" You wake up in the morning suffused with an ineffable feeling of joy, a deep sense of well being. You go to work, to a job you love so much that you would pay for the privilege of doing it. You labor intently but are so focused that time flies by unnoticed. At the end of the day, you are invigorated, brimming with more energy than what you started. You have a penetrating awareness of the course you are charting, a clear knowledge of your place in the scheme of the universe. Your work feeds this, is congruent with it, and brings great contentment and peace.
Goal setting is important, but the fundamentals need to be settled first. Unexamined goals are dangerous, as was mentioned in the previous post.
"Why was I not told, that in my brain I hold, in one tiny ivory cell, both God's heaven and God's hell?" Oscar Wilde
Voices are crying, pulling in many directions. Almost magnetically, we are drawn toward those goals which seem attractive, and promise us things we think we want. That new car, that girlfriend, that promotion, that image of yourself that makes others think you are smart, cool, slick and popular, wanted.
Leaving your legacy- your imprint on the world, that continues while we are gone.
While we are living, loving and being…. Mortality is all around us.
An excerpt of a post taken from EdithYeung.com reminds us that all of us are living legacy in one way or another. It is in reflecting that we grow; it is doing something that is bigger than ourselves that we touch lives and leave behind something worthwhile.
The power of positive thinking is immense, the value of a positive mental attitude is priceless. It is a value everyone must have. It is the prelude to success, within and without.
To cultivate a habit of positive thinking with chains of less than perfect habits and thinking that we have picked up in the course of our lives, is an art that has to be acquired. Here are 10 tips for positive thinking and practical steps that enable positive thinking to be indelibly part of your life, that will leave living richer fuller and happier.
Don't let anybody steal your dreams. There is a voice within us that knows we have something special and unique to give to the world. But in this world there will be dream stealers, dream snatchers ant dream killers that will squash your dream, extinguish and snuff it out of existence. And they tell you out of the good intention of their hearts. They will tell you it is not possible. You will get burnt. Don't even try.
"Throughout my life, my friends and folks have offered me advice.
And though they meant the best for me, it often wasn't nice
They'd always say my plans were just more crazy schemes
And very time I listened, I let them steal my dreams
" Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is an illusion." Helen Keller
Life is an adventure to be savored. Enjoyed. Lived. Yet many of us go through the motions of life, barely living, feeling, challenging, growing and daring as we ought to. We have somehow lost the essence, the thrill of living. To relive the adventure in everyday life, the joy and excitement of living again, here are some tips that will start you on a journey you will never regret.
You were born to be great, to accomplish something of worth for which you came into the world for. It has been said that life is nothing more than a search – a continuous search for a cause to live and die for, to be governed by the thought and dreams and propelled by a concealed urge to achieve. It is unconscious, it is automatic. It is that nagging feeling tugs at you when you are alone, that there is something more. That there is something missing…
Stumble it!
" You wake up in the morning suffused with an ineffable feeling of joy, a deep sense of well being. You go to work, to a job you love so much that you would pay for the privilege of doing it. You labor intently but are so focused that time flies by unnoticed. At the end of the day, you are invigorated, brimming with more energy than what you started. You have a penetrating awareness of the course you are charting, a clear knowledge of your place in the scheme of the universe. Your work feeds this, is congruent with it, and brings great contentment and peace. 
Goal setting is important, but the fundamentals need to be settled first. Unexamined goals are dangerous, as was mentioned in the previous post.
Leaving your legacy- your imprint on the world, that continues while we are gone.
The power of 
You were born to be great, to accomplish something of worth for which you came into the world for. It has been said that life is nothing more than a search – a continuous search for a cause to live and die for, to be governed by the thought and dreams and propelled by a concealed urge to achieve. It is unconscious, it is automatic. It is that nagging feeling tugs at you when you are alone, that there is something more. That there is something missing…
