Daily quotes with thoughtful reflections to inspire you every day.

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With just a little education and practice on how to manage your emotions, you can move into a new experience of life so rewarding that you will be motivated to keep on managing your emotional nature in order to sustain it.
-Doc Childre
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Sunday, I posted 10 Ways to Find Time for Inspiration. This post expands on #8: Do What You Enjoy and Enjoy What You Do.
When you enjoy what you are doing, staying focused and on-task is easy and you can experience inspiration without having to set aside time to do so.
There are two distinct ideas […]

Time is money.
-Benjamin Franklin

Yesterday, I posted 10 Ways to Find Time for Inspiration. This post expands on way #4: Know When to Say “No.”
Though service to others is one of the most inspiring ways to spend your time, this does not mean being at others’ beckon call. If you are asked to do something that does not […]

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
-Benjamin Disraeli

It seems that so many of the ideas in these daily reflections require us to set aside time. So many of the Daily Action sections start with the words “Take some time…”.
Inspiration often requires us to set time aside for meditation, self-reflection, service to others, self care (sleep, healthy eating, exercise, etc.), prayer, creativity. How […]

Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.
-Mary Lou Cook

As a software designer by trade, I often have to rely on my creative talents at will. I do not always have the luxury of waiting for moments of inspiration. The working conditions that I work in are not always very inspiring. Interruptions are common, background noise is frequent and my view of the inside […]

We occasionally have times when the television and radio are off and all is quiet, we find ourselves alone with our thoughts. This golden opportunity affords us the privilege of a bit of self-evaluation.
-Edward A. Beiersdorf

Quiet Moments: How?
For most of us, quiet moments are rare. Life is short. There is so much to do, so much to see. How can we stop what we are doing for quiet reflection?
Life hands us so many roles. With a full-time job, there’s barely enough time to run errands, prepare food, keep a clean […]

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