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Old 01-23-2007, 03:32 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Set a Shining Example

The world around you will follow the example that you set. The shortcomings in others that frustrate you the most are able to do so because they resonate with similar shortcomings in your own life.

Make improvements in your own attitude and behavior, and you'll see corresponding improvements in those around you. Focus your own thoughts on the positive possibilities, and others will pick up on and emulate that focus.

Stop searching for blame and start mending what's broken. Stop seeking to judge and start putting your values into positive, productive action.

Your influence is far greater than you now realize. Use that influence wisely, to build, to grow, and to improve everything with which you are connected.

Every achievement, every injustice, every inspiration, every frustration that you notice has something to teach you about yourself. Learn the lessons well, apply them with true commitment, and you'll change your world as well as yourself.

Set a shining example with the way you live each day. For life is watching and busily following along with your every move.

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Old 01-23-2007, 03:35 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Make improvements in your own attitude and behavior, and you'll see corresponding improvements in those around you. Focus your own thoughts on the positive possibilities, and others will pick up on and emulate that focus.
Recovery has taught me that life is all about attitude. Life can be as beautiful or as ugly as my mind's eye allows me to see it. Keeping a positive attitude helps my world remain beautiful even on stormy days.

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Don't follow this example (Who's in Charge?)
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Old 01-23-2007, 02:41 PM   #4 (permalink)
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It IS all about attitude, isn't it Ann!
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And I dont know what the future is holding in store
I dont know where Im going, Im not sure where I've been
There's a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me
My life is worth the living, I dont need to see the end.


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Old 01-23-2007, 02:50 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Thank-you Ann, this is so true.

I can always find someone either better off or worst off than I am.

That should not concernme........What should concern me is what I can do to make me a better, happier person.....that will reflect in how I treat others.

And as my signature says..........................
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