Wisdoms, To Smack On

Calling all wisdom-seekers, I lay before you some smackable thoughts to consider or reconsider as you get through the day, week, month, year, and rest of your life

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May 23, 2024

Wisdom is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Be thankful IN all things (not just FOR all things), even in the bad times (figure out the silver lining)
Gratefulness is what makes us happy, not the reverse.
You’ll get your turn.
If you care, be aware.
Every moment is an Opportunity.
Nostalgia is NOW.
Every setback is a setup for a comeback. –Pastor Rick Warren
Take a break from the identity economy.
The ego is the real enemy.
Normalize not forcing people to choose you.
Slowing time and delaying duty is a luxury
Everything can be taken away from us except our attitude.
Too much choice and freedom can be tyranny. Limiting it is powerful. Infobesity is draining, limiting it is bliss.
The Universe’s delays test the depths of our desires.
Don’t believe everything you think. We jump to conclusions, miss the big picture, assume, and see only one perspective. Remember this to avoid unnecessary problems.
Don’t resist temptation, replace it.
Love your world as a mother loves her only child.
Nirvana is what you arrive at when what seems like your sorrows are the seedling of your joy
It doesn’t get better; YOU get better.
Never let anyone drive you crazy; it is nearby anyway and the walk is good for you. –Lewis Caroll, Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland
You can’t always get what you want, But if you try sometimes you might find, You get what you need. –The Rolling Stones
The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people. –Stephen Hawkings
Desire, ask, believe, receive. –Stella Terrill Mann
You don’t have anything to give that you don’t have, so you have to keep your own self full. –Oprah
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. – Marilyn Monroe
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt
[A] man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. –Mark Twain
As a girl, my mother told me I’m nice looking and that I have pretty eyes, but it’s not your eyes… it’s the expression behind your eyes that will make you truly beautiful. –Elizabeth Taylor
Not all who wander are lost. –Lewis Caroll, Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland
One can be unhappy before eating caviar, even after, but at least not during. –Irving Kristol
The most potent muse of all is our own inner child. –Stephen Nachmanovitch
The Universe doesn’t allow perfection. –Stephen Hawkings
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. –Colette
Imagination is more important than knowledge. –Albert Einstein
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. –Jalal Ud-Din Rumi
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. –Stephen Hawkings
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult. –Seneca
You cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it. –Stephen Hawkings
Imagination is the only weapon in the war with reality –Lewis Caroll, Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland

I HAVEN'T MADE UP MY MIND TO DO IT BUT I'VE MADE UP MY MIND I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE UP MY MIND, NOT TO DO IT.

Wisdoms, To Smack On

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