Optimist Creed

Optimist Creed

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

by Christian D. Larson in 1912, adopted by Optimist International in 1922

Morning Thought

Morning Thought

Start your day with good thought.

If you want something you never had, do something you have never done.

Don't go the way life takes you.

Take life the way you want to go.

And remember you are born to live and

Not living because you are born.

Lessons of life

Lessons of life

I feared being alone until I learned to like myself.

I feared failure until I realized that I only fail when I don't try.

I feared success until I realized that I had to try In order to be happy with myself.

I feared people's opinions until I learned that people would have opinions about me anyway.

I feared rejection until I learned to have faith in myself.

I feared pain until I learned that it's necessary for growth.

I feared the truth until I saw the ugliness in lies.
 
I feared life until I experienced Its beauty .
 
I feared death until I realized that it's not an end, but a beginning.

I feared my destiny until I realized that I had the power to change my life.
 
I feared hate until I saw that it was nothing more than Ignorance.

I feared love until it touched my heart, making the darkness fade into endless sunny days.

I feared ridicule until I learned how to laugh at myself.

I feared growing old until I realized that I gained wisdom every day.

I feared the future until I realized that life just kept getting better.

I feared the past until I realized that it could no longer hurt me.

I feared the dark until I saw the beauty of the starlight.

I feared the light until I learned that the truth would give me strength.

I feared change, until I saw that even the most beautiful butterfly had to undergo a metamorphose is before it could fly.

MORNING COFFEE

MORNING COFFEE
 
Live today, and live it fully.
Start out by reminding yourself how truly precious life is, and move forward with that in mind.

See the beauty and take time to enjoy it.
See the possibilities and make the effort to bring them into reality.

You can do things today that will forever change life for the better.
Focus on your own special way to create value, and make it happen.

Pay attention to those things that truly matter.
Give your love, your energy and your time to them, and your blessings will grow even more abundant.

No matter what the outside circumstances may be, let joy flow from inside you.
And watch as it changes the world around you.

This is a day to be filled with beauty, with loving effort, with the wonder, joy and positive energy of being alive. Live this day fully while it is here, and its joys will be with you always.

Ralph Marston

Truth about Failure

Truth about Failure

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it does mean you haven't succeeded yet

Failure doesn't mean you have accomplished nothing... it does mean you have learned something

Failure doesn't mean you have been a fool... it does mean you had a lot of faith

Failure doesn't mean you have been disgraced... it does mean you were willing to try

Failure doesn't mean you don't have it... it does mean you have to do something in a different way

Failure doesn't mean you are inferior... it does mean you are not perfect

Failure doesn't mean you've wasted your life... it does mean you've got a reason to start afresh

Failure doesn't mean you should give up... it does mean you should try harder

Failure doesn't mean you'll never make it... it does mean it will take a little longer