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"You are beautiful... not for the shape of the vessel but for the volume of soul it carries."
~ Unknown
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"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
~ Oscar Wilde
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Don't let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.
~ Robert Tew
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If you are depressed, you are living in the past.
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.
~ Lao Tzu
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We make a living by what we get.
We make a life by what we give.
~ Winston Churchill
Happiness is Overrated!
Happiness is Overrated! (Or Why we Look for it in All the Wrong Places!)
by Carol McIntyre, L.C.S.W.
Look in any self-help section at your local bookstore and you will find any number of books on developing, capturing, maintaining or remaining happy. Why are we so obsessed with happiness? What is it about happiness that makes us seek it so intently and yet not identify it when it is right in front of us?
Just what is happiness? The dictionary defines it as a state of well-being and contentment and a pleasurable or satisfying experience. According to Aristotle, “happiness depends upon ourselves”. Albert Schweitzer called happiness “nothing more than good health and a bad memory”.
Just like the song Looking for Love (in all the wrong places), we do the same thing with happiness. Are we looking for material, emotional or spiritual happiness? I learned some time ago that my happiness depended on me. Not on my possessions, debt or wealth, being married or single but me and my attitude toward me. All too often, we start to live our lives through the hindsight of regret, and that is when we, indeed, lose our happiness.
Happiness throughout life – yes, it changes! What made me happy as a 20 year old is quite different than what I view as happiness as a fifty something who is looking at senior citizen status just around the corner. Happiness is relevant to age and stage of life. Learning how to view ourselves as a creation of God, set upon a path with a mission to complete helps us to realize the big picture is far more important than the details.
Our mission, whatever that is, allows us to discover self-acceptance and a sense of wellbeing. It also helps us to realize that our missions are transient. When we are finished with a life task, it is perfectly alright to move on to another or spend a bit of time basking in the glory of a completed task. But we must be open to the experience.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. -Mahatma Gandhi
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"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."
~ E.E. Cummings
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“Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.”
~ Joseph Wood Krutch
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“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”
~ Oprah Winfrey
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“If you want to know where your heart is, look at where your mind goes when it wanders.”
~ Anonymous
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“Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.”
~ Mary Anne Radmacher
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“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
~ Desmond Tutu
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
~ Oscar Wilde
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“Life is available only in the present moment. If you abandon the present moment you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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“No act of love, however small, is ever wasted.”
~ Aesop
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“If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day — go fishing.
If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.”
–Chinese Proverb
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“Smile, breathe and go slowly.”
–Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Each relationship you have with another person reflects the relationship you have with yourself."
~ Alice Deville
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"Action expresses priorities."
~ Gandhi
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“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.”
~ Bill Cosby
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“As soon as we wish to be happier, we are no longer happy.”
~ Walter Landor
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“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.”
~ Pema Chodron
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Yesterday Father's Day was celebrated by many. We hope you were able to acknowledge the special father figures in your lives. Here a two humorous quotes from Bill Cosby that definitely ring true for all the 'Fathers' out there.
"If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right." ~ Bill Cosby
"A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station." ~ Bill Cosby
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“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
~ Dalai Lama
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"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
~ Dalai Lama
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"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
~ Michael Jordan
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"The stability we cannot find in the world, we must create within our own persons."
~ Nathaniel Branden
Give Mother's Love
If any of you have forgotten, Sunday, May 13th is Mother's Day. Mother's Day is celebrated with lot of enthusiasm in over 46 countries across the globe. To understand this holiday and what it really means, you need to understand the person in your life called Mother. This is the day to stop, remember, and pray for that special person in our life.
Below are some quotes about mother's you may enjoy reading or would like to pass along.
"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie."
~ Tenneva Jordan
"A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after."
~ Peter De Vries
"All mothers are working mothers."
~ Author Unknown
"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavour by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts."
~ Washington Irvin
"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."
~ Oprah Winfrey
A Mother's Love
by DisturbedMind
A mother's love
Is always true
It's all you need
To get you through
A mother's love
Can seem like hate
She's only tough
To keep you safe
A mother's love
Is always there
In simple ways
She'll show she cares
A mother's love
Can never compare
With anyone else's
Anywhere
A mother's love
Is here to stay
I love you, mom
Happy Mother's Day!
To all the Mother's, Grandmothers, and Caregiving Women out there, NOVO wishes you joy on this celebrated day that is recognized specially for you!
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"Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there."
~ Bo Jackson
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"The groundwork of all happiness is good health."
~ Leigh Hunt
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"True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united."
~ Humboldt
Happy Friday from all of us at NOVO!
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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
~ Aristotle
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"The art of living consists in being completely sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique."
~ Alan Watts
This quote is such a great reminder to pay attention to the moments in your day. In today's society, there are so many distractions between our cell phones constantly bleeping reminders or text messages to us to our frantic schedules to be two places at once. If you have ever found yourself driving in your car and then found that you were home but didn't remember the drive there, your mind is not in the present moment and you have possibly missed out on a unique experience. As you start your weekend, test this quote out, maybe not every single moment of the weekend, but more than once.
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"Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror."
~ Byrd Baggett
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"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. A “you can do it” when things are tough."
~ Richard M DeVos
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"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
~ Daniel L. Reardon
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"Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness."
~ Mark Twain
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"When you wholeheartedly adopt a “with all your heart” attitude and go out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things."
~ Norman Vincent Peale
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"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence."
~ Helen Keller
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"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. "
~ Winston Churchill
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"Do all the negative, self-limiting thoughts come to the forefront and stop you in your tracks? You must learn to change these self-imposed limitations that are preventing you from reaching your potential."
~ Anita Foley
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"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world."
~ Buddha
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"The World is what we think it is. If we can change our thoughts, we can change the world."
~ H.M. Tomlinson
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"Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one."
~ Dr Hans Selye
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"That’s my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck’s back. If it’s not positive, I didn’t hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy."
~ George Foreman
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"Happiness depends on how you balance your life’s equations between positive and negative experiences and attitudes."
~ Anon
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"The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible."
~ Author Unknown
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"Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success."
~ Dr. Joyce Brothers
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"Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day."
~ Unknown
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"Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results."
~ James Allen
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"Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching?"
~ Dennis and Wendy Mannering
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This is your world.
Shape it or someone else will.
~ Gary Lew
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"Make each day of the week like Friday and your life will take on new enthusiasm."
~ Byron Pulsifer
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"The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore."
~ Dale Carnegie
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"Well done is better than well said. "
~ Benjamin Franklin
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Heartfelt words to pass along to your loved ones:
"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you."
~ A. A. Milne
Happy Valentine's Day from NOVO:Renewing Joy in Life
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"I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon."
~Author Unknown
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"Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right. "
~ Oprah Winfrey
Have a safe and Happy New Year from all of us at NOVO: Renewing Joy in Life!
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When reflecting on this past year and looking ahead at what you want for 2012, keep these words in mind:
"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."
~ Oprah Winfrey
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"Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any."
~ Danielle Fotopoulis
I love this quote because now that the Christmas bustle has come to an end, the daunting task of a New Years Resolution arises and with it the anxiety of finding one that you can stick with until you have mastered it. This year, be kind to yourself, be proud of ALL your accomplishments, big and small.
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"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. Wishing you happiness."
~ Helen Keller
Happy Holidays from all of us at NOVO!
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There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions.
~ Bill McKibben
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As you are attending the holiday parties on your schedule and opening gifts from friends, family and co-workers this season, keep this thought in the forefront of your mind:
"Love the giver more than the gift."
~ Brigham Young
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"Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect."
~ Oren Arnold
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As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same.
-- Donald E. Westlake
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When preparing for your holiday traditions this year, whether they be new or old, remember this:
It isn't the big pleasures that count the most; it is making a great deal out of the little ones.
~ ANONYMOUS
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You cannot learn other people's lessons for them. They must do the work themselves, and they'll do it when they're ready.
~Louise L. Hay~
