Chutzpah is a Yiddish word meaning gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, sheer guts plus arrogance; it's Yiddish and, as Leo Rosten writes, no other word, and no other language, can do it justice. This example is better than a thousand words... A little old lady sold pretzels on a street corner for a dollar each. Every [...]
If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options. You can climb it and cross to the other side, you can go around it, you can dig under it, you can fly over it, you can blow it up, you can ignore it and pretend it's not there, you can turn around an [...]
We have a whole new year in front of us, one that we can fill with stress and negativity or one filled with adventures, good health, challenges to conquer, success and pure joy. I myself love the sense of unlimited possibilities, thousands of magical experiences enjoyed with friends, the new friends I'll make and [...]
I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. - Diana Nyad, swimmer
I found this the other day and have to share it. I don't know who the author is but appreciate what they shared . . . . Love yourself. Make peace with who you are and where you are at this moment in time. Listen to your heart. If you can't hear what it is [...]
"You can't talk yourself out of a problem you behave yourself into." - Stephen Covey
Three billion people on the face of the earth go to bed hungry every night, but four billion people go to bed every night hungry for a simple word of encouragement and recognition. - Cavett Robert
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Mother Teresa Nobel Peace Prize Winner Albanian Missionary 1910 - 1997
"Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better." "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” “Faith is taking the first step [...]
The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things. - Ernest Dimnet
