#455 Lighten up

The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed. - Chamfort

- What are the sources for your humour?
- How can you bring more levity to your day?
- To what extent can you try to add more sunshine to the acquaintances around you?

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#454 The grand show

This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere: the dew is never all dried at once: a shower is forever falling, vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls. ~ John Muir

- When and where (near and far) have you felt the pristine beauty of nature?
- How did those moments make you feel?
- How can you find more time to enjoy nature? To help preserve and cultivate it?

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# 453 Tired of waiting

I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two--
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.
~Langston Hughes

- How timely is this quote for you?
- What do you think is preventing goodness to flourish?
- What can you do in small ways to cultivate the good?

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#452 Focus on the worthwhile

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, 
worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's 
the grain of sand in your shoe. ~ Robert Service

- What are some of the petty annoyances which can waste your time and emotions?
- What are some of the big, worthwhile things which need your focused attention?
- Reflect on the 'big picture' of your life.

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#451 Happy or Miserable?

We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same. - Carlos Castenada

- How happy do you feel?
- How miserable?
- How can you work at being less miserable and happier?

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#450 A true friend

A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strength; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities. ~ William Arthur Ward

- What, according to the quote can a true friend do?
- How well do you measure up in the friend department?
- How can you resolve to be a better friend in the near future?

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#449 A series of lessons

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. ~Thomas Carlyle

- What are several positive lessons you have learned?
- What are several painful ones?
- How does this quote encourage you to keep living your life with vitality and courage?

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#448 Know oneself

To know oneself, one should assert oneself. ~ Albert Camus

- When have you been assertive?
- What should balance or go along with assertiveness?
- How can assertiveness help you to understand yourself?

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#447 Giving of one's self

Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished. ~ Michael Strassfeld

- What are the qualities of light as described here?
- How much light do you provide in your daily life?
- How can you resolve to increase the wattage of your light? To whom?

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#446 Words as stepping stones

Some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand that the words are merely stepping stones placed across a fast-flowing river and the reason they're there is so that we can reach the farther shore, it's the other side that matters. ~ Jose Saramago

- What's the difference between a good writer and a great one?
- When have you experienced words which "are merely stepping stones across a fast-flowing river...to reach the farther shore"?
- What book enabled you to explore a perspective that matters?

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#445 Peter Principle

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. ~ Laurence J. Peter (expressing the so-called Peter Principle)

- To what extent do you agree with this adage?
- When have you seen the quote embodied?
- When have you seen the right people promoted?

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#444 Equal affection

How should we like it
were stars to burn
With a passion for us we
could not return
If equal affection there cannot be
Let more loving one be me. ~W. H. Auden

- When have you spurned the affection of another?
- When have you shown kindness that was not reciprocated?
- What is Auden's encouragement for us?

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#443 Kind Words

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is. ~ Blaise Pascal

- How ready are you with kind words?
- When did someone (more an acquaintance than a friend) give you a compliment or friendly greeting?
- How can you resolve to use more kind words in your every day life?

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#442 Service

Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country. ~ John F. Kennedy

- What are some common complaints about living in your community, province (state), country?
- What are the common expectations from your government?
- How can you proactively help to enrich your wonderful community, country?

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#441 To suffer and be strong

Know how sublime a thing is to suffer and be strong. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

- Is there room for any weakness, vulnerability in suffering?
- How can one stay strong through suffering?
- How can one best respond for people who suffer?

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#440 I have had my hour

Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Be fair or foul or rain or shine
The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine.
Not Heaven itself upon the past has power,
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. ~ Horace

- How secure are you within?
- To what extent do you fear death?
- To what extent have you lived your life to the fullest with each passing day?
- What can you say about your hour?

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#439 Self-pity

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self. ~ Millicent Fenwick

- When have you felt sorry for yourself?
- How often have you seen it exhibited by others?
- What is the pathway out of self-pity, the antidote?

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#438 Living

Live so that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. ~ Will Rogers

- What could the parrot squawk about you?
- How much hypocrisy do you see around you?
- What kind of life do you lead or want to lead?

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#437 A little learning

A little learning is a dangerous thing/Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. ~ Alexander Pope

- Why is a little learning a dangerous thing?
- Where have you seen the truth of this quotation?
- How does one drink deep in learning?

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#436 Revenge

He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. ~ John Milton

- How much bitterness do you harbour?
- How difficult is it to sort through the dynamic of forgiveness?
- How can you resolve to seek less revenge and more love?

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#435 Give up on worrying

Happy the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying, once and for all. ~ Ovid

- What are the chains which hurt the mind?
- What things do you worry about?
- How can you resolve to worry less?

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#434 Your answers

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

- When have you been given a correct answer by someone?
- How did it make you feel?
- How can you resolve to work on providing wonderful answers for people?

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#433 Stick to it

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs. ~ Malcolm Forbes

- We are all lumps of coal. What do we all have in common?
- Think fully about how some of us turn into diamonds.
- How can you add some polish to your stone?

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#432 Still learning

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~ Pablo Picasso

- What new skills have you learned over the years?
- To what extent do you still want to learn new things?
- Think about several areas for growth.

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#431 One's actions

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ~ Dalai Lama

- What is the mass media's dominant perception of happiness?
- What actions can bring unhappiness?
- What actions can bring you personal happiness?

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#430 The power of faith

Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase. ~ Martin Luther King

- How did King exemplify this quote?
- Why are the first steps sometimes the hardest?
- What faith strengthens your vision and strength?

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#429 The nature of love

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. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. ~ I Corinthians 13: 4-7

- List all the qualities of love as listed here.
- Which qualities stand out for you?
- Which qualities could you focus on and incorporate more in your life?

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#428 The simple truth

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. ~ Oscar Wilde

- What is your notion of truth?
- To what extent do you like to advocate truth?
- Why might it be more desirable to show caution in the midst of complex issues?

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#427 Happiness is harmony

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

- What do you often think about?.... Say?.... Do?....
- Which one is pivotal to finding harmony?
- What perspectives can you cultivate which will help you to live in greater harmony?

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#426 A friend who cares

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. ~Henri J. M. Nouwen

- How ready are you with advice, solutions, cures?
- How ready with a warm and tender hand, silence, toleration, patience?
- How can you become a more caring friend?

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#425 Dealing with Men

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. ~ Joseph Conrad

- This quote gave me a chuckle... Men, why are many of us a challenge for women?
- Women, what is your perspective about many men and your association with them?
- How can relationships between the sexes be improved?

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