“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.”
It’s as much about defeat as it is success (post from Kirk Weisler)
Today I was sent a link to a presentation in “ Slide-share” titled “10 Lessons I wish I had learned in my Twenties Five of the 10 lessons I wanted to pass along to you. Because I recently got knocked down again… I really liked the last one. (No one punched me, it was self-inflicted … I think I ran headlong into the corner post!) Ouch. Nonetheless…there is only one thing to do…. Get back up.
Slide Share –
GET BACK UP (if you need to) and Make it a Great Day..
Kirk
That’s Nonsense. Make Up Your Mind…(post from Kirk Weisler)
Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that.
That’s nonsense. Make up your mind, you’ll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to.
But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible. – Sir Douglas Bader was a British fighter pilot who lost both legs in a flying accident, but still fought in World War Two. He was knighted for his work with the disabled, and the quote above is from his talk to a 14-year-old boy who had lost a leg in a car accident. — Sir Douglas Bader (1910-1982) British Aviator
I really can’t speak for anyone except myself. (But I often make the mistake of trying) But for me…the person most often telling me I can’t do this or that isn’t someone else…it’s me. “I’m to old to do that, or to start doing it.” – or – “I would need to go back to school before I could do that.” – or – “I just don’t have the resources or connections to accomplish that …” Meanwhile all around me I see and am inspired by those who seem to have heard and responded to the words of Douglas Bader. They have left their limitations lying in a forgotten heap and our focused on creating the future they want and envision. They have made up their mind….and so must you and I!
Douglas Bader certainly get’s my stamp of approval… not that he needs it. He already earned his own.
Make it a NO Nonsense Day… by Making Up Your Mind
Kirk Out
No Matter What!!
And given some time you’ll realize it was a blessing in disguise. And you will see that what goes around comes around, not because you wished it but because in this life all lessons are learned. You just can’t hurt others with out it coming back to you. You’ll look back and say it sucks that I got hurt but I’m stronger and so better off then if I had continued on that path. ~Claudia Peralta
To Be Appreciated (post from Kirk Weisler)
The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
– William James (1842-1910) American Philosopher and Psychologist
Today in midst of all that we ask, need, and request from others in our work and walk through life… perhaps we can also be that refreshing person who gets in line not to request anything…but only to express something. Appreciation.
It’s Friday!! YaY!!!
He was due for a promotion.
