Shaped by optimists An idea that is lost when we’re walking around in a cynical state of mind is that the many wonderful things in the world around us were all shaped by optimists who refused to let the world around them get them down. Outside of the incredible gifts we’ve gotten from nature, it …
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“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. …
“To Learn and not to DO is not to Learn”
Are we so complacent and narcissistic that we don’t see what “could be” and just “what is”? Having challenges allow us to grow and if we don’t grow we die. Simple. Rohan Rajiv, the author of A Learning A Day reminds us: One way to measure if we’re stuck in our comfort zone is to …
This quote is from Adam Bornstein, he’s the writer and editor of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Website: Arnold’s Pump Club: Lift Up The World. I read this regularly for health tips but mostly for the inspiration. This quote illustrates the importance of lifting your mood to feel your best. “(S)tudies even suggest that feeling elevated can potentially …
“Kung Fu lives in everything we do, Xiao Dre. It lives in how we put on the jacket, how we take off the jacket. It lives in how we treat people. Everything — is Kung Fu.” – Mr. Han, The Karate Kid (2010) HT alearningday.blog
This post is the best advice to give kids…. period! Get out there and prove you can do something hard! When a precocious yet nonconformist teenager asks why they need to learn calculus, what should you say? You know they will never use it in adulthood, outside of certain career choices. You could say, “It’ll …
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