We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
Maya AngelouRead
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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is ten percent what happens to me and ninety percent of how I react to it. And so it is with you. we are in charge of our attitudes.
The longer I live the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company . . . a church . . . a home.
No matter where i go, i still end up me. What's missing never changes. The scenery may change, but i'm still the same incomplete person. The same missing elements torture me with a hunger that i can never satisfy. I think that lack itself is as close as i'll come to defining myself.
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