Revealing character

Character is the sum total of all our everyday choices.  ~ Margaret Jensen

- What do your everyday choices reveal about you?

Every day

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

- What will make today a very good one?

Rewarding activities

Happiness consists in activity.  It is a running stream, not a stagnant pool.  ~ John Mason Good

- What activities help to engage you?

Enriching opportunity

Seek opportunities to be remarkable.  ~ Seth Godin

- What enriching opportunity awaits you?

The most of each day

Hope for the best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed. ~ Mel Brooks

- What helps you to make the most of each day?

Taking responsibility

We've gotten to the point where everybody's got a right and nobody's got a responsibility.  ~ Newton Minow

- What are some important responsibilities for you to uphold?

Positive marks on the day

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

-  How can you provide positive contributions to your day?

Branching out

An appeal and invitation...

http://quoteflections.blogspot.ca/2015/03/branching-out.html

A better me

I can be a better me than anyone can.  ~ Diana Ross

- In what ways do you celebrate your individuality?

Fragile earth

We are all butterflies.  Earth is our chrysalis.  ~ LeeAnn Taylor

- How sensitive are you to the fragility of our environment?

Quality of life

It's not the length of life, but the depth of life.  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

- What are the qualities of a life well lived?

Without labels

What labels me, negates me.  ~ Soren Kierkegaard

- Why is stereotyping so destructive?
- What should your perspective be toward everyone you meet?

Warm sparks

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.  ~ Lucy Larcom

- Where could you spark some warmth?

A rewarding life

The journey is the reward.  ~ Chinese proverb

- What makes your life rewarding?

Reasonable risk

Behold the turtle; he makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.  ~ James Conant

- What reasonable risk could you take?

Slow spaces

Lucid intervals and happy pauses.  ~ Francis Bacon

- How do you cultivate enriching interludes?

Role models

Children have more need of models than of critics.  ~ Carolyn Coats

- How can you be a positive role model to several impressionable young people in your life?

Living hearts

Hearts live by being wounded.  ~ Oscar Wilde

- How can brokenness be a springboard for the heart?

Each day

Make each day your masterpiece. ~ John Wooden

- How can you make this day special?

Keep focused

It is better to wear out than to rust out.  ~ Richard Cumberland

- In what areas lie your focused attention and pursuit?

A sturdy tree

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.  ~ Willa Cather

- How do you nurture resilience amidst life's challenges?

Get out there

Fresh air impoverishes the doctor.  ~ Danish proverb

- How often do you find nurture and exercise outdoors?

New frontiers

Make voyages!  Attempt them...there's nothing else.  ~ Tennessee Williams

- What new adventures/learning/discoveries await you?

Every day

May you live all the days of your life.  ~ Johnathan Swift

- What are the components of vital living?

Toward a full life

Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.  ~ Danny Kaye

- What activities/pursuits could enhance your life?

Toward a solution

Don't find fault.  Find a remedy.  ~ Henry Ford

- Where could you show some positive resourcefulness?

Occasional praise

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

- Who deserves a good compliment in your relationships?