Motivation for Your Week April 19, 2010

WOW 4U Motivation for Your Week April 19, 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"When you are kind to others,

it not only changes you,

it changes the world."

Harold Kushner

 

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STORY FOR YOUR WEEK

A Little Bit of Kindness

By Catherine Pulsifer

 

There are times in our life when we don't take action because we feel the action is too little, that it wouldn't make a difference. However, sometimes the smallest gesture can make a huge impact on someone's life. There are many different ways we can show kindness to others, and it doesn't have to be in a big way.

 

The simplest of things may make the difference. A smile, a door being held open, a handwritten note, a kind word, the list can go on and on. 

 

I was recently reading some of Aesop's fables and came across the story of The Lion and The Mouse. While this story has been around for a long time, it still has wisdom in its words. Below is the story:

 

One day a Lion was asleep when a little Mouse began running up and down his back; this soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow him.

 

"Please don't," cried the little Mouse: "forgive me this time, I shall never forget it: who knows but what I may be able to do you a turn some of these days?"

 

The Lion was so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him that he lifted up his paw and let him go.

 

Some time after the Lion was caught in a trap, he pulled with all his might, but the ropes were too strong. Just then the little Mouse happened to pass by, and seeing the sad plight, in which the Lion was, went up to him, and with his sharp little teeth gnawed away the ropes, setting the Lion free.

 

"You once laughed at me," said the mouse. You thought I was too little to do you a good turn. But see, you owe your life to a poor little mouse."

 

While you may think the story is far fetched, the point I found in reading the story is not the size of the action that is important, but the difference that a small action made.

 

 

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness.

Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

Scott Adams

 

We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds.

Author Unknown

 

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things,

in which smiles, and kindnesses, and small obligations,

given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort.

Humphrey Davy

 

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways

it can change someone else's life forever.

Margaret Cho

 

It was only a sunny smile,

And little it cost in the giving.

But like morning light,

it scattered the night,

and made the day worth living.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

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Have a great week,

Catherine Pulsifer

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wowmotivation@gmail.com

 

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Motivation for Your Week April 12, 2010

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 QUOTE of the WEEK:

"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who

dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance."

Bruce Barton 

 

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Quotes by Famous People – Bruce Barton

 I recently found a quote that I really liked, it reads like this:

 

"If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world,

it will come through the expression of your own personality - 

that single spark of divinity that sets you off and

makes you different from every other living creature." 

 

This quote is attributed to Bruce Barton.  When I find a quote from a person whom I have never heard of before I do a bit of research, which is exactly what I have done with Bruce Barton.  And to my delight I have found other quotes that are inspirational by Mr. Barton.  Here is a bit of background on Mr Barton:

 

He was born in 1886, and died in 1967.  He was an American.  He accomplished many things in his lifetime, and to mention a few:  he was a successful businessman, a Congressman, and an author.  He was sometimes referred to as the most famous advertising man due to his best selling book, The Man Nobody Knows.

 

Here are a few more quotes by Bruce Barton for you to consider:

 

"Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress."

 

"When you are through changing, you are through."

 

"Cereal eating is almost a marker for a healthy lifestyle. It sets you up for the day, so you don't overeat."

 

"Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things I am tempted to think there are no little things."

 

"If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."

 

"The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do."

 

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

More Bruce Barton quotes:

 

"The most important thing about getting somewhere is starting right where we are."  Bruce Barton

 

"No man can persuade people to do what he wants them to do unless he genuinely likes people and believes that what he wants them to do is to their own advantage."  Bruce Barton

 

"It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls."  Bruce Barton

 

"Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln."  Bruce Barton

 

"For good or ill, your conversation is your advertisement. Every time you open your mouth you let men look into your mind." Bruce Barton

 

"It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world's progress has come out of such loneliness." Bruce Barton

 

 

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Have a great week,

Catherine Pulsifer

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wowmotivation@gmail.com

 

© 2010 Catherine Pulsifer, Inspirational Words of Wisdom - this newsletter may not be used unless specific permission from the author is received.

 

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Motivation for Your Week April 5, 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"Be who you are and say what you feel,

because those who mind don't matter

and those who matter don't mind." 

Dr. Seuss

 

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THOUGHT for YOUR WEEK:

Be Yourself

By Byron Pulsifer

 

Are you compelled to be somebody you're not? Do you live in a big house because you think it is required to fit the mold of others? Does your choice of furniture reflect what you think others would expect you to have?

 

Have you ever stopped to think how much energy, or for that matter, how much you complicate your life, by pretending to be someone you're really not? Maybe this is partly a reflection of a portrayed lifestyle you see every day on the television, or those latest magazines depicting a glamorous lifestyle. Who are you trying to impress - you, or everyone else?

 

Think how simple your life would be if you stopped for a moment and just learned to be yourself. Take one of my previous co-workers, Karen, for example. Karen spends most of her day worrying about what other people think about her. She buys furniture in a style that she thinks would impress her friends even though this furniture is very uncomfortable. Every time she goes out the door, she worries whether what she wears or how she looks is up to the standards of those people she knows that she just might meet at the neighbourhood store.

 

In short, who cares! Be yourself, enjoy who you are. For example, if you want comfy furniture that really invites you to curl up and relax, then do it. After all, whom are you trying to impress with uncomfortable furniture? You're the one who has to live there. You're the one who should be comfortable in your own home.

 

One thing I've come to realize is that it really doesn't matter what other people may think. If they are that small minded, or if they want to impress whomever, let them. I for one don't care. I don't have to spend any energy or complicate my life by what others may think. Isn't it really a matter of the person - what's inside of you - who you really are as a person?

 

Don't waste your time, your energy, or complicate your life by worrying about what other people may think. It really boils down to this - if they shun me, or look down their noses at me because of my furniture, or the house I live in, or the car I drive, then do I really want or need them as friends? Simply no.

 

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.

Raymond Hull

 

I was once afraid of people saying, "Who does she think she is?"

Now I have the courage to stand and say, "This is who I am."

Oprah Winfrey

 

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. 

Judy Garland

 

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

Margaret Young

 

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Have a great week,

Catherine Pulsifer

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wowmotivation@gmail.com

 

© 2010 Catherine Pulsifer, Inspirational Words of Wisdom - this newsletter may not be used unless specific permission from the author is received.

 

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