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The Difference Our Sight can Make

February 10, 2016 | suezquesteen | • • • • • • | balance • being better • change • character • freedom • kindness • mindfulness • parenting • personal growth • positive thinking • presence | No Comments

“If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life’s exciting variety, not something to fear.” ― Gene Roddenberry   Space, the final frontier…so many afternoons began with […]

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Want a Better World? Raise Your Voice!

February 3, 2016 | suezquesteen | • • • | balance • being better • change • character • freedom • kindness • mindfulness • personal growth • positive thinking • presence | No Comments

“ Nothing that I can do will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice I can help the greatest of all causes—goodwill among men and peace on earth.” ~ Albert Einstein It’s hard to imagine what it would have been like to be Albert Einstein, to discover a theory that […]

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Working on Self-Improvement? Be a better listener!

January 27, 2016 | suezquesteen | • • | balance • being better • character • kindness • mindfulness • parenting • personal growth • presence • Resolutions | No Comments

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” ~Stephen Covey Have you spent much time around small children?  It only takes one momentary slip of a ‘bad’ word or a story you’d rather not have repeated to your friends to discover that some of the best […]

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Life is better with less complaining

January 20, 2016 | suezquesteen | • • • • | being better • change • character • healthy body • kindness • mindfulness • parenting • personal growth • positive thinking | No Comments

“Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won’t make us happier.” ― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture   They’ve raised the price again! What do they think, that we’re made of money? She’s […]

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Thoughts to Encourage

Joy is the will which labors, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.~ William Butler Yeats

Whether you think you can or think you can’t you’re right. - Henry Ford

The best way out is always through. ~ Robert Frost

Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~ Theodore N. Vail

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. ~ Oliver Goldsmith

You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi

Nothing helps like a good nap…

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