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Power is about what you can control. Freedom is about what you can unleash.”&lt;br /&gt;                                         &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Harriet Rubin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-7197002186141946957?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/DJpqEPEWe68" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/7197002186141946957/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=7197002186141946957" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/7197002186141946957?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" 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xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-11T09:05:48.096+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dance" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><title /><content type="html">&lt;p class="bodyquote"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt"&gt;“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="bodyquote"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="bodyquoteauthor"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt"&gt;-- Friedrich Nietzsche &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-8271591520541212246?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/CxqUrzzKCOA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/8271591520541212246/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=8271591520541212246" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/8271591520541212246?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/8271591520541212246?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/CxqUrzzKCOA/and-those-who-were-seen-dancing-were.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/11/and-those-who-were-seen-dancing-were.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0UGQnsyfSp7ImA9WxNUF08.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-6067318234644189505</id><published>2009-11-09T08:57:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T09:00:23.595+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-09T09:00:23.595+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="self-esteem" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="motivation" /><title /><content type="html">No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eleanor Roosevelt.&lt;br /&gt;………………………………………………………………&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theselfesteemsystem.com/1/7steps/?a_aid=9cb379b6&amp;amp;a_bid=498e6066"&gt;The Self-Esteem Book&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theselfesteemsystem.com/1/7steps/?a_aid=9cb379b6&amp;amp;a_bid=498e6066"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is your chance to boost what is one of the most important ingredients for our success and happiness and yet one that we often ignore or put to one side.The book gives you three very well structured parts that together form a road map to improve the quality of your life by enhancing your self-esteem.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can 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xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-07T12:32:27.992+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><title /><content type="html">"Most great people have achieved their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Napoleon Hill&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-6116643225470249868?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/monnGZyl_Cs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/6116643225470249868/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" 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scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><title /><content type="html">“Paradoxically, a group of humans becomes healing and converting only after its members have learned to stop trying to heal and convert. Community is a safe place precisely because no one is attempting to heal or convert you, to fix you, to change you. Instead, the members accept you as you are. You are free to be you. And being so free, you are free to discard defenses, masks, disguises; free to seek your own psychological and spiritual health; free to become your whole and holy self.”&lt;br /&gt;-- Scott Peck&lt;br /&gt;…………………………………………………………………&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.consultpivotal.com/Afripp.htm"&gt;Help I Have to Give a Speech! &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE simplifies and demystifies the process of designing your presentation...fast!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-3514987020228060255?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/kdp9CkeYgTo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/3514987020228060255/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" 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your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Carl Schurz&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-533053554226785734?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/fmf_ik_FAeo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/533053554226785734/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=533053554226785734" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/533053554226785734?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" 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xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-10-28T08:37:04.399+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="character" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="quotations" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><title /><content type="html">"People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michael Josephson&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-1281391858640641051?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/MlyPT3wbITA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" 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xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/10/people-of-character-do-right-thing-not.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkEARXs5fCp7ImA9WxNVFU4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-1330598371809081378</id><published>2009-10-26T15:20:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T15:24:04.524+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-10-26T15:24:04.524+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="good first impressions" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="quotations" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><title /><content type="html">"You must live in the present, launch yourself   on every&lt;br /&gt;wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on&lt;br /&gt;their island opportunities and look toward another land.&lt;br /&gt;There is no other land, this is no other life but this."&lt;br /&gt;                &lt;br /&gt;--    Henry David Thoreau&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;………………………………………………………………&lt;div&gt; People form their first impression of you in the first four seconds!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; Maximize your natural attributes to create an instant bond with anyone you meet. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://kevinhoganprograms.com/aw.aspx?B=127&amp;amp;A=162&amp;amp;Task=Click"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"&gt;Discover how to be your most irresistible self&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-1330598371809081378?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/QWLbfuzdvy8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/1330598371809081378/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=1330598371809081378" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/1330598371809081378?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/1330598371809081378?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/QWLbfuzdvy8/you-must-live-in-present-launch.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/10/you-must-live-in-present-launch.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CU8CRXc7fCp7ImA9WxNVEko.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-8406995116306886942</id><published>2009-10-23T14:54:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T14:57:44.904+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-10-23T14:57:44.904+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Richard Bach" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="t for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="quotations" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="winning" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><title /><content type="html">&lt;p class="bodyquote" align="center" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"&gt;“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="bodyquote" align="center" style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="bodyquoteauthor"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;-- Richard Bach &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-8406995116306886942?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/V6M_ErqdS_o" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/8406995116306886942/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=8406995116306886942" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/8406995116306886942?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/8406995116306886942?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/V6M_ErqdS_o/sooner-or-later-those-who-win-are-those.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/10/sooner-or-later-those-who-win-are-those.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEEBQ30yeyp7ImA9WxNVEEo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-660471110911557559</id><published>2009-10-21T07:03:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T07:04:12.393+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-10-21T07:04:12.393+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="attempting the impossible" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="quotations" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><title /><content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-other"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;"Most of the things worth doing in the world have been&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;declared impossible before they were attempted."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;               &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;--  Earl Nightingale&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-660471110911557559?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/b-gpmL8y8lg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/660471110911557559/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=660471110911557559" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/660471110911557559?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/660471110911557559?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/b-gpmL8y8lg/most-of-things-worth-doing-in-world.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/10/most-of-things-worth-doing-in-world.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUMHRXg4eSp7ImA9WxNWGUw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-4486216456681124498</id><published>2009-10-19T10:49:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T10:50:34.631+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-10-19T10:50:34.631+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="happiness" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="change" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="motivation" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="leadership" /><title /><content type="html">"I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martha Washington&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;Creating lasting change &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;In times of uncertainty, people look to leaders for guidance. Imagine having the ability to positively and profoundly affect any individual, group or situation. What if you could influence and drive a team to produce exceptional results and empower them to go beyond supporting an organization to inspiring a mission-driven movement? What if you could help a loved one or co-worker identify what is stopping them from getting what they want in life and give them the tools to break through?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color:black"&gt;Creating Lasting Change: The 7 Steps to Maximum Impact&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;guides you down the path to becoming a more effective inspirational leader. In this 10-day program, you will examine leadership from a unique perspective—the ability to influence the thoughts, feelings and actions of others.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2795022-10431171%22target=%22_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2795022-10431171%22target=%22_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Conquer Today's Challenges. Take Control Now&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-4486216456681124498?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/lK7PsUyQtVk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/4486216456681124498/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=4486216456681124498" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/4486216456681124498?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/4486216456681124498?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/lK7PsUyQtVk/i-am-determined-to-be-cheerful-and.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-am-determined-to-be-cheerful-and.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUMBRng_eip7ImA9WxNWFk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-5854616955659231439</id><published>2009-10-16T06:10:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T06:10:57.642+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-10-16T06:10:57.642+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="quotations" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><title /><content type="html">"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~ SÃ¸ren Kierkegaard&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-5854616955659231439?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/Xena7_KMUfg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/5854616955659231439/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=5854616955659231439" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/5854616955659231439?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/5854616955659231439?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/Xena7_KMUfg/if-i-were-to-wish-for-anything-i-should.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-i-were-to-wish-for-anything-i-should.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEQFQ38-cSp7ImA9WxNTEk0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-4513428012018359605</id><published>2009-08-14T09:30:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-14T09:31:52.159+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-14T09:31:52.159+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="free choice" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="change" /><title /><content type="html">&lt;p class="bodyquote" align="center" style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#548DD4;mso-themecolor:text2;mso-themetint:153"&gt;“Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="bodyquoteauthor"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt"&gt;-- Stephen R. Covey &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-4513428012018359605?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/eU08wObiRQ8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/4513428012018359605/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=4513428012018359605" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/4513428012018359605?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/4513428012018359605?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/eU08wObiRQ8/every-human-has-four-endowments-self.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/08/every-human-has-four-endowments-self.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkQCRXw4fyp7ImA9WxNTEU8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-6828608590239301360</id><published>2009-08-13T10:29:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-13T10:46:04.237+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-13T10:46:04.237+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="angels" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Doreen Virtue" /><title>Celebrate International Angel Day</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=imz5veESGyw&amp;amp;offerid=139925.10000151&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonecolor:#330000;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="325" height="57" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.hhemarketing.com/author/virtue/tours/images/hdr_angel_05.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;  International Angel Day is a special one-day event that celebrates the magic   of the angels. Everyone has guardian angels, and these angels perform God's   will of peace for us all. When we open ourselves to hear our angels'   messages, every aspect of our lives become more peaceful. During this   inspiring day, you will learn to connect with your angels who have important   guidance for you about your career, relationships, health, and more. I look forward   to seeing you there! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p align="right" style="text-align:right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;— Doreen Virtue &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;hr size="1" width="100%" align="center"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=imz5veESGyw&amp;amp;offerid=139925.10000151&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"&gt;    &lt;v:stroke joinstyle="miter"&gt;    &lt;v:formulas&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;     &lt;v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"&gt;    &lt;/v:formulas&gt;    &lt;v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"&gt;    &lt;o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"&gt;   &lt;/v:shapetype&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=imz5veESGyw&amp;amp;offerid=139925.10000151&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0" style="'position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:97.5pt;height:104.25pt;" allowoverlap="f" button="t"&gt;    &lt;v:imagedata src="http://www.hhemarketing.com/author/virtue/tours/images/ico_virtue_01_130x139.jpg"&gt;    &lt;w:wrap type="square"&gt;   &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=imz5veESGyw&amp;amp;offerid=139925.10000151&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="130" height="139" src="http://www.hhemarketing.com/author/virtue/tours/images/ico_virtue_01_130x139.jpg" align="left" shapes="_x0000_s1026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=imz5veESGyw&amp;amp;offerid=139925.10000151&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;color:#694B8F;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Celebrate International Angel Day in Los Angeles!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;September   12, 2009 | 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;Los Angeles, CA&lt;br /&gt;Wilshire Ebell Theatre&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=imz5veESGyw&amp;amp;offerid=139925.10000151&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#694B8F;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;BRING A FRIEND FOR FREE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=imz5veESGyw&amp;amp;offerid=139925.10000151&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#694B8F;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt; ENTER CODE 3076 AT CHECKOUT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;The angels   want to heal and help every area of your life. In this entertaining and   inspirational session, Doreen will give audience angel readings and guide you   through angel communication methods. Her clairvoyant son, Charles, will teach   about a newly discovered archangel who assists you in making powerful and   amazing changes in your life. Both Doreen and Charles will help you to awaken   your natural psychic and healing abilities. This event will conclude with a   powerful Angel Therapy® healing session to help you release blocks,   negativity, and pain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Learn more about Angel Therapy® at  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=imz5veESGyw&amp;amp;offerid=139925.10000020&amp;amp;type=3"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#694B8F;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;www.AngelTherapy.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt; or check out Doreen and   Charles' book, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=imz5veESGyw&amp;amp;offerid=139925.10000269&amp;amp;type=2&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Signs   from Above&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;. In this fascinating book, Doreen and Charles teach you   how to understand the signs that are always around you from your spirit   guides and angels. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Don't   miss this opportunity to join us this year on September 12, 2009! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"&gt;   &lt;td style="border:none;background:#694B8F;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"&gt;   &lt;p align="center" style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#9999FF;"&gt;Use priority code 3076 and   bring a friend for free! Pass it on! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-6828608590239301360?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/lzEBNQAeEMw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/6828608590239301360/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=6828608590239301360" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/6828608590239301360?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/6828608590239301360?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/lzEBNQAeEMw/celebrate-international-angel-day.html" title="Celebrate International Angel Day" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/08/celebrate-international-angel-day.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0MEQXo7eip7ImA9WxNTEEg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-6279919557144645652</id><published>2009-08-12T14:30:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-12T14:30:00.402+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-12T14:30:00.402+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="persistence" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><title /><content type="html">I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult...I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Og Mandino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-6279919557144645652?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/siELu2aI1Ck" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/6279919557144645652/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=6279919557144645652" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/6279919557144645652?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/6279919557144645652?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/siELu2aI1Ck/i-will-persist-until-i-succeed.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-will-persist-until-i-succeed.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0QAQXY6fSp7ImA9WxJaGEs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-3967346395774661319</id><published>2009-08-10T09:42:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-10T09:42:20.815+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-10T09:42:20.815+10:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;quot;If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else!&amp;quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lawrence &amp;quot;Yogi&amp;quot; Berra&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;    &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;       &lt;tr&gt;         &lt;td valign="top"&gt;           &lt;p&gt;…………………………………………………………………&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;/td&gt;       &lt;/tr&gt;     &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;b&gt;Find your true balance&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;If you've felt something is missing in your life, your heart is troubled, or your mind has difficulty focusing or keep focused Sonia has your answer. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Sonia Choquette's Psychic University Level 3 True Balance Course. It is filled with tools and actions for you to find your True Balance in life. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.consultpivotal.com/Atrue_balance.htm"&gt;http://www.consultpivotal.com/Atrue_balance.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-3967346395774661319?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/UMXV_98EL_U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/3967346395774661319/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=3967346395774661319" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/3967346395774661319?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/3967346395774661319?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/UMXV_98EL_U/you-dont-know-where-you-are-going-you.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/08/you-dont-know-where-you-are-going-you.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DU4NQHgyeip7ImA9WxJaGEw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-9058979158321312460</id><published>2009-08-09T21:39:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-09T21:39:51.692+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-09T21:39:51.692+10:00</app:edited><title>Hello From Windows Live Writer</title><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Testing windows writer&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-9058979158321312460?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/3Y_x9ANhgU0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/9058979158321312460/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=9058979158321312460" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/9058979158321312460?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/9058979158321312460?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/3Y_x9ANhgU0/hello-from-windows-live-writer.html" title="Hello From Windows Live Writer" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/08/hello-from-windows-live-writer.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0QFRXg5eCp7ImA9WxJaFU8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-2451084262647992233</id><published>2009-08-06T11:14:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T11:15:14.620+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-06T11:15:14.620+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="kindness" /><title /><content type="html">"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they will not be here tomorrow. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Og Mandino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-2451084262647992233?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/MpcmxskchUo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/2451084262647992233/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=2451084262647992233" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/2451084262647992233?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/2451084262647992233?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/MpcmxskchUo/beginning-today-treat-everyone-you-meet.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/08/beginning-today-treat-everyone-you-meet.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUUDRncyfyp7ImA9WxJaEkg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-7321484015816183853</id><published>2009-08-03T09:53:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T09:54:37.997+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-03T09:54:37.997+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="world view" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="automating business" /><title /><content type="html">"Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Alan Keightley &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;…………………………………………………………………&lt;br /&gt;“How To Run Your Business On Auto-Pilot Toolkit” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you want to turn your business into a cash cow that works without you?  Then this powerful business pack is a must for you. You'll discover how to spend less time in your business and more time on your life, with this comprehensive collection of tools, books and interviews. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.consultpivotal.com/Aoffice_organiser.htm"&gt;http://www.consultpivotal.com/Aoffice_organiser.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-7321484015816183853?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/-dzj2BZLQ_s" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/7321484015816183853/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=7321484015816183853" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/7321484015816183853?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/7321484015816183853?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/-dzj2BZLQ_s/once-in-while-it-really-hits-people.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/08/once-in-while-it-really-hits-people.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEQNSHY4eip7ImA9WxJaEEw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-3142063159433787536</id><published>2009-07-31T14:59:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-07-31T14:59:59.832+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-31T14:59:59.832+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="driving" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="funny quotations" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><title /><content type="html">"The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside we all believe that we are above-average drivers."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; -- Dave Barry&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-3142063159433787536?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/NppLaO2K_9Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/3142063159433787536/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=3142063159433787536" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/3142063159433787536?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/3142063159433787536?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/NppLaO2K_9Q/one-thing-that-unites-all-human-beings.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/07/one-thing-that-unites-all-human-beings.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkYCQ3k_eyp7ImA9WxJbGE8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-8660814975224910293</id><published>2009-07-29T08:27:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T08:29:22.743+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-29T08:29:22.743+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="quotations" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fear" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dale Carnegie" /><title /><content type="html">"You can conquer almost any fear if you will make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the   mind."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dale Carnegie&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-8660814975224910293?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/N68dILlTxdw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/8660814975224910293/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=8660814975224910293" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/8660814975224910293?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/8660814975224910293?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/N68dILlTxdw/you-can-conquer-almost-any-fear-if-you.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/07/you-can-conquer-almost-any-fear-if-you.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEcHQnY-fSp7ImA9WxJbFkg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-3233658235968716535</id><published>2009-07-27T09:46:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T09:47:13.855+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-27T09:47:13.855+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="goals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="self acceptance" /><title /><content type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;p class="bodyquote" align="center" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:blue"&gt;"There is no freedom like seeing myself as I am and not losing heart."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="bodyquote" align="center" style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:blue"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="bodyquoteauthor"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8.0pt"&gt;-- Elizabeth J. Canham&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;  &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;………………………………………………………………&lt;/span&gt;…&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:blue"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:18.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana"&gt;Set meaningful goals, make better use of your time and get more done more easily. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:18.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana"&gt;Accomplish what’s most important. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:18.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana"&gt;Stay organized and focused. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:18.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana"&gt;Set and achieve smart goals to reduce stress, anxiety, procrastination and chaos. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:18.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana"&gt;Go for what you want! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:18.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana"&gt;Workbook includes 30 days of email support.&lt;b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.higherawareness.com/affiliate.php?id=brrit001&amp;amp;redirect=/personal-goal-setting.shtml"&gt;Goal Setting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-3233658235968716535?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/r3lOVpau4eI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/3233658235968716535/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=3233658235968716535" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/3233658235968716535?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/3233658235968716535?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/r3lOVpau4eI/there-is-no-freedom-like-seeing-myself.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/07/there-is-no-freedom-like-seeing-myself.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEEMQXo_fyp7ImA9WxJbFEU.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-8257868098240520500</id><published>2009-07-25T10:43:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-07-25T10:44:40.447+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-25T10:44:40.447+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hope" /><title /><content type="html">"Hope is the companion of power, and the mother of success;  for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Samuel Smiles&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5365384034138295001-8257868098240520500?l=pivotalthought.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~4/iIMjQ798Wns" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/feeds/8257868098240520500/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5365384034138295001&amp;postID=8257868098240520500" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/8257868098240520500?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5365384034138295001/posts/default/8257868098240520500?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YourPivotalThoughtForTheDay/~3/iIMjQ798Wns/hope-is-companion-of-power-and-mother.html" title="" /><author><name>Bronwyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033932809875318220</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15313589591074699706" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://pivotalthought.blogspot.com/2009/07/hope-is-companion-of-power-and-mother.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0AGRH8_eyp7ImA9WxJbEkw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365384034138295001.post-414754476901824620</id><published>2009-07-22T08:35:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-07-22T08:35:25.143+10:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-22T08:35:25.143+10:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="praise" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="criticism" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="thought for the day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inspiration" /><title /><content type="html">&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 13px; "&gt;"I have yet to find a man, whatever his situation in life, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he ever would do under a spirit of criticism."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;- Charles M. 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