Just one light can make a big difference when there is
darkness all around.
When you turn on a light in an already lighted room, you
make it just a little bit brighter. But when you turn on
a light in a room that was completely dark, you significantly
change the environment. The light reveals possibilities.
It make obstacles less menacing. It makes the situation
clearer and easier to understand.
The more you are surrounded by negativity, the more impact
you can have by being positive. Just one person who insists
that yes, we can get it done, and who steadily works to make
it happen, can achieve astonishing results.
If there is negative energy all around you, see it as an
opportunity. Consider how much of a difference you can
make with your positive thoughts and actions.
Turn on your own light, and those nearby cannot help but see.
The darker it is around you, the brighter your light will shine.
-- Ralph Marston, as seen in Morning Coffee
If babies held the same tendency toward self-criticism as adults, they might never learn to walk for talk. Can you imagine infants stomping, “Aarggh! Screwed up again!" Fortunately, babies are free of self-criticism. They just keep practicing.
-- Dan Millman
American Author and Gymnastics Coach
I once told a man that I no longer voted.
He responded by telling me this: The choice of whether I voted or not
was why he waded through rice paddies, toted guns, and fought battles.
It wasn't long afterward that I began to vote again.
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I once told a man a lie. He responded by telling me this: All of the
decisions that he made were based upon the words that I spoke.
I have long since told the truth.
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I once became upset over a gift I received, because it wasn't what I
wanted.
The giver saw the disappointment in my eyes and told me this: He chose
the most valuable gift he could find, because he felt I should have it.
I am since very joyful over each gift that I receive.
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A man once told me a secret which I quietly whispered in another
friend's ear.
The man told me this, after hearing his own secret repeated. The reason
he told me the secret was because he trusted me, not my friend.
I no longer take trust so lightly.
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I once gave a gift to a friend and she cried.
I told her it was just a small gift I had found. Her response was that
it was not the gift, it was that I had thought of her.
I now give gifts often.
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The shiny coin was not to be mine, so I had been told. But on my way
out the door, it found its way in my hand. When it was discovered that
I had stolen the coin, I was quietly taken aside.
The owner of the coin told me this. Integrity is given with a choice.
I have since chosen to stand with integrity.
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Once I told a man of all of my dreams.
He smiled warmly and even chuckled then asked if I ever planned on
living any of them.
I now choose the spending of my days very differently.
-- Author Unknown
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