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Be Inspired by This Famous Person

Anne Frank

Be inspired by the words of Anne Frank who suffered challenges that most of us could never imagine. She was born in Germany on June 12, 1929. As a German-Jew she was force to go into hiding during the Holocaust. Anne and her family spent 25 months hiding in rooms about her fathers office only to be betrayed to the Nazis. Along with her family she was deported to a Nazi concentration camps where Anne died of typhus nine months later (March 1945). She was only fifteen years old.

Her dairy was first published in 1947 and has been read by millions. We hope her words encourage you and inspire you. Despite her age, she had wisdom that most of us can only hope for.

Inspirational words of wisdom from Anne Frank:

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

Anne Frank

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

Anne Frank

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Anne Frank

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Anne Frank

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Anne Frank

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world.

Anne Frank

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

Anne Frank

Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.

Anne Frank

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

Anne Frank

We all live with the objective of being happy, our lives are all different and yet the same.

Anne Frank

It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

Anne Frank

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Sunday, 19 December 2010

Motivation for Your Week December 20, 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"Peace on earth will come to stay,

when we live Christmas every day."

Helen Steiner Rice

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THOUGHT FOR YOUR WEEK

Positive Inspirational Note

By Catherine Pulsifer

The most positive inspirational note I ever received was from a good friend who has been a mentor, a supporter, and an inspiration to me. This friend has had some very challenging issues in their life, but they always look at the positive side of every situation. No matter what the issue they are able to find the good in it. After years of working with many set backs, they continued to persevere and they have achieved success.

The message that they sent me inspired and motivated me. What they did was write a poem to me to encourage me not to give up, to continue.. What was neat about this note is that they took quotes and put it in a letter to me. Here is the positive inspirational note:

Persistence prevails when all else fails. Author Unknown

Never, never, never give up. Winston Churchill

How long should you try? Until. Jim Rohn

A jug fills drop by drop. Buddha

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there. Bo Jackson

Choosing a goal and sticking to it changes everything. Scott Reed

Goals determine what you're going to be. Julius Erving

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps. Helmut Schmidt

There are always flowers for those who want to see them." Henri Matisse

Look at the sunny side of everything. Christian D. Larsen

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. William James

Positive things happen to positive people. Sarah Beeny

Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is. H. Jackson Browne

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden

Men are born to succeed, not fail. Henry David Thoreau

Life is not the wick or the candle - it is the burning. Author Unknown

My hope in sharing this note with you is that it will inspire and motivate you to be all that you can be; that even when you face challenges to persevere; to encourage you to set your goals and stay focused on achieving them; and a reminder to realize that you are born to succeed. And, most importantly as you work to achieve your goals enjoy life!

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

"Often, the most extraordinary opportunities are hidden among the seemingly insignificant events of life. If we do not pay attention to these events, we can easily miss the opportunities."
Jim Rohn

"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it'd be easy, they just promised it would be worth it."
Author Unknown

"Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too."
Will Smith

"In life you can never be too kind or too fair; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with."
Brian Tracy

"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them."
Denis Waitley

"Smile - It makes a world of difference.
Dance - Who knows when you won't be able to.
Cry - Holding those emotions in is bad for you.
Hug - Helps you and helps another.
Laugh - Whats the point in hiding happiness?
Live - because life is everything."
Author Unknown

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http://www.wow4u.com/lifeq/index.html - Quotes about Life

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Catherine Pulsifer

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Sunday, 12 December 2010

Motivation for Your Week December 13, 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"The feeling of hopefulness sometimes comes from someone helping us. Think back to a time when you had lost hope. Many times we regained our optimism because someone gave us a helping hand."

Catherine Pulsifer

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POEM FOR YOUR WEEK

I Shall Be Glad

Poet: Grace Noll Crowell

If I can put new hope within the heart

Of one who has lost hope,

If I can help a brother up

Some difficult long slope

That seems too steep for tired feet to go,

If I can help him climb

Into the light upon the hill's far crest,

I shall begrudge no time

Or strength that I spend,

For well I know

How great may be his need.

If I can help through any

Darkened hour, I shall be glad indeed.

For I recall how often I have been

Distressed, distraught, dismayed,

And hands have reached to help,

And voices called

That kept me unafraid.

If I can share this help that

I have had, God knows I shall be glad.

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.

Jesse Jackson

What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.

Emil Brunner

Hope never abandons you; you abandon it.

George Weinberg

The start of something new brings the hope of something great, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

Author Unknown

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Dale Carnegie

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Samuel Ullman

Believe in the incredible power of the human mind. Of doing something that makes a difference. Of working hard. Of laughing and hoping.

Author Unknown

When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.

Pauline R. Kezer

More quotes to consider:

http://www.wow4u.com/hopeq/index.html Hope Quotes and Sayings

http://www.wow4u.com/quotesabouthope/index.html Quotes about Hope

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Catherine Pulsifer

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Sunday, 5 December 2010

Motivation for Your Week December 6, 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us."

Flora Edwards

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POEM FOR YOUR WEEK

The Tides of Providence

by Patience Strong

It's not what you gather, but what you sow,

That gives the heart a warming glow.

It's not what you get, but what you give,

Decides the kind of life you live.

It's not what you have,

But what you spare.

It's not what you take,

But what you share

That pays the greater dividend

And makes you richer in the end.

It's not what you spend upon yourself

Or hide away upon a shelf,

That brings a blessing for the day.

It's what you scatter by the way.

A wasted effort it may seem.

But what you cast upon the stream

Comes back to you recompense

Upon the tides of providence.

YOUR MONTHLY MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE CALENDAR

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.

Jim Rohn

Did you know that there are gifts that will multiply your happiness when you give them away?

Steve Brunkhorst

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Elizabeth Bibesco

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?

Brian Tracy

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.

Whoopi Goldberg

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Albert Pike

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

Dr. Loretta Scott

More quotes to consider:

http://www.wow4u.com/gifts-quotes/index.html Giving Quotes

http://www.wow4u.com/helping/index.html Helping Quotes

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Catherine Pulsifer

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Monday, 29 November 2010

Motivation for Your Week November 29, 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you."

Althea Gibson

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STORY FOR YOUR WEEK

A Lesson in Life

By Author Unknown

One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview; the director did the last interview, made the last decision.

The director discovered from the CV, that the youth's academic result was excellent. The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarship in school?" and the youth answered "no". The director asked, " Is it your father who paid for your school fees?" the youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it is my mother who paid for my school fees." The director asked, "Where did your mother work?" the youth answered, "My mother worked as a cleaner." The director requested the youth to show him his hands. The youth showed a pair of hand that were smooth and perfect.

The director asked, "Did you ever help your mother wash the clothes?" The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books, furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me." The director said, "I have a request, when you go home today, look at your mother's hand, and then come and see me tomorrow morning." The youth felt that as the chance of landing the job is high, when he went back, he happily wanted to see his mother's hand. His mother felt strange, happy but mixed with fear, she showed her hands to the kid. The youth looked at his mother's hand slowly, his tears rolled down he cheeks. He never noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and that there are so many bruises in her hand.

This is the first time the youth realized and experienced that it was this pair of hand that washed clothes everyday to earn him the school fees, the bruises in the mother's hand is the price that the mother paid for his graduation and academic excellence and probably his future. After looking at him Mum's hands, the youth quietly cleaned all remaining clothes for his mother. That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.

Next morning, the youth went to the director's office. The director noticed the tear in the youth's eye, asked: "Can you tell what have you done and learned yesterday?" The youth answered, " I looked at my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes."' The director asked, "Please tell me your feelings."

The youth replied:

Number 1 - I now appreciate the fact that without my mother, I would not be successful today.

Number 2 -, I now know how to work together with my mother; I realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done.

Number 3 - I know the importance and value of family relationships.

The director said, "This is what I am asking, I want to recruit a person that can appreciate the help of others, a person that understands the challenges of others to get thing done, and a person that would not put money as his only goal in life to be a Manager. You are hired."

Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates, every employees worked diligently and in a team, the company's result improved tremendously.

A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, develops an "entitlement mentality" and always put himself first. He is ignorant of others effort. When he starts work, he assumes every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a Manager, he never understands the challenges facing his employee and always blames others.

You can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it. After a meal, let them wash the dishes together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way and give them an appreciation that everything in life does not come easy.

The most important thing we all need to learn is how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty, and learn the ability to work with others to get things done.

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

Ungrateful people breed negativity. No one gets any pleasure from giving to an ungrateful person. When you show appreciation, the object of your attention blossoms and flourishes.

Paul McCabe

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

Michael Jordan

They serve best who give most of themselves. Self is forgotten by the one who serves, for such a one rejoices to see success coming to others through his or her efforts.

James Cash Penney

To give less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

Steve Prefontaine

Working together, ordinary people can perform extraordinary feats. They can lift things a little higher, a little farther, towards excellence.

Author Unknown

Many of us are more capable than some of us . . . but none of us is as capable as all of us!!

Tom Wilson

Teamwork is the lynchpin in our long term success.

Ned Lautenbach

Compromising when it is best for the welfare of others shows the capacity for teamwork.

Steve Brunkhorst

More quotes to consider:

http://www.wow4u.com/appreciation/index.html Appreciation Quotes

http://www.wow4u.com/gifts-quotes/index.html Giving Quotes

http://www.wow4u.com/teams/index.html Teamwork Quotes

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Have a great week,

Catherine Pulsifer

Inspirational Words of Wisdom

Obesity in Childhood Causes Risk for Teen Heart Disease

Friday, 26 November 2010

Hot Medical News

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:04 AM PST

Apparently your Body Mass Index (BMI) when you’re between the ages 9 to 12 is predictive of signs of future heart disease when you’re aged 15 to 16. What a world we live in that this statistic is relevant.

Sleep Apnea Found to Cause Loss of Gray Matter & Cognitive Functioning

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:58 AM PST

Those who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have a new worry on their brains to deal with when drifting off. OSA has been found to cause gray matter to shrink, which can lead to cognitive problems with memory and attention. A side effect of OSA is the intermittent deprivation of oxygen that occurs during sleep, which appears to be the antecedent of the gray matter loss.

Monday, 22 November 2010

Motivation for Your Week November 22, 2010

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Inspirational Words of Wisdom

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"Not what we say about our blessings,

but how we use them,

is the true measure of our thanksgiving."

W.T. Purkiser

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POEM FOR YOUR WEEK

A Thankful Heart

Poet: Helen Steiner Rice

Take nothing for granted,

for whenever you do

The "joy of enjoying"

is lessened for you-

For we rob our own lives

much more than we know

When we fail to respond

or in any way show

Our thanks for the blessings

that daily are ours. . .

The warmth of the sun,

the fragrance of flowers

The beauty of twilight,

the freshness of dawn

The coolness of dew

on a green velvet lawn,

The kind little deeds

so thoughtfully done,

The favours of friends

and the love that someone

Unselfishly gives us

in a myriad of ways

Expecting no payment

and no words of praise-

Oh, great is our loss

when we no longer find

A thankful response

to things of this kind,

For the joy of enjoying

and the fullness of living

Are found in the heart

that is filled with thanks-

giving.

YOUR MONTHLY MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE CALENDAR

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."

Melody Beattie

"If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get."

Frank A. Clark

"When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup."

Sam Lefkowitz

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

Charles Dickens

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."

Oprah Winfrey

"Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not."

James Russell Lowell

"Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse."

Henry Van Dyke

More quotes to consider:

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Catherine Pulsifer

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Friday, 19 November 2010

Hot Medical News

Drug Resistant Malaria Spreading in South East Asia
Pomegranate Juice May Ward Off Complications in Dialysis Patients
Genetic Link to Anorexia Found

Drug Resistant Malaria Spreading in South East Asia

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 03:08 PM PST

Malaria is evolving, at least that’s how the recent descriptions read for the emergence of new strains of the mosquito-borne infectious disease. The World Health Organization is warning that Malaria which is resistant to the latest antimalarial drugs appeared about two years ago, and is now ready to cross over from south east Asia into Africa.

Pomegranate Juice May Ward Off Complications in Dialysis Patients

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 02:30 PM PST

While most closely associated with antioxidants (holding the ability to lower cholesterol and blood pressure) in the health sciences field, pomegranate juice may just have found a new claim to fame. A new study suggests that kidney disease patients on dialysis were better able to ward off complications if they were administered pomegranate juice.

Genetic Link to Anorexia Found

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 11:06 AM PST

Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have found both common gene and rare gene variants associated with the anorexia nervosa, a common eating disorder. Findings from what is the largest genetic study of the psychiatric disorder ever undertaken provide intriguing clues to the nature of genes active in neuronal signaling in the interconnections between brain cells.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers

Thursday, 18 November 2010

Hot Medical News

New Study Finds GPS Use May Dumb Us Down as We Age
Potential New Treatment Path for Alzheimer’s Disease
U.S. Government Claims Airport Body Scanners are Safe

New Study Finds GPS Use May Dumb Us Down as We Age

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 02:53 PM PST

A new study out of McGill University in Montreal (Helloooo Alouettes!) hows that continued GPS usage may reduce hippocampus function, which is directly involved in memory and navigation processes. Geo-spatial intelligence correlates highly with overall intelligence measures.

It’s not just your imagination, the more you rely on your GPS, the worse you get at directing yourself.

Potential New Treatment Path for Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 02:42 PM PST

Studies at Temple University have shown a protein called 5-lipoxygenase may play a regulatory role in the formation of the amyloid beta in the brain, which is believed to be a component of plaques implicated in the development of Alzheimer’s.

Could this be the start of a major breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research, even the first step towards a cure for Alzheimer’s?

U.S. Government Claims Airport Body Scanners are Safe

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 02:17 PM PST

Significant controversy of late as to the constitutional legitimacy and medical safety of TSA full body scanners deployed at major U.S. airports.

Do they feel safe to you? Are they safe for those who have previously had Cancer treatment?

Sunday, 14 November 2010

Motivation for Your Week November 15, 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure."

Peter Marshall

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THOUGHT FOR YOUR WEEK

Difficulties in Life

By Paxton Hood

There are few positions in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered. These difficulties are, however, our best instructors, as our mistakes often form our best experience.

We learn wisdom from failure more than from success. We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do.

Horne Tooke used to say that he had become all the better acquainted with the country from having the good luck sometimes to lose his way.

Great thoughts, discoveries, inventions have very generally been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow and established with difficulty.

YOUR MONTHLY MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE CALENDAR

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

Don't think of problems as difficulties. Think of them as opportunities for action.

Author Unknown

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

John Quincy Adams

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Jean de la Bruyere

Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.

Edgar Watson Howe

Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

Brian Tracy

We deal with disappointing and depressing experiences each day of our lives. Rest assured that these difficult times are your opportunity to grow and to learn more advanced strategies in order scale your next mountain more quickly.

Michelle C. Ustaszeski

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http://www.wow4u.com/difficulty-quotes/index.html

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Catherine Pulsifer

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Monday, 8 November 2010

Motivation for Your Week November 7, 2010

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Inspirational Words of Wisdom

Here in Canada we stop and remember soldiers who have given their lives on November 11th - men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice so that others may live in peace. This week's newsletter is dedicated to those people and their families who gave so much, and, to all of those who serve in the military.

QUOTE of the WEEK:

We will remember them . . .

Remembrance Day, November 11, 2010

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POEM FOR YOUR WEEK

In Flanders Fields

Poet: Dr. John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders Fields.

Biography of Dr. John McCrae

In April 1915, one of Dr. John McCrae's closest friends and comrades was killed in the trenches near Ypres, Belgium. He was buried in a humble grave with a simple wooden cross. Wild poppies bloomed between the crosses marking the many graves. The next day, unable to help his friend or any of the others who had died, Dr. McCrae gave them a voice through this poem.

On January 28, 1918, John McCrae succumbed to pneumonia and meningitis. He died not knowing the outcome of the war, but with a full understanding of the cost of it. Before he died, Dr. McCrae had the satisfaction of knowing that his poem had been a success. Soon after its publication, it became the most popular poem on the First World War. It was translated into many languages and used on billboards advertising the sale of first Victory Loan Bonds in Canada in 1917.

In part because of the poem's popularity, the poppy was adopted as the Flower of Remembrance. The symbolic poppy and John McCrae's poems are still linked, and the voices of those who have died in war continue to be heard each Remembrance Day.

YOUR MONTHLY MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE CALENDAR

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Sunday, 31 October 2010

Motivation for Your Week November 1, 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"The real purpose of our existence is not to make a living,

but to make a life; a worthy, well-rounded, useful life."

Author Unknown

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POEM FOR YOUR WEEK

Do All The Good

By John Wesley

Do all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all the times you can,

To all the people you can,

As long as ever you can.

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature.

Joseph Addison

Life is not the wick or the candle - it is the burning.

Author Unknown

There is nothing worth more than this day.

Goethe

Don't let the good things of life rob you of the best things!

Maltbie D. Babcock

Good communications is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.

John Ruskin

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Abraham Lincoln

The past is but the beginning of a beginning.

HG Wells

Good depends not on things but on the use we make of things.

Author Unknown

Life is too short to be little.

Disraeli

If you blame others for your failures, do you credit others with your successes?

Author Unknown

The milk of human kindness never curdles.

Old Saying

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Louisa May Alcott

Your luck is how you treat people.

Author Unknown

The past is behind: learn from it. The future is ahead: prepare for it. The present is here: live it!

Thomas S. Monson

It is good to let a little sunshine out as well as in.

Chinese Saying

Earth's crammed with heaven.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Monday, 25 October 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm."

Charles M. Schwab

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THOUGHT FOR YOUR WEEK

Enthusiasm a Key to Success

By Catherine Pulsifer

If you approach any task without enthusiasm, the task will be laborious. With enthusiasm, any task becomes so much easier.

Enthusiasm can be contagious. When you work with enthusiastic people, you can't help but be enthusiastic yourself. Enthusiasm spreads like wild fire. Think of people you have worked with. Usually, those who show enthusiasm are fun to work with. And, those who have little enthusiasm usually bring you down.

I have a post-card on my desk taken from "Life's Little Instruction Book" that says: "Be the most enthusiastic and positive person you know!" When I am having a difficult day, I read that card, and it encourages me to change my outlook.

Much has been written about enthusiasm, consider the words of Samuel Smiles, "Enthusiasm...the sustaining power of all great action." And the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson who said, "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." And Vince Lombardi whose words may make you smile, but there is true wisdom in them, "If you are not fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."

How enthusiastic are you?

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

"We act though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about."

Charles Kingsley

"Every man is enthusiastic at times. One man has enthusiasm for thirty minutes - another for thirty days, but it is the man who has it for thirty years who makes a success of his life."

Edward B. Butler

"Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success."

Dale Carnegie

"Age may wrinkle the face, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."

Danish Proverb

"You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. With it, there is accomplishment. Without it there are only alibis."

Henry Ford

"The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm."

Thomas J. Watson, Sr

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Monday, 18 October 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"Six essential qualities that are the key to success:

Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity."

Dr. William Menninger

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POEM FOR YOUR WEEK

The Workings of a Successful Mind

The powers of the mind are not fixed

and science can never explain

What makes a person a success

yet leaves another so mundane

For whatever the mind can conceive

with enough thought it will deliver

There is no goal too extreme

when your mind is a benevolent giver

Take risks in your daily life

or you can conform like the rest

Since rewards are only granted to

those who have passed this test

Know that you have the power

to succeed in numerous ways

Or you can play it safe

being mediocre for all of your days

So keep positive in all you do

wielding your list of goals in hand

Fear not what others say

just focus on your plan

Enjoy every breath that passes

and every task there is to do

Since your actions will only play

the goals you have placed in cue

And always remember to gift

a little of everything you make

For life is defined by giving

and never by what you take

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Elizabeth Bibesco

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

Simply give others a bit of yourself; a thoughtful act, a helpful idea, a word of appreciation, a lift over a rough spot, a sense of understanding, a timely suggestion. You take something out of your mind, garnished in kindness out of your heart, and put it into the other person's mind and heart.

Charles H. Burr

They serve best who give most of themselves. Self is forgotten by the one who serves, for such a one rejoices to see success coming to others through his or her efforts.

James Cash Penney

The measure of life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.

Peter Marshall

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Sunday, 10 October 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"If you're not using your smile, you're like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook."

Les Giblin

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POEM FOR YOUR WEEK

Smiles

Poet: Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Smile a little, smile a little,

As you go along,

Not alone when life is pleasant,

But when things go wrong.

Care delights to see you frowning,

Loves to hear you sigh;

Turn a smiling face upon her,

Quick the dame will fly.

Smile a little, smile a little,

All along the road;

Every life must have its burden,

Every heart its load.

Why sit down in gloom and darkness,

With your grief to sup?

As you drink Fate's bitter tonic

Smile across the cup.

Smile upon the troubled pilgrims

Whom you pass and meet;

Frowns are thorns, and smiles are blossoms

Oft for weary feet.

Do not make the way seem harder

By a sullen face,

Smile a little, smile a little,

Brighten up the place.

Smile upon your undone labor;

Not for one who grieves

O'er his task, waits wealth or glory;

He who smiles achieves.

Though you meet with loss and sorrow

In the passing years,

Smile a little, smile a little,

Even through your tears.

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

"All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile."

Chris Hart

"A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks."

Charles Gordy

"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been."

Mark Twain

"People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile."

Lee Mildon

"A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it."

Author Unknown

"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight."

Phyllis Diller

"A laugh is a smile that bursts."

Mary H. Waldrip

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Monday, 4 October 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

Anyone can carry their burden, however hard, until nightfall.

Anyone can do their work, however hard, for one day.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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THOUGHT FOR YOUR WEEK

The Art of Living Each Day

By Wilferd A. Peterson

Each day is a lifetime in miniature.

To awaken each morning is to be born again, to fall asleep at night is to die to the day.

In between waking and sleeping are the golden hours of the day. What we cannot do for a lifetime we can do for a daytime.

Anyone can hold their temper for a day and guard the words they speak.

Anyone can carry his burden heroically for one day.

Anyone can strive to be happy for a day and to spread happiness around.

Anyone can radiate love for a day.

Anyone can rise above fear for a day and meet each new situation with courage.

Anyone can be kind and thoughtful and considerate for a day.

Anyone can endeavor to learn something new each day and mark some growth.

The supreme art of living is to strive to live each day well.

When we fail and fall short, let us forgive ourselves and consider the words of Emerson: "Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you will begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered by your old nonsense."

Live a day at a time and remember that tomorrow is another today.

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

Live for today. Multitudes of people have failed to live for today. What they have had within their grasp today they have missed entirely, because only the future has intrigued them.

William Allen White

You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life - so that if itwere over tomorrow, you'd be content with yourself.

Jane Seymour

Do not look back on happiness, or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.

Henry Ward Beecher

Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it.

Mary Pickford

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.

William Feather

Today's egg is better than tomorrow's hen.

Proverb

We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today.

Henry Ford

We all get 24 hours a day. It's the only fair thing;it's the only thing that's equal. It's up to us as to what we do with those 24 hours.

Sam Huff

Today is the only time we can possibly live.

Dale Carnegie

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Monday, 27 September 2010

Motivation for Your Week September 27, 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"You're a doer, because you're prepared to make the necessary effort to translate your dream into action."

Paul McCabe

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STORY FOR YOUR WEEK

How I Made My Millions

By Catherine Pulsifer

I was working all day and took a break for my supper. I was flipping through the channels and just happened to come across CNBC's program, How I Made My Millions (http://www.cnbc.com/id/23131910/). I snickered when I saw the title of the program thinking, oh this must be one of those info commercials that promises to make you millions and most of the time you end up spending lots of money and making nothing.

The program came on and I was truly motivated by watching and listening. These were ordinary people, like you and me, with good ideas. They not only talked about their idea, they took action and persevered even though many people laughed at their idea. The last laugh is, of course, on those who originally laughed. The people featured on this show are now millionaires, and they persevered and took the steps necessary to achieve their success. Yes, they had setbacks, and rejection, but that did not deter them from continuing. And, it truly paid off for them.

So often we have a good idea but we don't take action. Or, we are discouraged at the challenges that face us. We give up far too easily, we don't persevere. I can remember when I worked for a large corporation, making a decent salary, but no longer enjoying the work I was doing. I wanted to work on my websites but I could not see any way to generate an income that would support my family. After years of frustration, I finally left my corporate job and focused on the websites. With focus and perseverance, I was able to learn and apply many different theories – some worked, others were disastrous, but I never gave up. I can't tell you how many times I read the saying on my desk – "persistence prevails when all else fails:. I am now generating a good income – I am not a millionaire – yet – but I continually learn and push the envelope.

The purpose in sharing this story with you is to encourage you to take action on your ideas, and to persist! Learn from your failures, overcome the challenges; and, as Walt Disney once said, "If you can dream it, you can do it."

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

"Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown."

H. Ross Perot

"Use the word PERHAPS to change your negative beliefs to possibilities that invite ACTION and, ultimately, to positive beliefs and probabilities."

Anita Foley

"For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."

Mary Kay Ash

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

Calvin Coolidge

"Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth."

Julie Andrews

"When life knocks you down you have two choices- stay down or get up."

Tom Krause

"Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before."

Herodotus

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