Battles

http://i.imgur.com/iUR8Shk.jpg

Proceed

"Life doesn’t always want to be much; life from time to time goes extinct;... life goes on"

- Bill Bryson

Assertive

http://i.imgur.com/OK4tVue.jpg

Sparse

“There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to 

accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”

― G.K. Chesterton

Valor

“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are 

princesses who are only waiting to see us act, 

just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps 

everything that frightens us is, in its deepest 

essence, something helpless that wants our 

love.”

- Rainer Maria Rilke 

Essence

Don't forget where you came from but never 

lose sight of where you're going. 

Vindicate

Although it may take a while, we should try to absolve those that have wounded us. Forgiveness will allow us to feel ethereal. 

http://i.imgur.com/aKv5O.jpg

Ease

You are responsible for the peace that you feel.

Tenacity

http://sayingimages.com/i-hope-you-live-a-life-youre-proud-of/

Mindful

Mindful

Every day

I see or hear

something

that more or less

kills me

with delight,

that leaves me

like a needle

in the haystack

of light.

It was what I was born for -

to look, to listen,

to lose myself

inside this soft world -

to instruct myself

over and over

in joy,

and acclamation.

Nor am I talking

about the exceptional,

the fearful, the dreadful,

the very extravagant -

but of the ordinary,

the common, the very drab,

the daily presentations.

Oh, good scholar,

I say to myself,

how can you help

but grow wise

with such teachings

as these -

the untrimmable light

of the world,

the ocean's shine,

the prayers that are made

out of grass?

- Mary Oliver

Fortitude

Have the courage to take action and to follow your passion.

Refinement

We are all one small adjustment from making our lives work ... 

I heard this quote as I was flipping through channels ... lol

Laconic

" When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less. "

- Paul Brown

Footprints in the sand

One night I had a dream -- 

I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord, and

Across the sky flashed scenes from my life.

For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand;

One belonged to me, and the other to the Lord.

When the last scene of my life flashed before us,

I looked back at the footprints in the sand.

I noticed that many times along the path of my life,

There was only one set of footprints.

I also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in my life

This really bothered me, and I questioned the Lord about it.

"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,

You would walk with me all the way;

But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life,

There is only one set of footprints.

I don't understand why in times when I

needed you the most, you should leave me.

The Lord replied, "My precious, precious

child. I love you, and I would never,

never leave you during your times of

trial and suffering.

When you saw only one set of footprints,

It was then that I carried you."

Mary Stevenson

Zealous

I can't believe I am quoting Huxley ...

"Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right."

                                            -Aldous Huxley

Intrepidity

Acclimatize !!!!!

"When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails"
                                                               H. Jackson Brown Jr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_little_one/464921012/

Felicity

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
- Joseph Campbell 

http://a3.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/64/745baf7d688f70316582f1e226097b96/l.jpg

In Four Years

Please note that I did not write this, and found it online- the author is unknown, but the poem can be found in the following link:
http://dukegroups.duke.edu/develledish/2011/in-four-years/



I learned that putting spoons in the freezer when you’re crying will later soothe your puffy eyes
I learned that getting away from the person who makes you cry will, eventually, make you feel better.

I learned that my eyes are grey, not blue
That they shift with the light and with my moods
I learned that this makes me beautiful
Even when my eyes are as stormy as my soul.

I learned that I hate the word “hot”
I learned that I have defined a large portion of my life by it.

I learned the difference between a true apology and a request for absolution
I learned that the former is rare and the latter, much too common
I learned that I have the right to walk away from both.

I learned that I have rights, even as a woman.  Especially as a woman.

I learned that rock bottom is never actually bottom, and that asking for help is better than muddling through
I learned that muddling a drink is unnecessary when you learn to like the taste of straight whisky
I learned that whisky sometimes gets you closer to bottom.

I learned that discomfort is powerful.

I learned that thunderstorms are soothing
And that sunny days are just nervous energy bursting from the universe’s soul.

I learned that sunburn hurts just as much as the boy on the beach who tells you that you look anything less than “skinny” in a bathing suit
I learned that “skinny” is more painful than it looks
And that a bathing suit is meant for playing in the water so much that you forget you are getting burned.

I learned that cigarettes sting and that cigars are smoother
But that smoking either will elicit more attention than both are worth.

I learned that sex can feel good
And that it feels best when it’s actually consensual.

I learned that speaking against the consensus is sometimes a good idea
I learned that my ideas are worth voicing, even when they earn me a jab in the ribs, a shove, a reputation
I learned that reputations are both more and less important than they seem
Depending upon the circles of people you choose to esteem in your life.

I learned that having people in my life that I do not respect is, in fact, a waste of my time
I learned that my time is precious because it is mine, because I can choose what I want to do with it.

I learned that taking a nap is sometimes just as valuable as taking that hour to study, or get lunch with a friend, or look up poetry by authors I secretly aspire to become
I learned that secret aspirations are just bold dreams divided from the truth by a thin line of privacy and shame
I learned that words are in my veins and that I bleed my existence every time I put pen to paper.
I learned that four years is not enough time to know myself.

But I learned that I am worth knowing.

by anonymous 

Inner Motivation

Pray as if everything depends on God, then work as if everything depends on you.

St. Augustine

http://all.worth1000.com/artists/paulbillett