#181This present hour

Gladly accept the gifts of this present hour. ~ Horace

- Which hour is most important for you: past, present, or future?
- What gifts can this present hour bring for you if you are open?
- Think about how you can make the most out of each hour: morning, afternoon, evening.

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#180 Exceeding Expectations

I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up. ~ Beverly Sills

- Where are you on the pendulum of minimum and maximum effort?
- When did you receive personal satisfaction and recognition for a job well done?
- Think of several opportunities where you could exceed expectations.

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#179 Consistency

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. ~ Oscar Wilde

- How much do you like routine?
- Would you agree that consistent people are unimaginative?
- Think about how you can add more creativity and dynamism to your life.

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#178 Goodness

Goodness is easier to recognize than to define. ~ W. H. Auden

- How do you recognize goodness in the actions of some people around you?
- Why is seeing goodness better than defining it?
- How do you define goodness?
- Think about how you can show some goodness this week?

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#177 New endings

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. ~ Carl Bard

- What do you wish you could redo if you had the chance?
- Well, that's impossible....now what can you do today to begin a bright future?
- What are the criteria needed to carry forward with hope and resolve?

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#176 Compliments

I can live for two months on a good compliment. ~ Mark Twain

- When were you were flattered by a good compliment?
- When did you provide a thoughtful, sincere compliment?
- Think about several people in your life who might benefit from some encouragement.

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#175 Being gifted

It is one thing to be gifted and quite another thing to be worthy of one's own gift. ~ Nadia Boulanger

- Everyone is gifted. What are your gifts?
- How can one be worthy of the gifts bestowed?
- Think of specific ways you can use several of your gifts wisely.

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#174 Changing seasons

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. ~ George Santayana

- What is so lovable about spring?
- Why should we balance our enthusiasm for spring with the other seasons?
- Reflect on the seasons of our lives.

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#173 Response instead of reaction

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction. ~ Rita Mae Brown

- What is the difference between acting and reacting?
- Think of a time when you reacted. How could the situation have been better if you had acted?
- How can you become more proactive in your daily life?

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#172 Actions tell all

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement. ~ Alfred Adler

- To what extent are you making things happen in your life?
- Reflect on several people who exemplify a vital life through their actions.
- Think about the diversity of actions: work, family, friends, community, spiritual, philanthropy, etc.

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#171 Step into the water

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. ~ Jonathan Winters

- To what extent do you wait for things to happen in your life?
- When did you take the initiative and make something happen?
- Reflect on several opportunities which may provide some exciting possibilities for you.

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#170 Middle of the road

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over. ~ Ambrose Bierce

- Do you agree or disagree with this quote?
- What are the benefits of taking a middle position, the drawbacks?
- Think of times when you were a conciliator and times when you took a passionate stand. Perhaps there is room for both actions in our life?

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#169 Recovering

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is. ~ Christiaan Barnard

- How does Barnard put suffering into perspective?
- Think of times when you suffered and you recovered. How did you do it?
- What have you learned through the suffering/recovery process?

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#168 Changing perspective

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise. ~ James Lowell

- A dandelion has its day when it is as beautiful as a flower. Why do we want to pull them out?
- How can the weeds in our life carry positive potential?
- Think about your perspective on the positive and negative aspects of life. What does this quote encourage one to do?

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#167 Ambition and happiness

When ambition ends, happiness begins. ~ Hungarian Proverb

- To what extent does a desire to get ahead consume your thoughts and efforts?
- Does this quest moderate as one gets older?
- We have been told that ambition is a often a virtue. With what should it be balanced?

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#166 Too much close contact

The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact. ~ Sir Walter Scott

- Can you get too much of a good thing?
- How do you find the right balance in your relations with friends?
- What are the characteristics of quality time with friends?

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#165 Prayer as barometer

Prayer at its best is the expression of the total life, for all things else being equal, our prayers are only as powerful as our lives. ~ A. W. Tozer

- How important is prayer to you?
- To what extent might prayer help you to improve the vitality of your life?
- What are the dynamics of good prayer?

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#164 Sleep and health

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

- How can you describe your sleep habits?
- To what extent do you struggle with irregular sleep?
- What proactive steps can you take to ensure that you get adequate and restful sleep?

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#163 Adventurous spirit

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

- When was the last time you felt adventurous?
- How can you cultivate that feeling more often?
- Think about your strengths and how you can build on them.

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#162 Release and grow in love

In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul. ~ Mary Renault

- Have you ever been overcome with hate, jealousy, or envy?
- To what extent can these negative feelings consume your vitality?
- How can you find release from this negativity and grow in love?

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#161 Whole-hearted help

Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm. ~ Elizabeth Fuller

- Distinguish between talk and action.
- How does one give with one's whole heart?
- Think of several scenarios where you could extend not only your hand but your arm.

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#160 The greatest good

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

- What are several of your riches, talents?
- What people in your life helped you to discover and nurture those talents?
- How can you help someone to unlock his/her own talents this week?

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#159 Expressing ourselves

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think. ~ Niels Bohr

- How good are your conversational skills?
- To what extent do you talk about things you may not know that much about?
- What main insight can you glean here from Bohr's quotation?

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#158 Growth

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing. ~ William Butler Yeats

- What is happiness in your mind?
- Yeats suggests it is not a lot of things. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
- Reflect on your growth areas and why they might be very important to pursue them.
- Can you designate a new growth area?

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#157 Mundane tasks

Every job has drudgery... The first secret of happiness is the recognition of this fundamental fact. ~ M. C. McIntosh

- What do you like, dislike about your job, your daily routines?
- How can you accept mundane tasks and turn them into contentment?
- How can you find inner happiness in the valleys and summits of your day?

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#156 Accepting a friend's flaws

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings. ~ Jean Bruyere

- Think about several of your closest friends and when they disappointed you.
- How did you react to them and how did it affect your relationship?
- How can you try to forgive little failings and keep your relationship vital?

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#155 Work and play

When you're following your energy and doing what you want all the time, the distinction between work and play dissolves. ~ Shakti Gawain

- What activities stimulate your positive energy?
- To what extent does your work reflect your positive energy?
- How can you harness your positive energy in your daily work and play?

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#154 Just one day

A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller. ~ Paul Klee

- What possible actions could you do to make yourself a little larger?
- A little smaller?
- Reflect on the decisions you make each day which make you a little larger, a little smaller.

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#153 Grabbing life

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: 'I'm with you, kid. Let's go.' ~ Maya Angelou

- To what extent is your life dominated by planning, preparation, cautiousness?
- How can you resolve to embrace life more actively?
- What are some activities which invite more participation from you?

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#152 Saying it hot

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot. ~ D. H. Lawrence

- Are you generally talkative or more quiet?
- When was the last time you expressed something with passion because you believed in your convictions?
- Interesting that Lawrence uses the word hot. Reflect on what he meant.

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