It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Norman Vincent PealeRead
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
Interpretation
Christmas brings a sense of wonder and beauty to the world, transforming our perceptions.
This quote by Norman Vincent Peale suggests that the spirit of Christmas has a unique power to soften our hearts and enhance our appreciation of beauty in both ourselves and our surroundings. It emphasizes how the festive season can evoke feelings of joy, peace, and love, allowing us to see the world in a more positive light.
In practice
This quote would be perfect to include in a holiday card to friends and family to express the joy of the season.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
I firmly believe that when you die you will enter immediately into another life. They who have gone before us are alive in one form of life and we in another.
Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover . . . refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our interests at someone's disadvantage. We are to turn our back upon evil, and in every way possible, do good, help people and bring blessings into their lives.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast." ~
It is a pink and blue feeling, as sharp as clear sky; a slight breeze, and the edges of Lake Nakuru would rise like the ruffle at the edge of a skirt; and I am pockmarked with whole-body pinpricks of potentiality. A stretch of my body would surely stretch as far as the sky. The whole universe poised, and I am the agent of any movement.
Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was 26. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don't take it off until you're 34.
With the death of my father, it wasn't just the objects of everyday life that had changed; even the most ordinary street scenes had become irreplaceable mementos of a lost world whose every detail figured in the meaning of the whole.
Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.
Ours is an upbeat, a hurried, hasty beat. It keeps pressing us to go farther, to include everything so that we can savor everything, so that we can know everything, so that we will miss nothing. Partly it's greed, but mainly its curiosity. We just want to experience it. And we do.
As in any person's life, there have been difficult moments: I have a son with Down's syndrome; through my photography, I have witnessed all manner of human degradation. But there have also been very happy moments.
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