http://mydesiretoinspire.com/blog Inspire yourself Tue, 27 May 2008 16:32:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. Benjamin Franklin http://mydesiretoinspire.com/blog/2008/05/27/recharge/ Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982) http://mydesiretoinspire.com/blog/2008/05/27/still-happy/ http://mydesiretoinspire.com/blog/2008/04/14/11/ A beautiful thing happened today! http://mydesiretoinspire.com/blog/2008/03/12/smile/ But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain? Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991 http://mydesiretoinspire.com/blog/2008/03/10/pain-in-life/ http://mydesiretoinspire.com/blog/2008/03/05/cheer-up/ Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.  Arab Proverb  http://mydesiretoinspire.com/blog/2008/02/24/thy-desire-is/ Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi http://mydesiretoinspire.com/blog/2008/01/31/wisdom/ 1. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. 2. You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing ... http://mydesiretoinspire.com/blog/2008/01/23/eleanor-roosevelt-quotes/ Just watched this movie and this made me think... Brick Pollitt: [Offering Big Daddy morphine] It'll kill the pain, that's all. Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt: [Wincing with pain] It'll kill the senses too! You... you got pain - at least you know you're alive. [groans] Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt: - It's easin' somewhat now. ... http://mydesiretoinspire.com/blog/2008/01/20/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof/