Success Is…

Jul 302013
 

 

Beautiful Fireworks at Night

Beautiful Fireworks at Night (Photo credit: epSos.de)

 

Success means doing the best we can with what we have.  Success is the doing, not the eating; in the trying, not the triumph.  Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. ~ Zig Ziglar

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What’s your definition of success?  Is it the same for your kids?  How do you communicate that to them?

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To Say “No”

Jul 022013
 

 

 

No Estacione, No Envidie, No Ensucie, No Enloq...

No Estacione, No Envidie, No Ensucie, No Enloquesca… (Photo credit: HttpCarlitox!)

Self-respect is the root of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say ‘no’ to oneself.”

 — Abraham Heschel

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Sometimes it’s not easy to remember:  saying “no” is often a matter of remembering what we really want.      There are lots of benign-looking little distractions and temptations in everyone’s day…  and  short-term sacrifices often set the stage for  the successes we really crave.

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Injustices

Jun 252013
 
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Myllissa-Oscar the tabby cat teasing a baby-01 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

There are two great injustices that can befall a child.  One is to punish him for something he didn’t do.  The other is to let him get away with doing something he knows is wrong.

 

— Robert Gardner

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