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The only things you can truly own, are those you're able to give. The things that you are not able to give, only imprison you.
You truly know something only when you're able to teach it. You only know love when you can give it. You only know happiness when you can bring it to others. You can only know abundance when you provide value to the lives of others.

That's not to say that we must give away all we have, but rather that it is the ability and willingness to give, which makes it ours in the first place. Can you imagine anything more miserable than having everything in the world, and no one to share it with?

Whatever you're holding back and hiding from the world -- your skills, your thoughts, your passion, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, your courage -- is holding you back. The riches you have, be they material, intellectual or spiritual, are worthless unless you use them.

-- Ralph Marston


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Manu Narayan

And for today...


Would you hand your car keys to a total stranger, and allow that person to drive off with your car? No, of course not. Would you give control of your bank account and credit cards to someone you didn't really even know that well? Absolutely not!
Yet you may be letting other people, even people you don't know, take control of something even more valuable than your automobile or your bank account -- your attitude.

Think about it. Who really controls your attitude? Ultimately, you control it. Yet when you let your attitude get pushed around by what others say and do, you're giving up that control, and the consequences are usually not very positive.

Always keep in mind that, no matter what happens, you have the power to decide what to think about it. You can decide whether to be distracted or to stay focused. You can decide whether to be insulted or to be amused. You can decide whether to get drawn into a no-win situation or to continue working toward the goals you've set for yourself.

The way you think about the world around you makes an enormous difference in the quality of your life. So stay in control of your attitude, and make that life the best it can be.

-- Ralph Marston




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"The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for"
-Joseph Addison