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Failing to Plan = Planning to Fail

A Happiness Manifesto

To be happy, you need to consider feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere of growth.
One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy; One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.
The days are long, but the years are [...]

“Reinvention of Me” Pledge

I promise to be kind to myself, especially through my thoughts and actions. I am a good person, worthy of respect.
I promise to silence my inner critic whose negative energy always seems to drag me down. That critic will no longer have power over me.
I promise to find a source of comfort other than food. [...]

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“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.” Jean Shinoda Bolen

She from Me, Now I from Her. Thank You, Jessica.

“Love is a temporary madness; it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides.  And when it subsides you have to make a decision.  You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.  Because this is what love is.  Love is not breathlessness, it is [...]

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“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life:  it goes on.” Robert Frost.

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“I am a woman in process.  I’m just trying like everybody else.  I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it.  Life is never dull.” Oprah Winfrey

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“If you’re sitting out there now with a nice, neat little outline for the next ten years, you’d better be careful.  Life may have other plans.  Life will present you with unexpected opportunities, and it will be up to you to take a chance, to be bold, to have faith and go for it.” [...]

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“Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment.  This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath.” Charlotte Joko Beck. 

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“I learned . . . that one can never go back, that one should not ever try to go back – that the essence of life is going forward.  Life is really a One Way Street.” Agatha Christie