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T.S. Eliot:
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THIS IS SUPERB
some thoughts... (See the end for thoughts about growing older!)
some thoughts... (See the end for thoughts about growing older!)
Just like a good marriage, or
friendship--your boat is a work in progress...
Denis Waitley
- It will require care and maintenance
- It will scare you and delight you
- It will bring you great joy and great frustration
You will only bond with her as you learn her eccentricities.
While you may choose your destinations, at times, forces beyond your control--the wind, the tide, a breakdown or even a previously undiscovered island may set your course--and that's o.k.
As you grow together and bond, you will number among the few who finds them self delighting in the journey, rather than the destination.
May you mostly have fair winds, and following seas... Remember, it's not the towering sails, but the unseen wind that moves the ship. In the end, we cannot direct the wind--but we can adjust the sails!
Some favorite toasts:
There is nothing that duct tape or roses can't fix
May your departures equal your landfalls
The Gods do not deduct from a mans allotted span, those days spent sailing!
Sail Fast, live slow!
Procrastination. Four words that
virtually guarantee failure are "I'll do it later."
Every time we say we'll do it later, that thing runs around in our head
taking up space. That's too much stuff to carry around in our head
taking up space. Practice doing it now. Do it now. Do it now!
Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
"Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the “someday I’ll” philosophy."
Denis Waitley
Two of our most underdeveloped muscles are our choice muscles and decision muscles. Take action to exercise these muscles by making decisions and choices that serve to create the life you desire. If you don't, who will?
Do you do work that you love? Some of the happiest people I know are those who get up in the morning, get to do something they love and also get paid for it. What do you love to do? Start a part time business? Focus on what you love in your job? What could you get really get good at that you could use later to create the life you want?
Take risks and make mistakes and even fail. I've heard many people say "I'd like to do so and so, but I'm afraid I'll fail." So!?. Failure is not the end, failure is simply feedback. Learn from any failure then take what you learn to increase your chances for success the next time. Hockey great Wayne Gretsky said, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." So do your research, decide on the best plan of action and take your shot.
Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear.
Don't cry over anyone who won't cry
over you.
If love isn't a game, why are there
so many players?
Good friends are hard to find, harder
to leave, and impossible to forget.
You can only go as far as you
push!
Actions speak louder than
words.
The hardest thing to do is watch the
one you love, love somebody else.
Don't let the past hold you back,
you're missing the good stuff.
Life's short. If you don't look
around once in a while you might miss it.
A best friend is like a four leaf
clover, hard to find and lucky to have.
Some people make the world special by
just being in it.
Best friends are the siblings God
forgot to give us.
When it hurts to look back, and
you're scared to look ahead, you can look
beside you and your best friend will be there.
True friendship never
ends.
Friends are forever.
Good friends are like stars....you
don't always see them, but you know they
are always there.
Don't frown, you never know who is
falling in love with your smile.
What do you do when the only person
who can make you stop crying is the
person who made you cry?
Nobody is perfect until you fall in
love with them.
Everything is okay in the end. If
it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Most people walk in and out of your
life, but only friends leave footprints
in your heart.
About growing older...
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Abraham
Lincoln:
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Awareness/Communications wheel
Going around from the head, we have:
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At the head, “The facts”
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Right forward foot, “Thoughts/interpretation”
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Right rear, “Feelings”
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Left rear, “Wants or Don’t wants”
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Left front, “Behavior”
Here’s a sample of how
to use this Awareness tool as an aid to making a decision, there’s great
scenarios for communication with yourself, or loved ones as well.
For
Awareness—assume you are considering a boat, for instance.
Facts:
I’ve found the boat that meets my needs. The price is in my budget. I
can have it in the time frame I want. I can choose many of the local
options after the boat arrives.
Thoughts:
This boat would satisfy my needs now, and in the future when I have more
time to sail. The price might go up if I put off the decision. I don’t
have to spend the time to know every detail of how I want the boat right
now—most of the options will be installed after it arrives anyway.
Feelings:
I feel as though I can comfortably do this.
Wants: I want to have the boat in time to go to the
Behavior:
I will find out what is needed to reserve a position so I can get the
boat when I want it.
What if you mis-categorize? For instance, you assume it's a fact that you don't have enough time to analyze this proposal. This isn't a fact, it's actually an opinion or "a thought". Once you understand that it's a thought and not a fact, does this change other elements on the wheel?
What if the
facts were different—what if there was, in fact, a boat that
could still be available when I wanted if I waited a month.
Thoughts: I could put
this on the back burner and wait until I have more time to analyze my
needs.
The rest would be the
same.
Go around the wheel a
couple of times and change the various parameters and see how it goes.
At some point, you will become aware of the logical decision.
When you have a quiet moment, consider this in terms of a recent discussion with your spouse. Go around the wheel with each of your point of view. Don’t confuse thoughts and feelings or wants. Don’t confuse facts with thoughts. What often happens is that we do confuse these and end up “misunderstanding”.
Finally, here's a life changing secret that I am happy to share with you...
Want to discover the secret for yourself? Find out how you can absolutely have the boat you want?
Don't follow, unless you already: Have more money
than you need. You don’t need to get more physically fit, or lose
weight. Your relationships are perfect. You are happy, excited and can’t
wait to get started on a new day. If all of those things are true, skip
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But, if you would like to know the secret to
having it all--not just the new boat, but that too…
If you have any
doubts about getting what you want, then you simply haven’t learned “the
Secret” yet, or haven’t reviewed it recently—I urge you to take a look
at the video or audiobook—I listen to it when I work out each morning.
The secret reveals the universal law of attraction. Everything is
available to you and all things are possible. With understanding comes
the power for you to incorporate this powerful and universally
understood secret. http://thesecret.tv/
Socrates,
When you learn to
identify what you really want. When you learn how to think, act and feel
as though you already possess that which you want—the universal law of
nature will bring what you need to accomplish your goals to you. Only
you can defeat yourself and block your journey. No one else. Not the
government, circumstances, or other people. What you need already exists
in the universe—it’s yours. Get what you want. Learn the secret now.
Don’t put if off. Take the first step, Act now.
I finally realized
I need to get back to this and have started the journey…
Send this on to everyone special in your life, even the people who really
make you mad sometimes. Remember, every minute spent angry is sixty seconds
of happiness wasted.
From your friends at Bay Yacht Agency and
LetsGoCruising