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TODAY'sQUOTES

"If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth." - Anthony de Mello, was a Jesuit priest and psychotherapist. "Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you.  They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you learn perfect patience, perfect wisdom, perfect compassion."  - Buddha, founder of Buddhism. "Everything is out there waiting for you. All you have to do is walk up and declare yourself in. No need for permission. You just need courage to say, "Include me". Providing you have the energy to pull it off you can do what you like. And the Universal Law, being impartial, will be only too delighted to deliver." - Stuart Wilde, is a British writer best known for his works on metaphysics and consciousness. "It is through solving problems correctly that we grow spiritually.  We are never given a burden unless we have the capacity to overcome it.  If a great problem is set before you, this merely indicates that you have the great inner strength to solve a great problem.  There is never really anything to be discouraged about, because difficulties are opportunities for inner growth, and the greater the difficulty the greater the opportunity for growth."  - Peace Pilgrim

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"I am the architect of my present, not an artifact of my past."   - Heather Primerano, TDL subscriber. www.TheDailyLove.com

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I am in love with all of today's quotes from The Daily Love!  I think we all could benefit from them and work them into our own personal mantras.  We have control of our emotions! Happy Friday! TODAY'sQUOTES

"Stress is not what happens to us. It's our response TO what happens. And RESPONSE is something we can choose."   - Maureen Killoran, life coach.  "An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... The truly wise person is color- blind."   - Albert Schweitzer, was a theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician. "No one else 'makes us angry.' We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude. What someone else may have done is irrelevant. We choose, not they. They merely put our attitude to a test."   - Jim Rohn, was an American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker.

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This quote really spoke to me this morning:

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus."  - Alexander Graham Bell


I am most of the time incapable of doing one thing at a time.  I was thinking this morning about how I envy a horse that pulls a carriage because they are given blinders to be sure that they are not distracted.


Now a lot of the time my distractions are out of my control.  The universe drives my work load, and no matter how hard I try to structure my day, I am usually working on a handful of things at a time.


Interruptions are so common for me it's as if I am the interruption and outside forces are the norm.  We don't have a receptionist, so I answer almost every single phone call.  Granted, a lot are for me, but it would be nice if I didn't have to deal with those that aren't or would ever have the opportunity to not take a call every once in a while. 


If I'm working on the computer (which is 75% of my work day or more), I will do something else while waiting for software or websites to load.  It's as if I cannot sit idle for more than 30 seconds!  


But mostly, I am pretty sure I am the root of my problem.  If I stop for 2 seconds, my eyes glance elsewhere and if they are caught on something that could be done, I'll do it.  What is wrong with me?  I'm like the dog in Up that every time he sees a squirrel, he stops mid sentence and runs off.


I have broken down my day into sections - assigning certain common tasks for certain times of the day.  I use my Outlook calendar to remind myself that I should be working on certain tasks at that time, and then when times up I move onto the next.  So far it's mostly working out but it is proving difficult when my reminder shows 30 minutes, an hour, or more past due and I haven't had an opportunity to attempt at the task at hand.

Does anyone else have this problem?  What do you do?  

One may say, Morgan, stop blogging at work but I don't get any official breaks since we're short staffed.  All I've seen are working lunches for the past few months so I take back the time I am owed in small increments throughout the day.  =)

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"Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!"

- Bob Marley, iconic musician. 

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Here are a few of my faves from this week...




March 23rd...
"We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change." 
- Katharine Hepburn, iconic film actress. 

"I've realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don't trust my instincts - That's when I get in trouble." 
- Angelina Jolie, one bad ass mama. 
After the first statement she kind of loses me but I wanted to share this because I live by it.  A person has the power to perceive situations as they want.  Something as small as being interrupted while in the middle of a task - I can choose to be annoyed, disconnected, and short which will only make me even more annoyed as the person doesn't go away and hurt them because I'm plain being a bitch.  OR I can sit back, step away from my task and give them the full attention they deserve.  I choose to be happy that they're there.


Small acts like this lead to a happy life because there is little to be annoyed at! 


March 22nd...

There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love."

- Johnny Depp, the raddest actor of our generation.

Anything Johnny Depp says is genius.  I love that man.

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"I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will."

- Clint Eastwood