Tidbits

I thank each person who continues to send me uplifting words of encouragement, quotes, and other fun tidbits...

"Living out of the center enables us to blend for a moment into a greater background than our own fears, to merely be still, and to know that God is God. It means that I don't figure out, I don't analyze. I simply loose myself in the experience of just being alive, of being in a community of believers, simply knowing that it's good to be there, even if I don't know where 'there' is or why it's good. An inner stillness assures me that it is enough right now to be centered, to be in Christ Jesus, and that gratefulness is both the heart of living and the heart of prayer." -Brennan Manning, Alive in Jesus

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” -Howard Thurman

“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? Your playing small does not serve the world.” - Marianne Williamson, Social Entrepreneur & Author

"Why Be Great? If you are doing something you love this is a silly question. The real question to ask is: Why not be great? Why not you? -Jim Collins, Good to Great

"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now." - W.H. Murray, Scottish Mountaineer

"Happiness is only real when shared."/"If you want something in life, reach out and grab it". Into the Wild, the movie

"Please do do your best to be joyful about every day. I totally understand
your desire to use every opportunity to its fullest--but sometimes you
just need to experience, to exist, to see and not do." An email excerpt