Linda Sapadin
Taking my own advice, I am moving from plan A (writing a new column) -which takes a lot of time and creative thought- to plan B (composing a column of some of my favorite quotes) -which takes less time and borrowed creativity.
I have found that one of the best ways to reduce stress and keep your sanity in this busy world is to be flexible. Don¹t be enamored with your own original agenda. Give up what you need to give up due to time or energy factors. Do not harbor guilt or resentment over your new choice. Indeed, sometimes plan B ends up being an excellent choice.
Regarding my plan B, I¹ve often received great feedback from readers who appreciate my chosen quotes. Hope you enjoy these.
³The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.² Chinese proverb
³One¹s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.²
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
³Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.²
Booker T. Washington
³If you don¹t like something, change it. If you can¹t change it, change your attitude.²
Maya Angelou
³One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay Œin kind¹ somewhere else
in life.²
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
³Until you make peace with who you are, you¹ll never be content with what
you have.²
Doris Mortman
³Make it your business to know yourself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.²
Miguel De Cervantes
³Don¹t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.²
Robert Louis Stevenson
³In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.²
Eric Hoffer
³He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.²
Chinese Proverb
³People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.²
Soren Kierkegaard
³If you put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.²
Anonymous
³First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.²
Mahatma Gandhi
³Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.²
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Copyright 2007
Linda Sapadin, Ph.D. is a psychologist in private practice, who specializes in helping people enrich their lives, enhance their relationships and overcome self-defeating patterns of behavior.
She is the author of 4 self-help books; the most recent one is: Now I Get It! Totally Sensational Advice for Living and Loving. For an autographed book and more inspiring quotes, visit my website at www.PsychWisdom.com
