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Past Halt the Default of negativity! Feed the Need for Positivity!
Let the ripple effect of positivity reverberate exponentially starting with YOU.
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gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. Today's Terrific Topic - Optimism A La Mode on Doing Good If you were not already present to how lucky you are, you are probably counting your blessings now. The people of Haiti had so little and what little they did have is now in rubble. They need our help. At any moment, any community, even your community, could find themselves facing a crisis. Let's treat Haiti how we would want the world to treat us. This week Positivity Products will feature organizations supporting disaster relief in Haiti. Please give what you can and ask others to do the same. "Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it." David Starr Jordoan "You can't be too kind or too generous" Patricia Fipp gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. __________________________________________________________________________________ Today's Terrific Topic - Optimism A La Mode on Super Hero At this critical time in history, super heroes are needed now more than ever.
But no need to wait for a hero to show up. Be a hero unto yourself. Your LIFE is a heroic act! Stretch beyond what you thought possible and poof!
You' re a hero! So get out your cape (or make or buy one) and go make a difference like only you can. We all need you! "Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves." Carol Lynn Pearson "True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat."
Napoleon I "Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes." Benjamin Disraeli
"We are the ones we've been waiting for." Hopi Nation Elders
"Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes over night. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down." Eleanor Roosevelt "To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself." Simone Wei
"I think we're all heroes, if you catch us at the right time." Andy Garcia "What is a hero without love for mankind?" Doris Lessing gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. __________________________________________________________________________________ Today's Terrific Topic - Optimism A La Mode on Dancing Dancing is a way of healing yourself, expressing yourself, sharing yourself and your joy. It is an explosion of creativity and celebration. Who cares who is watching? Dancing is free, gives you freedom, and can make stress or troubles fly away! This holiday season, be bold, be beautiful, be beloved! Dance! "There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good." Edwin Denby "To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak." Hopi Indian Saying "We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance." Japanese Proverb "You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart." Unknown "Stifling an urge to dance is bad for your health - it rusts your spirit and your hips." Adabella Radici "Dancing faces you towards Heaven, whichever direction you turn." Sweetpea Tyler "It is of course possible to dance a prayer." Glade Byron Addams gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. __________________________________________________________________________________ Today's Terrific Topic - Optimism A La Mode on Giving 'Tis the season for giving! With all the shopping, wrapping, and holiday events to attend, it is easy to lose sight of what giving is really about. This season, bring attention to your intentions around giving. Give up obligation or "shoulds", and give of yourself and from your heart. __________________________________________________________________________________ "We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving." Bernard Meltzer "Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege." John D. Rockefeller Jr. "It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving." Mother Teressa "You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." Mark Victor Hansen "The only true gift is a portion of yourself." Ralph Waldo Emerson "A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer." Seneca gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. __________________________________________________________________________________
Today's Terrific Topic - Optimism A La Mode on Gratitude Gratitude has magic in it. It transforms desire into satisfaction, fear into abundance, and separation into connectedness. It turns bad days into powerful lessons and reminds us just how great our life really is. Gratitude is the greatest alchemist! Tap into the attitude of gratitude and see what gold comes your way! __________________________________________________________________________________ "When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."Marcus Aurelius "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars." "Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings." "Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving." "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." "When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them." "When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you." gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
Today's Terrific Topic - Optimism A La Mode on Abundance It seems that many people have been worried about money and now with the holidays coming, the stress is rising. You might find yourself wishing for more abundance in your life. But what really is abundance and how can we create it in our lives? These sages tell us the path to prosperity is to do what we love, and to see ourselves as abundant. Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, your abundance is in your attitude. Behold your abundance! __________________________________________________________________________________ "Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance." John Petit-Senn "Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life." Wayne Dyer "All lasting wealth comes from enriching others in some way." Brian Tracy "Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into." Wayne Dyer "There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow you way." Jim Rohn "Be generous! Give to those you love; give to those who love you; give to the fortunate; give to the unfortunate - yes, give especially to those you don't want to give. You will receive abundance for your giving. The more you give, the more you will have!" W. Clement Stone "When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears." Anthony Robbins "The strongest single factor in prosperity consciousness is self-esteem: believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get it." Jerry Gillies gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. Today's Terrific Topic - Optimism A La Mode on Compassion Judging or assessing everyone and everything in life is a human function and happens effortlessly. Equally human, but not always as easy, is the need for connection, relatedness, and being truly seen by another human being. Compassion is a bridge which can take us from the pain of judgment to the joy of relatedness. Stepping into compassion, empathy and understanding takes deepening our hearts and paying attention to others' hearts. This week, look for the opportunities to cross that bridge, reach out to someone, let another soul know you see them and care. NOTE: TODAY is the launch of the "Charter for Compassion" click here __________________________________________________________________________________ "Compassion is a foundation for sharing our aliveness and building a more humane world." Martin Lowenthal
"In separateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength." Buddha "The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another." Thomas Merton "I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it." Thomas Aquinas "Our task must be to free ourselves . . . by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty." Albert Einstein "Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation." Henry Ward Beecher "Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival." Dalai Lama "The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands." Arthur H. Stainback "True benevolence, or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation." Joseph Addison "Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others." Pema Chodron gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
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gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. On New Year's day I sat down and opened a new journal, small enough to fit in my purse. That way I can easily add to my goals or look to them for inspiration and focus. I wrote one page on each of the following questions to create inspiration and action for my goals for the year. Who will I be? Where will I go? What will I Learn? I thought a few quotes paired with each statement might be the perfect way to launch Pessimist Beware . Happy New Year! This year I Will.... (note the word Will, not want) I Will Be.... "First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do." Epictetus (50-120, Stoic Philosopher) I Will Do... I Will Have... "He who possesses the source of enthusiasm will achieve great things." I Ching (12th Century BC Chinese Book of Changes I Will Learn... "Research shows that you begin learning in the womb and go right on learning until the moment you pass on. Your brain has a capacity for learning that is virtually limitless, which makes every human a potential genius." Michael J. Gelb (American Peak Performance Expert, Author, Trainer) I Will Go... "The fool wanders, a wise man travels." "The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are." Samuel Johnson (1709-1784, British Author) Have a wonderful weekend full of being, doing, having, learning and going! gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
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"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." -- Marcus Aurelius gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
"Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret - curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable." "Desire, ask, believe, receive." "If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad." "Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are." ''One can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice,'' said the Queen. ''When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'' "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.." "What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are." "The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible." Richard M DeVos (1926- American Businessman - started Amway "Expect the universe to support your dream. It will." "Look an you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected" "When you come right down to it, the secret of having it all is believing that you do." "Sometimes you have to believe it to see it" gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
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Painful choices my recent ex has made and a pretty intense breakdown with my sister have provided ample fodder on these subjects. The significant discomfort (alright, excruciating pain and grief!) of the lows and the desire to get past those feelings, have given me the motivation to seek higher ground - forgiveness. I was only going to write about forgiveness, but felt that omitting the anger is skipping a step. While anger can serve us, I am convinced that dwelling on it only hurts us where as forgiveness is the key to peace and happiness. Whether it is a close family member or a stranger, current or former partner, friend or foe, big issue or small, whether you need to give it or receive it, Forgiveness IS the answer. So go ahead forgive all over the place! It can be a challenge, but feels so much better than the alternative. And while you are at it, start with yourself. My gratitude to my sister Leela who in the middle of our ugliness found "The Book of Positive Quotations" for me and pointed to the section on Forgiveness. You give me reason to dig deep (forgive) when I want to stay shallow (be angry). Anger "Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools." "Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." "Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved." "Anyone can become angry -- that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way -- this is not easy." "How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it." Forgiveness "To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee." "Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both those who l love me and those who do not love me." ParamahansaYogananda "I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge." "Forgiving those who hurt us is the key to personal peace." "Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself." "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness." Robert Muller "Those who can not forgive are worse off than those who can not remember." Anon Forgiveness is man's deepest need and highest achievement." Horace Bushnell "Dream of your brother's kindness instead of dwelling in your dreams on his mistakes. Select his thoughtfulness to dream about instead of counting up the hurts he gave." A Course in Miracles Have a wonderful week full of forgiveness. gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. What is good fortune? How do you know what is good luck and what is bad luck? Fortune can come disguised as a problem, change of plans, things just not happening the way you want them to. Tonight I was all geared up for one thing (dancing to live Brazilian Sambada) and I discovered it wasn't happening. Staying home on Friday of Fiesta (A Santa Barbara celebration) was not what I had planned for myself, but wow what a great night it has been. Life is full of delightful surprises and disguised fortunes. So this week when you are upset at how things are going, look past the disguise for there may lie your good fortune. "I make the most of what comes and the least of what goes." "True contentment is the power of getting of any situation all that there is in it." G.K. Chesterton "On the occasion of every accident that befalls you… inquire what power you have for turning it to use." "Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out." Anonymous "There are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage." "A wise man turns change into good fortune." Thomas Fuller "The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your losses." Have a wonderful weekend uncovering your good fortune. gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
"Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where "It's so hard when I have to, And so easy when I want to. " "You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of "Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's "The key to your universe is that you can choose." "There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they "Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it." "One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in "When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is an gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
P.S. This message is dedicated to my cousin Joy. Joy IS pure JOY. "One more moment when one would love to live forever." "Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside." "Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart." "A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked…" "One joy scatters a hundred grieves" "Yes, there is Nirvanah; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line to your poem." "We French found it and called it joie de vivre -- the joy of living." "For one mother, joy is the quiet pleasure found in gently rubbing shampoo into her young child's hair. For another woman it's taking a long walk alone, while for yet another it's reviling in a much -- anticipated vacation." "Joy is free, unrestrained passion" "May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as its foam." "Joy is not in things, it is in us." Have a wonderful week full of joy. gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
I have been trying to decide what to write about before I leave for Burning Man today. (See http://www.burningman.com for more info on BM.) Creativity, Giving, Self Expression danced through my head all week. But what is mostly on my mind is my mom. She is going to Burning Man, which considering how wild, remote and dirty it can be is quite BOLD! She continues to surprise me by being bold and adventurous. She even e-mailed me a photo of herself in a purple sequined skirt with a butterfly sequined top. This is a mom of a teenager, a doctor, etc. Not her norm. We can all take a lesson from mom. Be BOLD. Do something you have never done before or even something you NEVER thought you would do, go for it! Discover yourself in a new way this week. Be BOLD. You go mom! "Adventure is worthwhile." "A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us." "I wanna see things that change me, live life so that I am never the same." India Arie - singer, songwriter "Sometimes the best way to figure out who you are is to get to that place where you don't have to be anything else." "You can't lead a cavalry if you think that you look funny riding a horse." "Explore thyself. Herein are demanded the eye and the nerve." "Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle. " "Only those who can risk going to far can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot Poet, Author Have a wonderful week discovering yourself by being BOLD. gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
One of the central cultural practices at Burning Man is the culture of service - giving, sharing, helping. It is pervasive. There is even a sense of one-up-manship of being good to one another. Fix a bike, wash your hair, cool you in the heat, set up camp, etc. And it felt so good. I was very present to how delighted people were with being of service. We get so much pleasure out of being the cause of pleasure for someone else. It feels great to help someone or to make a difference in their life or just in their day. Giving to others is a gift to yourself. Do yourself a favor, do someone else a favor. It feels great. Just to get you warmed up with doing favors, do me and your loved ones a favor by passing on this e-mail along with an invitation to receive these messages. I have set a goal to have 1,000 people receiving the Pessimists Beware messages by the end of September. For more information people can visit pessimistsbeware.com or e-mail me at gabrielle@pessimistbeware.com to sign up. I know from the regular feedback that these messages make a difference. So enjoying making a difference for someone by passing this on. "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." "You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand" "Somebody did a golden deed; Somebody proved a friend in need; Somebody sang a beautiful song; Somebody smiled the whole day long; Somebody thought, 'Tis sweet to live; Somebody said, I'm glad to give; Somebody fought a valiant fight; Somebody lived to shield the right; Was that somebody you?" "By doing simple acts of kindness for others, we can't help but lift ourselves up, too." "Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them." "Do something for somebody, gladly, twill sweeten your every care; In sharing the sorrow of others Your own are less hard to bear. Do something for somebody always, whatever may be your creed. There's nothing on earth can help you so much as a kindly deed." "The life of the individual only has meaning insofar as it aids in "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian Political Spiritual Leader "Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours." "Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another." Have a wonderful weekend full of service. gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
What is the magical thing called music? Music heals. Music communicates. Music reveals. Music celebrates. Music moves. Music unites. Music cleanses. Music teaches. Music is everything and anything. Music is pure joy manifested in sounds. Feels like liquid the way it gets under my skin and becomes a part of me. Like I drank it up. At times sipping, at times guzzling. But always enjoying. Play with music this weekend. Play it, record it, listen to it. Sing alone in the shower and with your loved ones. Make a compilation of your favorite songs. Be with music and be blessed. "Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below." Joseph Addison (1672-1719 British Essayist, Poet, Statesman) "Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite." "Music can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable." "Music expresses that which can not be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." "Music is the vernacular of the human soul." "Music is the shorthand of emotion." "Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue." "Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body." "I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music." Have a wonderful weekend full of music. gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
By request. This is for you Chris. Thanks for the inspiration. We need to. We should or shouldn't have. We wish. We miss. We worry. We hurry. Somewhere to get to or get away from or get back to. Something to remember. Something to forget. Tomorrow or yesterday. At times it seems as if we live everywhere except in the present moment. But when we do this we miss the beauty, the blessing, the life opportunity right in front of us. Right NOW is the only thing that is real. Everything else is either a construction of our memory or a projection of our expectations. So this week focus on being present to the moment. It is real. It is beautiful. It is a gift. Enjoy it. "It is a mark of soulfulness to be present in the here and now. When we are present, we are not fabricating inner movies. We are seeing what is before us." John Bradshaw "In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense. The past and the future are both rolled up in this present moment of illumination, and this present moment is not something standing still with all its contents, for it ceaselessly moves on." Daisetz T. Suzuki 1870-1966 Japanese Professor of Philosophy "Live in the present. The past is gone; the future is unknown -- but the present is real, and your opportunities are now. You must see these opportunities; they must be real for you. The catch is that they can't seem real if your mind is buried in past failures, if you keep reliving old mistakes, old guilts, old tragedies. Fight your way above the many inevitable Traumatizations of your ego, escape damnation by the past, and look to the opportunities of the present. I don't mean some vague moment in the present -- next week or next month, perhaps. I mean today, this minute." "Present-moment living, getting in touch with your ''now,'' is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really is no other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is just another present moment to live when it arrives." "The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." "The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness." "Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going." "Every situation, every moment -- is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity." "Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream." "Yesterday's the past and tomorrow's the future. Today is a gift -- which is why they call it the present." gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
Sometimes we have to do what we said we were going to do and sometimes life calls you to cancel your plans and to enjoy the opportunity. What opportunities this weekend! Friday I was given tickets to see Radiohead at the Hollywood Bowl just a few hours before the show and then Sunday I was invited to got to see Neil Young solo acoustic in a small gorgeous outdoor venue. I could have worried about all there was to do at home (grade papers, water the lawn, pay the bills, write a Pessimists Beware message, etc.). All the many to dos can not give you the satisfaction, pleasure, joy of an outdoor concert. This week when a friend calls, a spontaneous invitation is made, or a surprise opportunity arises, GO FOR IT! Life is too short to not enjoy these surprise opportunities/gifts. "If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater." "Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game." "Enjoy yourself -- it's later than you think." "A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not." "Fill your life with as many moments and experiences of joy and passion as you humanly can." It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing." "Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it." Eileen Caddy Spiritual Writer "He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy." "Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!" "If fortune calls, offer them a seat." Source Unknown gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. Another request for a topic that we can all relate to. For Alycia: Fear. Fear of the unknown, the imagined, the future. Fear about what's next. It can be paralyzing. Fear has us about as active as a deer in headlights. I read an article in my Master's program that fear and excitement were physiologically the same thing. It is the mind that decides what to call it. This week see your fear in a new way. Be with it, listen to it, be a friend to your fear. Don't be afraid to be afraid. Whether it is making a big change or making THAT phone call. Taking a risk, starting a business, a relationship, a new chapter in your life or book. A new hobby, sport, career, whatever it is that you fear, look at it. Use it, don't let it use you. Next week's Pessimists Beware message - The REWARDS of facing your fears. "I can say, I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable. Or I could say get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable? " " What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. " "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I can take the next thing that comes along." You must do the thing you think you cannot do. " "Fear is excitement without breath. " "Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead. " "A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." "Fearlessness is not the absence of fear....fearlessness is the total presence of fear - with the courage to face it." "One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. " "Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not. " gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. I was days away from a trip to see my grandparents for their 84th & 85th Birthday celebration and then suddenly the party had been exchanged for a hospital room in the critical care unit. My grandfather had fallen, broken his hip and suffered life threatening complications. It is shocking how much can change in so little time. Every day we have is so precious and delicate and vulnerable. How lucky we are when we are conscious of this and take action. In honor of my grandfather Bud, on today, his 85th birthday and my dad who has been actively present to how precious time with his dad has been, I will in deep gratitude savor every bit of every moment. "I can say, I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable. Or I could say get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable? " " What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. " "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I can take the next thing that comes along." You must do the thing you think you cannot do. " "Fear is excitement without breath. " "A ship in harbor is safe, but that is n "Fearlessness is not the absence of fear....fearlessness is the total presence of fear - with the courage to face it." "One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. " "Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not. " "Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle." gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
"Where there is an open mind there will always be a frontier." gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
Many teachers have the similar message that all pain is struggle against what "IS". We all have things we would do anything to change. We want to control, direct and plan. But as the joke goes "How do you make God laugh? - Tell him your plans". Whether it is the death of a loved one, break up of a relationship or just plain old simple not getting what you want - All there is to do is to Surrender, Trust and Let Go. Not give up, just give up swimming up stream. Sometimes you have to listen to life, go with the flow and be in the moment.
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference."
gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. They say change is certain and that most resist it. They also say attitude is everything. So put the two together and create an attitude of excitement and wonder about change. Celebrate the opportunity of change. The unknown is a blank canvas waiting for you, the artist. Make it everything you want it to be. gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. Passion is not discovered. It is remembered, recovered, retrieved. It is listening to that little voice inside that says “oh I love doing that”. My friend calls it the “thread of bliss”. It is that thing that tugs at your heart with a consistent, often nagging, demand for attention. "Contemplate thy powers, contemplate thy wants and thy connections; so shalt thou discover the duties of life, and be directed in all thy ways." Sometimes we try to not listen or shrug it away. We come up with clever reasons, but most always it is some flavor of the self-imposed confines of fear. We are not, nor have we ever been, nor will we ever be confined, except within the walls of our self imposed limitations. "The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality." “Safe is Risky.” Seth Godin So beware and be brave. Listen and remember. Follow YOUR tug. Let it wake and animate. Give permission and then do it with play and forgiveness for the unavoidable mistakes. The freedom and fulfillment of experiencing and sharing your passion and purpose is well worth the risk. Reclaim, retrieve, and recover your dream. “In every moment you are free to create yourself anew.” Sarah Hannah "What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it." - Johann von Goeth "All glory comes from daring to begin." Anonomous You can start any dream you want, anytime. And so can I. Welcome. Enjoy. And let the ripple effect of positivity reverberate exponentially starting with you. If you enjoyed this message please pass it on. Subscribe Here gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
It is all too easy to get attached, fixated or obsessed with our goals, hopes, or plans. Being specific about what we aim to achieve is helpful. Visualizing the details creates magic. However, becoming attached to how it should look and where it will lead is at best frustrating. Some of the best discoveries in life were accidents. They came from looking at a problem as an opportunity. They came from people who despite their best laid plans, found something better than what they were looking for. At minimum they found something they were not not looking for and might have missed if they only looked at what they were expecting to see. "How do you make God laugh? Tell him your plans." "There will always be a frontier where there is an open mind and a willing hand." Charles F. Kettering 1876-1958 Inventor "Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them -- that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like." "Arrange whatever pieces come your way." "As you journey through life choose your destinations well, but don't hurry there, you'll arrive soon enough. Wander the back roads and forgotten paths, keeping your destination in your heart like the fixed point of a compass. Seek out new voices, strange sights, and ideas foreign to your own... such things are riches for your soul." "Visionaries are NOT special people. The gift of true vision requires only a willingness to open your eyes to first, find the horizon. Once fixated on the horizon comes the ability to see beyond, where the true magic of life exists." Rick Beneteau "Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination." John Dewey "Opportunity often comes in disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity." Where is your " focus" fixated? Are you missing the gold on the perifery? Is that challenge a diamond that just looks like a lump of coal? What might you see or what opportunity would surface if you looked at it from a different angle? gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. Life is so serious and we all grew up way too fast. One way to stay young, vibrant, and alive is to bring play to whatever you are doing. Play does not mean being silly or frivolous, but rather light and not so significant. Play is experimentation and adventure. Play is being creative and imaginative. Play is being curious rather than sure. Play is open to whatever happens rather than attachment and upset when it does not go a certain way. Play is learning. And play is FUN! Watch a child playing or learning. It is the same thing. Let their innocence and wonder be contagious. What challenge do you have that you could bring play to today? "With the possible exception of whales and porpoises, we are the only creatures who play all our lives. And because we do, we learn all our lives. The day we stop playing is the day we stop learning." Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way." "To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong." "Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open." It is a happy talent to know how to play." "Learn something new. Try something different. Convince yourself that you have no limits." - Brian Tracy “Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game." “Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it." Go ahead. Be childlike. Play and have fun this week in all that you do. gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
Is there any benefit to assuming that we are responsible for everything around us? If you look at responsibility as the ABILITY to RESPOND then our responsibility becomes a reality. We all have an ABILITY to RESPOND. This does not mean blame, nor fault, rather a commitment to view the world through what you CAN do rather than what you cannot. We have an ability, an opportunity, and the privilege of responding. And now responding is so easy! ONE person can do something. Something BIG! A group of many have organized to create The ONE Campaign http://www.one.org/ (an inspiring, powerful, and well run organization). The Great 8 world power meeting begins July 6th and with the world watching and The ONE Campaign creating press and attention, this could be something truly great. There are many ways you can play a part in ending world hunger, the epidemic AIDS, and economic despair. There are huge concerts happening in those Great 8 countries, so watch the concerts, or attend like one of my friends is. You can follow this link (by June 30th), to send a letter of support for these goals from ONE: 1. Help the poorest people of the world fight extreme poverty, AIDS and hunger at a cost equal to just ONE percent more of the US budget on a clear timetable; 2. Cancel 100% of the debts owed by the poorest countries; 3. Reform trade rules so poor countries can earn sustainable incomes. We are beyond fortunate when compared to the majority of the world. We have an ABILITY To RESPOND. And I am responsible! Where else in your life can you see where you have the ABILITY to RESPOND? "You must give some time to your fellow man. Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who have need of help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here, too. " "To have and not to give is often worse than to steal. " "It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do for which we are accountable." Jean Baptiste Molière "Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power." "If you don't like the way the world is, you change it .You have an obligation to change it.You just do it one step at a time." "The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all." "It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations." "When I saw something that needed doing, I did it." “He that planteth a tree ...provideth a kindness for many generations." Where else in your life can you see where you have the ABILITY to RESPOND? gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide. Let the ripple effect of positivity reverberate exponentially starting with YOU. gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com Inspiration - To bring out or about. To influence, move or guide.
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