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I would rather be prepared for something that never happens than be unprepared for something that does.

“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone wont either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes too near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself that you tasted as many as you could.”

Louise Erdrich, "The Painted Drum" (2005)

The only thing worse than a bully is a bully with money, power or both. Well, ok, maybe a bully with money and/or power who lies.

Such a freak'n easy thing, yo...

SAFETY

anger:

self-inflicted punishment for someone else's behavior

Ridicule,
embarrassment,
humiliation, and insults
result in hostility, negativity,
fear and resentment.

There is no upside.

old enough to know better,
young enough to still be learning

Those who believe they know

everything

will have a tough time learning

anything

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I will always be human first. not white male, husband, father, etc.

human first

change involves struggle whether it's you
or
someone/something
which needs it.

To get something you never had,

you have to do something you never did.

--author unknown

If youre completely qualified for the job you apply for, you aimed too low.

--Art Markman, "Bring Your Brain to Work"

“It's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing...”

-- Steve Jobs

It is only in the present that we can gain wisdom.

--author unknown

#quotes

Be free from hard and fast conclusions as to men, things and methods.

--author unknown

The Truth is the Truth
and a lie is a lie.

Seek the Truth, reject the lies.

”When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

-Lao Tzu

-Career Progression-

Work that pays
Steady work that pays
Steady work you like that pays
Steady work you like that pays well

The trick is to keep looking for the “steady work you like” and not get stuck in the “steady work that pays.”

Sometimes “steady work that pays” becomes “steady work that pays well” and you hop right over the part about liking your work.

some wars/jobs/relationships are not worth the effort.

Move on.

Others can run through life recklessly if they
so choose.
Take a different approach.
Identify the dangers, weigh their relative impact,
and then place your feet deliberately.
Walk with care.

I don't want to die trying but I also don't want to die without trying.

instead of
"why?"
ask
"why not?"

..."when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think." --Neil deGrasse Tyson (commencement speech)

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

-Chinese Proverb

#quotes

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Three little words:

I love you.
You were right.
I was wrong.
I don't know.

Practice these phrases (also three words).

#threelittlewords

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The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace.

-fortune cookie

#fortunecookie, #quote

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there are very few
true experts.

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There is a cost to everything: time, effort, emotion, compromise, currency. Frequently more than one of the above, sometimes all of the above.

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it only matters if you care; if you don't care, it doesn't matter

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Is the phrase 'prior planning' from the Department of Redundancy Department?

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fortune favors the bold

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our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise.
-Charles Dickens (Great Expectations, ch 27)

#charlesdickens

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It is not possible to know how far the influence of any amiable, honest-hearted duty-doing man flies out into the world;
-Charles Dickens (Great Expectations, ch 14)

#charlesdickens

Being married is not a state of being; it is a work in progress.
-Joryn Jenkins, Esq.

#JorynJenkinsEsq

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break the cycle.

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“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!“ -- Audrey Hepburn

#audreyhepburn

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Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
-- Francis of Assisi

#FrancisofAssisi

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Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

#fortunecookie

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When ego is lost, limit is lost.

#yogitea

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To learn, read.
to know, write.
To master, teach.

#yogitea

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Live through consciousness, not through emotion.

#yogitea

good looks are on the outside, beauty is on the inside.

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youth = have time, no money
middle age = have money, no time
old age = have time...?money?

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One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
--James Russell Lowell

#quote, #jamesrusselllowell

Understand the problems (challenges) but focus on the solutions.

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Ridicule, embarrassment, humiliation, and insults result in hostility, negativity, fear and resentment. There is no upside.

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In order to have time you have to make time.

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.

--fortune cookie

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Insecurity is never absolute. There is no such thing as being insecure about absolutely everything.

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If life is a sport, there are winners and losers. Who decides who wins and who loses?

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Your ego is nothing but fear getting in the way of solutions.

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@mikemonteiro

stop complaining: mobilize, advocate, work for change!

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'smart man' is not the same as 'wise guy.'

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you don't need a lot of friends, you just need the right ones.

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Aspire not to make a living, but to make a difference.

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It starts with you.
You make your own stress.
You make your own happiness.
You change your attitude.
You choose your mood.
You either move away from something you don't want or
You move toward something you do want.

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note to self: bring (as in 'be') the sunshine.

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I'd rather be alone with my own thoughts than together with someone else's.

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