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“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.”
-–Roy T. Bennett
As humans, well all make mistakes and suffer great loss on occasion. It’s just a part of life.
It’s easy to fall into the trap of dwelling on the bad times and forgetting that tomorrow will begin with the dawning of a new day. [Read more…]
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“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.“
–Ancient Chinese Proverb
Do you ever catch yourself saying something like the following?
“I wish I had done [whatever] back when I was younger. I have really missed out.“
Trust me, we all have regrets over opportunities missed, or simply passed up in order to take a different path.
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“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.“
-–Eleanor Roosevelt
I’ve heard it said that wisdom isn’t something you’re born with, but something you accumulate over a lifetime of taking lessons from the mistakes all of us humans will inevitably make.
Yes, it’s true that we all make mistakes, but the prudent among us try to learn from them so we never make those same mistakes again. [Read more…]
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“Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.”
–John Maxwell
It’s a simple fact of life that we humans sometimes fail at the things we attempt. After all, no one is perfect.
Some of the wealthiest people on the planet went bankrupt (some of them more than once) before they ultimately achieved their incredible success.
On the flip-side, some of the happiest people I have ever known had to go through some pretty dark times before they found the happiness they so badly longed for.
Here are a couple of examples: [Read more…]
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“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
-–Benjamin Franklin
Have you ever known someone who always seemed to be longing for happiness, but they never quite seemed to find it?
That seems to be a common thread among a large percentage of the world’s population.
But it doesn’t have to be that way…