A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
Muhammad Ali
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Perspective
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Look for the helpers
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother’s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.
Fred Rogers
In light of recent events
This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We’d have eaten ourselves alive long ago.
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, ‘The good outnumber you, and we always will’.
Patton Oswalt
Go easy on yourself
The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.
Pema Chödrön
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Paying attention to the good stuff
You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.
from Good Will Hunting
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Joyful and exuberant
Joyful and exuberant. That is a grand goal. Something to shoot for. Let’s go for that today. Yup, sign me up. Let’s start by imagining that it’s entirely possible, that it’s within reach, heck it might even be around the corner, or right next to you, about to tap you on the shoulder, right after you read this. I know and you know that imagining it will not automatically make it happen. But it might help. Let’s forget our cynical, logical self for a minute. Most of the time we don’t have any goals for the day, other than a to-do list. If we decide that today we are going to feel JOYFUL and EXUBERANT, then I’d say there’s a damn good chance we will. We’ll be on the lookout for it, and when we spot it, we’ll grab it. It’ll be ours. So let’s put it on our list today.
Marc Johns
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Good thoughts
If you have good thoughts, they will shine out your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
Roald Dahl
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A yardstick of quality
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environmnet where excellence is expected.
Steve Jobs
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The magic of reading
The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – that you’d thought special, particular to you.
And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met, maybe even someone long dead.
And it’s as if a hand has come out and taken yours.
Hector, The History Boys
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