Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs one step at a time
Mark Twain (The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson)
Note: first introduced to me by my dear friend njc

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once a week.
 Charles Darwin

Whatever you want in life,
you must give up something to get it.
The greater the value,
the greater the sacrifice required of you.
Everything has a price.

There's a price to pay if you want to make things better,
and a price to pay for just leaving things as they are.

Nothing worthwhile ever comes easily.
Work, continuous work and hard work,
is the only way to accomplish results that last.
Use your imagination more than your memory to achieve success.

There is no success at bargain basement prices.
The highway to success is a toll road.
Max Steingart

"If you Stumble Make it Part of The Dance
John DeAmicis

The tree sick with jealousy becomes uprooted as it leans too far in its attempt to overshadow the other trees nearby."
Joshua Seth Altschule

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination
Author: Jimmy Dean

"Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.”
Robert Frost
(American poet, 1874-1963

"It isn't the big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones."
Jean Webster
Sent by njc

"Must Love Dogs......""
My line of thoughts about dogs is analogous. A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones. And their passing moods may reflect the passing moods of others."
Sir Arthur Canon Doyle "The Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes
Note: Sent by Benny Mahr

"I am that I am."
G-d to Moses at the Burning Bush

"The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and
mystery. There is always more mystery." (Anais Nin)
Contributed by NJC

"How does a person make you feel about you? About being all of what you are? Not about you becoming, just about you being.
Because when it all comes down to it, that is what a mate is all about.
We are here to bolster each other and walk through this maze of life together
The benchmark then should transcend logic and paradigms, rather it is about emotional response and connection with one's self and being.
That barometer that many of us have been searching for externally, is then rather within each of us."
Kenneth Kaufman with comments and edits by fsm

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Note: Contributed by Donna

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. 
John Steinbeck

All lies and jest, still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. - Simon and Garfunkel, The Boxer

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden.[Buddha] 568-488 BC,

"It's not what has happened in your past that determines what is in store. Rather, it's your decisions in the present about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you're going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny. Anthony Robbins

Words have the power to both destroy and heal.
When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
--Buddha

"Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care. One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases - and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the Path.
[Buddha]

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

Buddha

The only way a relationship*(1) will last is if you see it as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take
Anthony Robbins
comment - this is true for any relationship whether between,( parent-child; romantic, between man and woman; platonic between friends; between and among family members; colleagues etc. As one of my mentors has taught, " To have a friend one must first be a friend."

"Try not. Do, or do not.There is no try."
Yoda, from Star Wars II

"Now you are at a crossroads. This may be your opportunity to make one of the most important decisions you will ever make. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Who have you decided to be now? Don't think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who do you want to be?Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully.Seize your opportunity with power, conviction and belief. Make it your reality.”
Anthony Robbins

"You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events -- how we interpret them -- that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish."
Anthony Robbins

When you reach the end of what you should know,
you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.
--Kahlil Gibran

In-between stimulus (cause) and response (effect) is a space. In that space lies our power and freedom to choose. How we wield our choices determines our happiness.
--Steven R. Covey

Aug. 4, 1944, Nazi police raided the secret annex of a building in Amsterdam and arrested eight people, including 15-year-old Anne Frank, whose diary became a famous account of the Holocaust
Her quote , "In spite of everything I still  believe that people are really good at heart"
Her words seem very apropos in today's world.
Sent by my dear friend Robert Clay

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge
is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
- Albert Einstein

This weekend while sharing quality time with someone, among many other things we coincidentally discussed some of what is so vividly portrayed in what is about to be shared as today's "TFTD."
When I saw this video today, as was sent to me by my dear friend Jimmy DeMesa author of the book "BeHappy"
( http://www.focusonethics.com/behappy.html).... I was blown away, not only by it's excellence, message and IMPORTANCE in life changing potential, but also as certain aspects of it were literally just among the topics of discussion this weekend. The message in today's "TFTD" may be among the most important you will receive......................

So Today's "TFTD:"
http://www.clientlogic.com/resources/video_VPP.html

Here is a paraphrased quote by one of my mentors Neil Cantor after he saw
what you are about to see:
"I have just been blown away by the video link above. It is probably the best presentation I have ever seen. Certainly I'm prejudiced because my attainments in life have been based on its message of:
"VISION - PASSION - PURPOSE"

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born
Simple Abundance" by Sarah Ban Breathnach

"I think your heart grows back bigger; the universe lets your heart function that way."
John Cusack playing Jake says to Diane Lane playing Sarah, over dinner while explaining being hurt by the breakup of his previous relationship in the movie
Must Love Dogs