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The 06/23/13 Joy Jar

23 Jun

Moi began the ‘Joy Jar’ project right after the Mayan end of the world thing went belly-up. This was a year-long experiment to find something to be grateful for every day. The ‘Joy Jar’ is half way through and moi is learning to ‘cultivate an attitude of gratitude.’ Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is an attitude of gratitude.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

 

 

 

“In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.”

Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.”

Maya Angelou, Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”

Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”

Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Sometimes life knocks you on your ass… get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them.”

― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us – and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him.

Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.”

― Thomas Merton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.”

Meister Eckhart

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The 06/16/13 Joy Jar

15 Jun

Some folk are literally tumbleweeds. They live their life blowing in the wind. The finger must be raised to guage the direction of the wind before a decision can be made. Others know who they are and what they believe. They have a foundation rooted in principle. Healthy body, healthy mind, healthy values = It’s all good Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is the firm foundation of strong values.

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
Henry David Thoreau, Walden

“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury – to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.”
Albert Einstein

“Never compromise your values.”
Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“Values aren’t buses… They’re not supposed to get you anywhere. They’re supposed to define who you are.”
Jennifer Crusie

“Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.”
José Ortega y Gasset

“Don’t let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth – don’t let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.”
Aesop

“It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.”
Roy Disney

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The 06/12/13 Joy Jar

11 Jun

 

Yesterday’s ‘Joy Jar’ was to give thanks for being human. Humans have a wide variety of characteristics from they walk with Angels to satan wouldn’t have them in the family because they are so evil. The best human qualities form a tapestry called humane. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is the quality of being humane.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.
Friedrich Nietzsche

It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
Cesar Chavez

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.
William Lloyd Garrison

One can not be just if one is not humane.
Luc de Clapiers

An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.
Jef Raskin

One can not be just if one is not humane.
Luc de Clapiers

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The 06/07/13 Joy Jar

7 Jun

To have a passion or an idea that one wants to pursue is a gift. Moi is one of those crazies trying to develop a brand, ‘drwilda.com.’ Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is the spirit of the Entrepreneur.

 

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
– Peter Drucker

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“Winners never quit and quitters never win.”
– Vince Lombardi

 “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
– Steve Jobs

 “My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself. I see life almost like one long University education that I never had — everyday I’m learning something new.”
– Richard Branson

“Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
– Bill Gates

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”
– Warren Buffett

“One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you.”
– Jeff Bezos

 “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
– Thomas Edison

 “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
– Albert Einstein

 “As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.”
– Donald Trump

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
– Winston Churchill

”Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.”
– Thomas Edison

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
– Mark Twain

“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”
– Vince Lombardi

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”
– Napoleon Hill

 “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”
– Bill Cosby

“Success is not what you have, but who you are.”
– Bo Bennet

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

– Mark Twain

 

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The 06/02/13 Joy Jar

1 Jun

The only way that some can express their insecurity, fear, and inability to really relate to others is through demeaning them, insulting them or trying to embarrass them. Moi got the moniker, OLD FART from a slur meant to drag moi down. Really. When slurred or slighted just remember God always sees the best in us and we are very precious in His sight.

You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result. Genesis 50:20 (NASB)

It is by and through the Grace of God that moi’s future is so bright, she’s gotta wear shades.

Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is the incredible healing power of forgiveness.

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”

Oscar Wilde

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”

Mother Teresa

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

Mahatma Gandhi, All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”

Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.”

Oprah Winfrey

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

Mark Twain

“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”

C.S. Lewis

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The 05/30/13 Joy Jar

29 May

 

Moi is grateful that she lives in a country which allows her to gather information on a variety of topics. Information is not wisdom, nor is it knowledge. Information is simply the first step. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is the freedom to read and listen to a variety of sources.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
Mark Twain

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.
Winston Churchill

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
Oscar Wilde

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
T. S. Eliot

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.
Clifford Stoll

Information is not knowledge.
Albert Einstein

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious – just dead wrong.
Russell Baker

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The 05/28/13 Joy Jar

27 May

Moi knows that in some quarters it is fashionable to hate America and what it stands for. Many of those who think this is the worst country in the world wouldn’t leave if you took a crowbar to them. They know that there is no such thing as perfection, no matter they simply want something to hate. Through a fortunate accident of fate, moi was born an American. Moi is grateful for the sacrifices so many have made for her. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is the gratitude moi feels for being born an American.

I love America more than any other country in this world; and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

James Baldwin

America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true.

James T. Farrell

What is the essence of America?  Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom “to” and freedom “from.”

Marilyn vos Savant, in Parade

How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.

Paul Sweeney

What the people want is very simple.  They want an America as good as its promise.

Barbara Jordan

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

Elmer Davis

 

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.  Theodore Roosevelt

 

America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them.

James Michener

 

If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace.  ~Hamilton Fish

 

To me, being an American means feeling safe.

Currielene Armstrong

Only Americans can hurt America.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

America will never be destroyed from the outside.  If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Abraham Lincoln

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The 05/01/13 Joy Jar

30 Apr

 

May 1 is, well duh, May Day. In Seattle, that could mean peaceful demonstrations or anarchists can have their version of a party and cause as much chaos as possible. Moi, wondered if anarchists have little routines like brushing their teeth with toothpaste or is that considered a capitalist tool? Anyhow, moi thought about the fact that often one only thinks about toothpaste when the tube is low and is about to run out. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is toothpaste

Most entertainment is trying to get you. It’s tested, like toothpaste.
Albert Brooks

“The reading public is intellectually adolescent at best, and it is obvious that what is called ”significant literature” will only be sold to this public by exactly the same methods as are used to sell it toothpaste, cathartics and automobiles.”

Raymond Chandler

There used to be a thing or a commodity we put great store by. It was called the People. Find out where the People have gone. I don’t mean the square-eyed toothpaste-and-hair-dye people or the new-car-or-bust people, or the success-and-coronary people. Maybe they never existed, but if there ever were the People, that’s the commodity the Declaration was talking about, and Mr. Lincoln.

John Steinbeck

“Social Media is like toothpaste: flavors, daily routine, doesn’t cost too much, there is always more.”

Lily Chatterjee

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The 04/29/13 Joy Jar

28 Apr

 

Moi plans to spend the summer writing. She has begun looking for a new desk chair and will get a comfortable desk chair. A clearly defined space for work is what she is planning. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is moi’s new desk chair which she will find sooner rather than later.

“A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.”

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

“A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless”

May Sarton

“Every chair should be a throne and hold a king”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You can travel the world and never leave your chair when you read a book.”
Sherry K. Plummer

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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The 04/19/13 Joy Jar

18 Apr

The Boston Marathon Terrorist event is still fresh in the memory and tonight a police officer at MIT was killed. Despite the turmoil of the world, moi is trying to cultivate a sense of calm no matter what is going on in the world, Today’s deposit into the Joy Jar is a sense of calm.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
Saint Francis de Sales

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
Plato

Calm can solve all issues.
Pope Shenouda III

“A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger.”

Chris Bradford, The Way of the Sword

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.
Willa Cather

People look at me and see a calm, cool guy on the sidelines and I want them to know that my Christian faith affects my coaching and everything I do.
Tony Dungy

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