!

Technical note:
But what about if lots of people say the same things about you? Is it true then?
Nope.
It is worth considering that something you are doing is causing a number of people around you to react in a specific way. Notice that. Then you can decide whether you like that reaction or want to change it.

It is feedback about a behaviour. It is still not TRUE about you. YOU are not your behaviour.
Your behaviour is something you manage to create specific effects in the world.

Have a "noticing" day!
:) Karen

"How often I found where I should
be going only by setting out for
somewhere else."
-R. Buckminster Fuller

A Quick Review of My Basic Success Formula

By Michael Masterson

1. Become an expert at something valuable.

It could be selling. Or marketing. Or managing salespeople and marketers. It could be developing new products. Or managing those who do.

2. Build a support network.

Get people on your side, both inside and outside your company. The best way to get people to support you is to spend your time trying to support them. Make a list of individuals whose advice you admire and start to actively champion their views.

3. Be caring.

Promote those below you. Mentor those who have potential. Care about your business, your products, and your employees - and let everyone know that you do.

4. Act before you have all the facts.

In other words, Ready, Fire, Aim! Lawrence Weinbach, CEO of Unisys, said it this way: "If you want to be a leader, you have to make decisions with 75 percent of the facts. If you wait for 95 percent, you are going to be a follower."

"Love is metaphysical gravity."
Buckminster Fuller
Bring it on!

Idea to live by:

When you are falling - dive!
I read this in one of Cheri Huber's books.