Author: Anne

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BEAUTIFUL

To be beautiful means to be yourself.  You don’t need to be accepted by others.  You need to accept yourself.

Quote by Thich Nhat Hanh

REFLECTION:

  • Do you see yourself as beautiful?
  • Are you focused on being accepted by others?
  • Have you accepted yourself?
  • How can you be you? What does that look like?

AND ALSO CONVENIENT…

If you want a breakthrough, or something at the top of the rankings, or a skill that few have, or the chance to build something you’re proud of… it doesn’t pay to also require that it be convenient.

FROM:  Seth Godin’s Daily Blog

REFLECTION:

  • Is there a breakthrough, something you want to accomplish that is going to require extra effort… inconvenience?
  • Knowing it won’t be ‘convenient’ how can you stick with this to see it through?
  • What adjustment in your mindset needs to happen to succeed?

ALLOWING OTHERS TO BE

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image.  Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

Quote by Thomas Merton

REFLECTION:

  • Do you allow others to be themselves?
  • Or do you want others to be like you?  Do you think you have the answers… know what is best for others and expect that of them?
  • How can you allow others to be who they are?