This quote is so true. I learned in my educational leadership classes that you will never be able to make everyone happy. Someone out there will ALWAYS criticize you for your actions. Stay true to your heart and don’t let what others say bother you one bit!
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right―for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
―Eleanor Roosevelt
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What are you made of? What circumstances do you face and what are your reactions? Many people can face the same things but have very different reactions and outcomes to those circumstances. Don’t be afraid of boiling water. Be who you are meant to be no matter what you face.
“The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s what you’re made of. Not the circumstances.”
—Unknown
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There is so much to learn every single day. Be smart and take the opportunity to learn something new from those around you. What can you learn? What does someone else do that can make your life easier? Why pretend you have all the answers? Life is a journey. Enjoy the ride and learn from those around you.
“Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.” —Socrates
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Just because you don’t keep going back to a certain situation doesn’t mean you are upset or unloving. It just means you have decided that situation does not make your heart happy. It means you do not feel good about yourself in that situation. And if this is the case then it is okay to leave that situation and choose a different path.
Refusal to return to a situation doesn’t mean you harbor animosity or are incapable of forgiving. It merely means you see the situation for what it is and have chosen a different path.
~ Naomi Carr
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The way you feel around people means a lot. What is the energy like? Do you feel motivated? Comfortable? Positive? Negative? Deflated? Uncomfortable? Angry? Make sure you pay attention to how you feel. Your energy never lies.
Pay attention to the way you feel around people. Energy never lies.
~ Joker Theory
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Everyone makes mistakes and everyone should learn from them. Good people can make bad choices but that doesn’t mean they have to continue making bad choices or hurting others. We are all human and we all make mistakes. How we deal with those mistakes and our actions from there is what truly counts.
“We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are here now with the power to shape your day and your future.”
~Steve Maraboli
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As the years go on we realize we can’t go back. We’ve made choices. We now have to live with those choices. We may not be able to change the outcome of the choice we made but we can choose to make the next choice one we won’t regret.
“You can’t turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.”
—Bonnie Prudden
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Here on Earth, we learn about all different kinds of love. Brotherly love, maternal love, romantic love, and love for pets and nature. If you let your heart burst with love, the ride may be more meaningful.
“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.”
—Franklin P. Jones
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This Easter season I hope you spend time with your family and friends. I hope you find love and peace all around you. I hope you realize Easter is the time of new beginnings and whatever has been done in the past is done. Time to break out of that shell and spring ahead in the direction you want your life to go.
“The Easter egg symbolizes our ability to break out of the hardened, protective shell we’ve surrounded ourselves with.”
– Siobhan Shaw
HAPPY EASTER!
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I don’t know how many times to say it but life is short. Why live a life you don’t enjoy? Make the time to make changes and make the life you want. Reinvent yourself to make your dreams a reality.
If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you are eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.
~ Kevin Ngo
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