Live Passionately

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:14:00 +0000

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Dale Carnegie

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.
Robert Ingersoll

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them.
Louisa May Alcott

Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.
Erik H. Erikson

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from hope to hope.
Samuel Johnson

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
Orison Swett Marden

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.
Emily Dickenson

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Of all the forces that make for a better world, none is so indispensable, none so powerful, as hope. Without hope men are only half alive. With hope they dream and think and work.
Charles Sawyer

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucious

Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms, if you only let them.
William James

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.
Richard David Bach

Hope is the dream of a waking man.
Aristotle

Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.
Samuel Smiles

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:17:00 +0000

"Remember, happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think."

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:01:00 +0000

Inspirational Quotes Inspirational Quotes

PUT YOUR FAITH INTO ACTION

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:21:00 +0000

This weekend, our family will join millions of others in celebrating America. We will enjoy the glow of fireworks, the taste of barbeque, and the company of good friends. As we all celebrate this weekend, let's also remember the remarkable story that led to this day.

Two hundred and thirty-three years ago, our nation was born when a courageous group of patriots pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to the proposition that all of us were created equal.

Our country began as a unique experiment in liberty -- a bold, evolving quest to achieve a more perfect union. And in every generation, another courageous group of patriots has taken us one step closer to fully realizing the dream our founders enshrined on that great day.

Today, all Americans have a hard-fought birthright to a freedom which enables each of us, no matter our views or background, to help set our nation's course. America's greatness has always depended on her citizens embracing that freedom -- and fulfilling the duty that comes with it.

As free people, we must each take the challenges and opportunities that face this nation as our own. As long as some Americans still must struggle, none of us can be fully content. And as America comes ever closer to achieving the perfect Union our founders dreamed, that triumph -- that pride -- belongs to all of us.

So today is a day to reflect on our independence, and the sacrifice of our troops standing in harm's way to preserve and protect it. It is a day to celebrate all that America is. And today is a time to aspire toward all we can still become.

With very best wishes,

President Barack Obama

July 4th, 2009

P.S. -- Our nation's birthday is also an ideal time to consider serving in your local community. You can find many great ideas for service opportunities near you at
http://www.serve.gov

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:57:00 +0000

"Remember, happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think."
Dale Carnegie
1888-1955, Writer and Lecturer

SIMPLICITY

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:11:00 +0000

'Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.'
A sharp tongue can cut your own throat.

If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn't oversleep.

Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.

The best vitamin for making friends.. B1.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

The heaviest thing you can carry is a grudge.

One thing you can give and still keep...is your word.

You lie the loudest when you lie to yourself
If you lack the courage to start, you have already finished.
One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.
Ideas won't work unless ' You' do.

Your mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open..

The 10 commandments are not a multiple choice.

The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime! It is never too late to become what you might have been.

Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right.. Forget about the one's who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

Friends are like balloons; once you let them go, you might not get them back. Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives and problems that we may not even notice that we've let them fly away. Sometimes we are so caught up in who's right and who's wrong that we forget what's right and wrong. Sometimes we just don't realize what real friendship means until it is too late. .

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.
Charles Kingsley

Love is the only thing you get more of by giving it away.
Tom Wilson

The Change Starts With You

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:01:00 +0000

Regardless of our present of past circumstances, the important thing is ... everything that is happening or has happened is for a reason. In reality, there are no victims. We each have a different sad story to tell. But the common thread that run thru them all, is that we have at some point lost our power, or it has been taken away from us, or we have just plain given it away.

What can YOU do today to start empowering yourself?
Now, regardless of your present or past circumstances. At any time you choose, you can take a bold step and awaken the Empowered person that already exists within you.

Wisdom:

*Every time we rely on someone or something outside of us to provide us with love, success or happiness, we hand our power over. As soon as they don’t provide it we are defeated.

Ironically, when we decide to be love, success and happiness, we easily attract the people, events and objects that enhance this state.

As you continue to decide what matters most, be honest with yourself.
Stop ignoring the urge to get on with the work you know you should do or to finally redefine relationship: That whisper you keep hearing is the universe trying to get your attention. Make it your intention to pursue only what is honorable, what is good, and what is true and the results will be a life grander than you could every have imagined. When you're true to who you are and what your spirit is telling you to do, that truth will indeed set you free.

You have always been deciding the truth of your life. It is how you decide to feel about it.

There is no need to try to work out what something means.
You decide what it means.

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:45:00 +0000

“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” --M. Scott Peck

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:28:00 +0000

Change doesn't just happen...

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:09:00 +0000

You have to take action in order to bring about change.
Many times you are faced with different opinions, suggestions and strategies and sometimes it can get a bit confusing on what actions you should take.
My friend Louis Lautman has found a way to conquer the confusion by going straight into the front-line trenches...

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All the best,
Brian Proctor

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:03:00 +0000

Acting within your limitations, those “comfort zones”, is not risking and will produce predictably mediocre result.

The “stopper” is fear and if you want to be in charge of your own life and what you create, then fear must be faced and you must act through it. It takes courage and commitment, nothing more and nothing less.

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:46:00 +0000

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, It is the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead

“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.”
Daniel J. Boorstin

“Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Thomas Edison

“The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.”
Abraham Lincoln

“There is no failure. Only feedback.”
Unknown

“The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow.”
H. G. Wells

“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.”
Hugh Downs

“The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.”
Unknown

“If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.”
Marie Osmond

“Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.”
Roy Goodman

PERSPECTIVE...

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:57:00 +0000

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took their son on a trip to the
country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what
would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son,
'How was the trip?'

'It was great, Dad.'

'Did you see how poor people live?' the father asked.
'Oh yeah,' said the son.

'So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip' asked the father.

The son answered:

'I saw that we have one dog and they had the four.'

We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and
they have a creek that has no end..

We have imported lanterns in our garden and
they have the stars at night.
Our patio reaches to the front yard and
they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on and
they have fields that go beyond our sight..

We have servants who serve us, but
they serve others.

We buy our food, but
they grow theirs.

We have walls around our property to protect us,
they have friends to protect them.'

The boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added, 'Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are.'

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing??

Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for
everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

Appreciate every single thing you have,
especially your family and friends!

'Life is too short and friends are too few.'

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:47:00 +0000

"The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal."
Deepak Chopra
Author and Speaker

Quotations about Attitude & Outlook

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, It is the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead

“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.”
Daniel J. Boorstin

“Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Thomas Edison

“The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.”
Abraham Lincoln

“There is no failure. Only feedback.”
Unknown

“The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow.”
H. G. Wells

“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.”
Hugh Downs

“The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.”
Unknown

“If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.”
Marie Osmond

“Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.”
Roy Goodman

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:29:00 +0000

John Assaraf Inspirational Quotes

“The most wonderful gift one human being can give to another is, in some way, to make that person’s life a little bit better to live.”

"Here's the problem. Most people are thinking about what they don't want, and they're wondering why it shows up over and over again."

"Our job as humans is to hold on to the thoughts of what we want, make it absolutely clear in our minds what we want, and from that we start to invoke one of the greatest laws in the Universe, and that's the law of attraction. You become what you think about most, but you also attract what you think about most."

"We're all connected. We just don't see it. There isn't an "out there" and an "in here." Everything in the Universe is connected. It is just one energy field."

"Everything is made up of the exact same thing, whether it's your hand, the ocean, or a star."

"And so just when we think that resources are dwindling, we find new resources that can achieve the same things."

"The simplest way for me to look at the law of attraction is if I think of myself as a magnet, and I know a magnet will attract to it."

"We can have whatever it is that we choose. I don't care how big it is."

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:02:00 +0000

"Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver."
Barbara De Angelis
Author and Expert on Relationship and Love

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:18:00 +0000

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs....
Cor. 13:4-5

Motivation Quotes to Bring You COURAGE...

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:42:00 +0000

Quotes on Courage

We all need the strength to pursue our dreams. Read on for motivational quotes and inspirational sayings to help you tap into the courage and fortitude within. And remember, whatever your fear or challenge of the moment, this too will pass.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.
—Robertson Davies.

Don't get discouraged; it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.
—Unknown

The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
—Chinese proverb

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.
—Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, “I'll try again tomorrow."—Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey

You must have long range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short range failures.
—Charles Noble.

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
—Brian Tracy

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, "Press on," has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
—Calvin Coolidge

Action is the antidote to despair.
—Joan Baez

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.
—Maya Angelou

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
—Anais Nin

Our society is so caught up in winning, we forget that most of the great men and women in history have, at one time or another, failed at something. Often repeatedly, and discouragingly. But each failure is nothing more than a brick in the wall that forms the foundation of our success. We can't forget that.
—Carlton Young

Don't wait for your ship to come in. Row out to meet it.
—Unknown

DO YOU HAVE YOUR BADGE OF COURAGE??

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:55:00 +0000

"It is a lesson which all history teaches the wise, to put trust in ideas, and not in circumstances"
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:36:00 +0000

“We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical era, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstance of our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. But within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live.”
~Joseph Epstein

Quotations about Happiness

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000

“Don't frown. You never know who is falling in love with your smile.”
Unknown

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”
Norman Vincent Peale

“Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”
James Matthew Barrie

“No one needs a smile as much as a person who fails to give one.”
Unknown

“People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they are not on your road does not mean they have gotten lost.”
Jackson Browne

“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”
Benjamin Disraeli

“Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.”
Unknown

“Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.”
John Lennon

“The foolish person seeks happiness in the distance; the wise person grows it under his feet.”
James Oppenheim

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

DARE TO SOAR...

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:06:00 +0000

"Don't be afraid to go out on a limb...that's where the fruit is …The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else." -- E. E. Cummings

"Insist on yourself. Never imitate" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

A List of positive affirmations:
• I deserve to be happy and successful
• I have the power to change myself
• I can forgive and understand others and their motives
• I can make my own choices and decisions
• I am free to choose to live as I wish and to give priority to my desires
• I can choose happiness whenever I wish no matter what my circumstances
• I am flexible and open to change in every aspect of my life
• I act with confidence having a general plan and accept plans are open to alteration
• It is enough to have done my best
• I deserve to be loved

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
-Norman Vincent Peale

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:45:00 +0000

"When you discover for yourself, however dimly, that you are rooted in something that is infinitely vast and potential, you have found the soil wherein you grow unconsciously into a most wonderful tree, the tree of life blended with knowledge."

~N. Sri Ram

10 Uplifting Quotes for a Depressed Heart

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:18:00 +0000

What is it about a short quotation that carries so much power? Anyone who has ever been moved by "I have a dream" or "I think, therefore I am" knows that a single, simple quote can change a day, a life, a world.

For those who suffer from depression, words of uplift and inspiration are always welcome. Explore these quotations and see if a few simple words might change your day, your life, or your world.

"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew."
Saint Francis de Sales

"A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl."
Stephan Hoeller

"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."
Thich Nhat Hanh

"Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keep friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment."
Greenville Kleisser

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."
Helen Keller

"Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world."
C.S. Lewis

"The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being."
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

"What you thought before has led to every choice you have made, and this adds up to you at this moment. If you want to change who you are physically, mentally, and spiritually, you will have to change what you think."
Dr. Patrick Gentempo

"Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime,
Therefore, we are saved by hope.
Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history;
Therefore, we are saved by faith.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone.
Therefore, we are saved by love.
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own;
Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness."
Reinhold Niebuhr

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
Leo Buscaglia

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?

Christine@girltimecoaching.net (Christine) — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:56:00 +0000

This makes me laugh...

Let your life overflow with joy

* What Makes You Laugh?