RECOGNITION
It is up to us to give ourselves recognition.
If we wait for it to come from others,
we feel resentful when it doesn't,
and when it does, we may well reject it.
Bernard Berkowitz
SELF-IMAGE
It took me a long time not to judge myself through
someone else's eyes.
Sally Field
DREAMS
Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a
broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Langston Hughes
OUR BEST
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others but to
get ahead of ourselves - to break our own records, to
outstrip our
yesterdays by our today, to do our work with more force
than ever before.
Stewart B. Johnson
I WEAR A MASK
Living in a false world forces me
to wear a mask of sorts
I choose to wear a transparent mask;
I wear it, not so people cannot see me
but so I can't see them
and the falseness they embrace
It allows me to see through their mask
At the realness underneath
To peel back the cold surface
At the warmth of a real heart
It takes courage to not wear a mask
When there's a masquerade going on
all around you
Believe me - you'll see better without one
©Stella Savoie
No man is an island entire of itself. Each is
a piece
of the continent, a part of the main.
--John Donne
Our problems seem so singular; we often feel alone with
our struggles. And it's true that each of us must come to
our own terms with whatever situation faces us. But no
struggle facing us is free from the influence of other
people and their struggles. We have a shared destiny
which is accompanied by individual perceptions and both
singular and mutual responses to the ebb and flow
enfolding us all.
Knowing that we share this journey offers comfort when we
need it in our daily struggles. We are not alone,
forgotten, unimportant to the destiny of others. Nor are
others without meaning in the experiences we're gifted
with. Our existences are mutual--we are interdependent
contributors to the total life cycle.
What each of us learns eases the struggles of another.
All experiences are meant for the good of us all...
From the book The Promise of a New Day
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