Thoughts about the future . . . Did it ever occur to you those growing up years? At my age I never stopped regressing about my younger years. I felt invincible then, didn’t we all? We dared the impossible, we were full of dreams and ambitions. Then years went by with so many unfulfilled dreams, promises that simply laid dormant. What remained was that question: where have all those years gone by? “Being Young means making mistakes, they dont define us, they just help shape us and the best part? those crazy insane and slightly hysterical mistakes we make...make the best stories!” Author Unknown “You are the architect of your owner destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your life. There are no limitations to what you can do, have, or be. Accept the limitations you place on yourself by your own thinking.” Brian Tracy Well that was then about now? Is it necessary to be young again to think about our future? Think again. We can always have a promising future only if we redefine what is it that we aspire, at my age, approaching the twilight of my years is entirely a different outlook . . . no more about those material things, intead living a life with purpose . . . Read these two essays, you will find strength, comfort and inspiration to continue thinking about being young yes, “young at heart . . .” go on and live a life to make a difference making this world a better place . . . “Be good to your future. Live with purpose, integrity and discipline in the present. Now is the perfect time to avoid future regrets. Now is the ideal time to create massive future value. Today, you have great leverage over how your life will be tomorrow. Use that leverage in such a way that you’ll look back on your choices with gratitude and satisfaction. What you do right now has a significant influence far into the future. Feel that awesome power and exercise it wisely. Never forget that all your actions have very real consequences. Today you can choose the actions that bring the best, most desirable consequences. Be good to yourself by being good to your future. Use your choices right now to choose a future that’s just the way you’d like it to be.” To young kids you need to get going by stepping forward . . . “Are you just sitting and waiting for life to come to you? With that approach, you’re not going to like much of what comes your way. Instead, step forward with enthusiasm and meet each day with positive and eager anticipation. That way, you’ll put life solidly on your own terms. The more responsibility you’re willing to take, the more control you’ll have over the world around you. Be decisive and proactive, and events will more often unfold in your favor. Make use of each moment to give something meaningful to life. Fill your thoughts and actions with substance, and you’ll fill your life with great treasures. Get up, get out there, and immerse yourself in the richness of being. The positive contributions you make will come back to you again and again in delightfully unexpected ways. There is a whole world of abundance and fulfillment just waiting to be explored. Step forward and discover even more of what it means to be you.” Below, is a collection of quotes to inspire you more, pick one to guide you through as you sail through the rough seas of life . . . “Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to; all they need is one reason why they can.” Willis Whitney “Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “You are the architect of your owner destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your life. There are no limitations to what you can do, have, or be. Accept the limitations you place on yourself by your own thinking.” Brian Tracy “If I can dream, I can act and if I can act, I can become.” Poh Yu Khing “To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.” Paulette Mitchell “Commit yourself to life long learning. The most valuable asset you will ever have is your mind and what you put into it.” Brian Tracy “A dream is not something that you wake up from, but something that wakes you up.” Charlie Hedges “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” Abraham Lincoln There are no ordinary moments. There is always something going on.” Peaceful Warrior If wrinkles must be written upon our brow, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old.” James A. Garfield “People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” Dale Carnegie “The greatest thing about a man is his ability to transcend himself, his environment, and to be what he dreams of being.” Tully C. Knoles “What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?” Anthony Robbins “Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.” Oliver Goldsmith “The only way to excellence is to consistently improve yourself every single day.” Thomas J. Vilord “We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.” Marcel Proust “You see things and say ‘Why?’ but I dream of things that never were and say ‘Why not?’” - George Bernard Shaw “Nothing is possible if you think it is impossible. Nothing is impossible if you think it is possible. Think positive and work hard, and anything is possible.” Thomas J. Vilord “Man is not the sum of what he has, but the totality of what he does not yet have and what he might have.” Jean Paul Sartre “That which is achieved the most, still has the whole of its future yet to be achieved.” Lao Tsu “In each of us there are places we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them.” Dr. Joyce Brothers “Man is so made that when anything fires his goal, impossibilities vanish!” Dean De La Fountaine “Twenty years from now, you’ll be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do, than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines! Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, dream, and discover.” -Mark Twain “It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but faith with action is mightier. Desiring is helpful, but desire and work is invincible.” Thomas Robert Gaines “People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.” Norman Vincent Peale “The secret to success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” Benjamin Disraeli “Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks, learns just as much from his failures as he does from his successes.” John Dewey “To succeed you need to find something to hold onto, something to motivate you, and something to inspire you.” Tony Dorsett “Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life… Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.” Viktor Frankl Cheers! Joegar
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