'Go confidently in the direction of your dreams'


"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." -- Henry David Thoreau About this photo: I took this photo outside of the northwest boundary of Mojave National Preserve on February 22, Read more

'Go dare before you die'


"Rest not! Life is sweeping by; go dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe About this photo: I took this photo looking out onto the Bonneville Salt Flats, UT on June 20, Read more

'Listen'


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'The world is all gates, all opportunities'


“We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson About this photo: I took this photo in San Francisco, CA in June Read more

'Pleasure disappoints, possibility never.'


"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so Read more

Life is not all peanut butter and chocolate (for anyone).

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Life is not all peanut butter and chocolate (assuming you like peanut butter and chocolate) — sometimes it just sucks. [ And sometimes it seems to just land in your life out of nowhere <--> (Hyperbole and a Half)]

And no one escapes completely — we all have “bad times”. And that may seem obvious, but mostly when you’re not in the middle of one.

Even for those of us who seem so positive, optimistic, and cheerful all the time (something I’ve been accused of on occasion), there isn’t always an escape from hard times when Trouble — with a capital T — comes calling.

And let me be clear here, I’m not talking about the little things like burning your toast or dropping your phone or being denied entry into Canada or destroying your dream laptop with coffee or having $5,000 worth of bikes stolen or being escorted out of Starbucks by 2 police officers

I’m talking about the times when it seems like nothing is going right — Read more Join the forum discussion on this post

Where the magic happens

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I’ve posted this as a companion to my “It’s all there if you want it” blog post from earlier today.

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‘It’s all there for you if you want it’

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Sometimes work sucks, relationships suck, and we get down thinking about things that aren’t “right” — but remember that whatever you focus on only grows stronger.

If you truly want change for the better, then focus on what actions you’ll take to change things — don’t just dwell on what isn’t “right”.

Most of the things that hold us back in life are the things we’ve chosen to let hold us back. We decide to put up with things even when it isn’t in our best interest — we actually grow “comfortable” with those things instead of dealing with the discomfort of the unknown — rather than take the leaps of faith that push us forward.

These little leaps of faith outside of our comfort zone are what truly teach us what we need to know to better ourselves and our lives. No, taking a leap of faith doesn’t mean you will always get what you leap for. And it doesn’t mean that things won’t go badly — but every time things don’t go according to how we want (or expect) them to be, we learn something – and what we learn leads to growth, if we let it.

I think there’s a super happy person inside of all of us begging to come out. Sometimes all you have to do is recognize that and open the door.

Let go of the little things & don’t let life get you down — and don’t be so afraid of the unknown. It’s a beautiful world — and it’s all there for you if you want it, truly…

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‘Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams’

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Don't let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of yours.

“Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of yours.”

 

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‘Sometimes I pretend to be normal’

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“Sometimes I pretend to be normal. But it gets boring. So I go back to being me.”

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‘Believe in Your Heart’ (poem)

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Believe in Your Heart

Author: Unknown

Believe in your heart that
something wonderful is about to happen.
Love your life.
Believe in your own powers,
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