Finding yourself
“No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see”.
~ Taoist Proverb
I’ve heard it over and over and I’ve even said it “I need to find myself”. The thing about getting older, you do get wiser. With that said, this phrase makes less sense to me every time I hear it.
Ongoing life lesson: With time, your being changes. Trying to find yourself keeps you stuck in the past. Embrace who you evolve into, without getting lost by compromising your values and principles.
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What’s in the box?
“The best things in life are unexpected – because there were no expectations.” ~ Eli Khamarov
I’m not saying that everything you’ve attained with a set of expectations were a disappointment but if you think about what gave you delight, most of it were probably what you least expected.
Ongoing life lesson… set expectations on certain goals to continuously challenge yourself, but definitely make more room for surprises.
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Staying young
“We do not cease to play because we grow old. We grow old because we cease to play.”
~ George Bernard Shaw.
Intend to finish
If the word quit is part of your vocabulary, then the word finish is likely not. ~ B.G. Jett
Sunset Race
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain
Location: Everett Marina
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Faith
You block your dreams when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.
~ Mary Manin Morrissey
In the woods…
The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man.
~ Anonymous
What red velvet cupcake?
It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. ~Oscar Wilde
Little Girls
No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told
they’re pretty, even if they aren’t. ~ Marilyn Monroe
Joy
While we try to teach our children all about life, Our children teach us what life is all about. ~Angela Schwindt
When was the last time you expressed your joy this way? No… there is no shame in it. The shame is we choose to “act” like adults and decided to ditch our childish ways. No wonder our kids eventually turn into grumps like us. Growing old may be mandatory, but growing up is optional. Stay young my friends!
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Beyond what you see
Look beyond every single thing you see. There’s always something behind.
~ Wilson Kanadi
Looking out the window, I thought I saw the most magnificent view of the day. The morning mist had just come down from the mountains, embracing the trees it passes while slowly approaching me. It was mesmerizing. Later that morning I rode past the trees through the mist and was greeted by an even grander view… a mountain range with snow caps that beckoned to be visited.
There’s always something beyond what’s in front of you. Never hesitate to venture past what seems to be something so amazing.
Some day my prince will come
When something is missing in your life, it usually turns out to be someone. ~Robert Brault
Generations
They say genes skip generations. Maybe that’s why grandparents find their grandchildren so likeable. ~Joan McIntosh
The Play
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.”
~William Shakespeare 
be just right. ~ Napoleon Hill
Sunset
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven. ~ John Lubbock
Point of view
Expression of artistic ability or vandalism?
There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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