Friday Fun

"If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door."

-Paul Beatty 

I'm just sayin…

We all have days where we want to operate the trap door. Mine happens to be today.

Ok…I've been talking a lot lately about dreaming while awake and really thinking hard about what is to be accomplished in 2009. I believe wholeheartedly that when you dream out loud (while you are awake) you are actively taking a step toward creating and solidifying what it is you want to accomplish. So, in that same vein of thought…here's a happy Friday quote to inspire you to dream and dream BIG!  

"All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible."

-T.E. Lawrence

To win without risk is to triumph without glory."

 - Pierre Corneille 

"Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results."

–Anon 

"Be more splendid, more extraordinary. Use every moment to fill yourself up." 

Can you guess who said this?

She's famous - not for her wisdom, necessarily, but for her talk show.

Don't ask yourself what the world needs

Ask yourself what makes you come alive

Then, go do it!

Because the world needs you…

To share,

To connect,

To learn,

To inspire.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

-Marianne Williamson, Author, Speaker and all around Cool Person

"Do every act of your life as if it were your last."

-Marcus Aurelius
(considered the last of the "Five Good Emperors" of Rome
and one of the most important philosophers of that time)

“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.”

-Thich Nhat Hanh