Possibility

The world is possibility if only you'll discover it.

Ralph Ellison

Be Happy

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.

- Andrew Carnegie

Success

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.

Self-Care

Self-care is not an indulgence. Self-care is a discipline. it requires tough-mindedness, a deep and personal understanding of your priorities, and a respect for both yourself and the people you choose to spend your life with.

Help Others

Don't dwell on what happened, no matter how bad it was. Find something else to do. Find something to do to help others.

- Ruth Handler

One Life

Survival

"I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival." ~ Audre Lorde

Love & Appreciation

“There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”
― Mother Teresa

Where is your hunger for appreciation fed?

Foundation

Quote of the Day:

A successful man is the one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.

~ David Brinkley

Inner Peace

Finding inner peace is vital. If you don't have inner peace, you are not living.

Kristoff St. John

Speak Your Truth

Stop holding your truth; speak your truth. Be yourself. It's the healthiest way to be. Tiffany Haddish

Water

“Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.” ~Lao Tzu

Education

We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us?

Lydia Sigourney

Better Place

No greater glory, no greater honor, is the lot of man departing than a feeling possessed deep in his heart that the world is a better place for his having lived.

Robert Sengstacke Abbott

Three Questions

Ask yourself three questions ... and you will know who you are. Ask: what do you believe in? What do you hope for? But most important -- ask: what do you love?

~ Paullina Simons

Forgiveness

"Forgiveness begets peace." - Jan DeBlieu 

Nobility

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow[s]; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”  ― Ernest Hemingway

Take the Job

Take the job that you would take if you were independently wealthy.

Warren Buffett

Brokenness

“There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness.”

―Shannon L. Alder

The Door

“The door that nobody else will go in at seems always to swing open widely for me.” – Clara Barton

Loved & Loving

The greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they're loved and capable of loving.

- Fred Rogers

Enough

“For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It's enough. I'm enough.”

—Brene Brown

Happy Ending

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

- Orson Welles

Release

Type Four EnneaThought® for July 6th, 2018

"I now release my tendency to be distraught, fatigued, and inhibited".

(Enneagram Transformations, 61)

Imagination

EnneaThought® for the Day

Type Four EnneaThought® for July 2nd

Be aware that your "characteristic temptation" is to overuse your imagination. Average to Unhealthy Fours think that they will find themselves and the meaning of their feelings by retreating into fantasies. How can you stay grounded and focused on constructive activity today? (Understanding the Enneagram, 90)