Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.Quote by Horace (B. 65 BC - D. 8 BC)https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/horaceREFLECTION:What percentage of your time do you spend thinking about the future? The past?How can you "be here now?"What gift is today bringing? This moment bringing?Enjoy today's gift!
Photo taken at THE FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC "We have two ears and one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak."...We have two ears and one mouth. Use them proportionately.Quote by Epictetus - a Stoic Philosopher ( c. 50 – c. 135 AD)This quote, written two thousand years ago, is attributed to Epictetus, a Greek philosopher who spent his youth as a slave in Rome before gaining freedom after the death of Nero, under whom he served until around 60 ADREFLECTION:Do you use your ears and mouth in proper proportion?Do speak more than you listen or do you listen more than you speak?Most talk more than they listen (at least I'll speak for myself ) How can you listen more?How can you use your ears and mouth more proportionately?
Nobody's going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself, whether you're rich or poor, out of money or raking it in, the beneficiary of ridiculous fortune or terrible injustice. And you have to do it no matter what is true. No matter what is hard. No matter what unjust, sad, sucky things befall you. Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It's up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out.Quote by Cheryl Strayed from her book: TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGShttps://www.cherylstrayed.com/REFLECTION:Are you waiting for someone to do your life for you?Have you driven down the "self-pity road?"Have you "parked" on a dead end street?Are you willing to turn around and drive out?What does the turn-around look like? DRIVE OUT!