http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/ InboxInspiration Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:24:33 GMT fridaysinspiration http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1280 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1280 It is not enough for me, nor is it for a rapidly growing segment of the population of this planet, to simply love my job, my wife, and my kids. It is not Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:10:35 GMT fridaysinspiration http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1279 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1279 If I can understand that what I am experiencing is part of the mission of my life, these difficulties lose their power over me. Regardless of how bad a Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:15:55 GMT fridaysinspiration http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1278 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1278 The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. * Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:43:45 GMT fridaysinspiration http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1277 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1277 Faith is priceless when you need it. If you believe that everything happens for a reason it is easier to look for anything good in a negative situation and Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:15:13 GMT fridaysinspiration http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1276 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1276 Know how to choose. Most things in life depend on it. You need good taste and an upright judgment; intelligence and application are not enough... There is no Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:30:09 GMT fridaysinspiration http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1275 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1275 Walk away. Stop playing the game. Unhook. Learn your lesson. Thank the other person for having taught you something valuable. And be finished with it. Put it Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:41:35 GMT fridaysinspiration http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1274 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1274 "What can I give you for your birthday, Beloved?" The answer came swiftly. "Your emptiness." I was puzzled. "Emptiness. What does it mean?" Then, I cupped my Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:43:56 GMT fridaysinspiration http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1273 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1273 None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy. * Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:57:05 GMT Michael http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1272 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1272 Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. * Bernice Johnson Reagon, The Challenged Life Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:27:59 GMT Michael http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1271 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1271 As steel is heated slowly and cooled rapidly in order to temper it's strength, so are we, at times, caused to walk through fire and deluged with the cold Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:12:53 GMT Michael http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1270 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1270 Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. That is my experience. If you understand, and you show that you Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:03:53 GMT Michael http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1269 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1269 Our past is neither an accident nor a mistake. We have been where we needed to be, with the necessary people. We can embrace our history, with its pain, its Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:02:18 GMT Michael http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1268 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1268 Don't expect others to live up to your expectations, and own the fact that you have no responsibility to live up to the expectations of others. * Michael Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:18:36 GMT Michael http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1267 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1267 Am I dragged down with problems, or enervated with opportunities for growth? * Michael Rawls, A Designed Destiny: Drafting Tools Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:35:46 GMT Michael http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1266 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InboxInspiration/message/1266 Things get better when you get better. They get worse when you get worse... You cannot achieve anything by trying to manipulate the effect. Instead, look to