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Always Remember...

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." Albert Schweitzer

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"We need to learn to talk less so young people can talk more, to learn more."

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"Always remember....being happy doesn't mean being perfect."

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"Struggle is an important phase of learning that is often necessary before students achieve a learning breakthrough."

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It ain't about how hard you hit...It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving, forward...how much you can take, and keep moving forward.  That's how winning is done.  Now if you know what you're worth, go out and get what you're worth.  But you gotta be willing to take the hits.  An not pointing fingers saying:  you ain't what you wanna be because of him or her or anybody.  Cowards do that and that ain't you!  You're better than that!  ~ Rocky Balboa

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"I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe laughing is the best calorie burner.  I believe in kissing; kissing a lot.  I believe in being strong when everything is going wrong.  I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and... I believe in miracles."


— Audrey Hepburn

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"Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practices and the coaches who have pushed you...is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back...Play for her."


Author: Mia Hamm
 
While looking for quotes to put up in the Cartwright Hall today, I came across this quote and loved it.  It isn't necessarily fitting for anything right now, but there will be a time where I'll think of it and want it and it will be here for me when I need it.

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Always remember to...

"Not just set goals, but achieve them."

I heard this on the radio this morning and I loved it.

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Always Remember...

"Just think, you're here not by chance, but by God's choosing.  His hand formed you and made you the person you are.  He compares you to no one else -- you are one of a kind.  You lack nothing that His grace can't give you.  He has allowed you to be here at this time in history to fulfill His special purpose for this generation."  Roy Lessin

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My google reader was filled with quotes about happiness today.  Is it national happiness day and I don't know it?

Always remember...“happiness is not a science, an art, or an outcome. it can’t be quantified, procured, or consumed. it’s not invented but comes naturally… it’s what we are when we are utterly ourselves in unaffected ease.” ~ karen maezen miller

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Always remember....

Do what makes you happy...Be with those who make you smile...Laugh as much as you breath...love as long as you live!

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"The purpose of the task is to strengthen the relationship." 

From Becky Higgins from her FACS professor. 

No matter what relationship you have with someone (whether it be your husband or wife, parent, child, student, boss, best friend, acquaintance, or coworker), always remember to strengthen the relationship.

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A reason to remember what we say to kids really matters.  A message from a parent today thanking teachers for encouraging her son.

"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen."  (Ephesians 4:29) 

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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.  ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

forty = update on bucket list

My new and updated bucket list (short term - within the next 2 years).

1. Continue working on Macy's baby book and finish it this summer (cross my fingers, my mom is retired now so she should be able to help me).
2. Get caught up on Jeff's snapfish/blurb albums (I probably need internet at home for this, so I'm not sure how that is going to work).
3. Continue doing more crafts with my children (I have lots of ideas from all the blogs I read).
4. Lose 20 more pounds.
5. Take a family vacation.
6. Run in a 10K race (I ran 8 miles last summer, just not in a race)
7. Take my kids to Disney Land.
8. Do something to make my yard more fun.  Any ideas?

thirty-nine

My bucket list update...


1 - Finish Jeff's baby book

2 - Get caught up on Jeff's snapfish album

3 - Start Macy's baby book

4 - Make a list of stories from my childhood to write about

5 - Run a full 10K

6 - Lose 30 pounds

7 - Take a family vacation

8 - Learn more about using my camera

9 - Read at least 3 classics

10 - Do more art projects with my children

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"The power to resist and rebels rests in being able to see things differently than the way things are presented to you." 

From Activity 6:  Strong Women and Gentle Men in "Mighty Times:  The Children's March"

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It's fall here...would you like to know how I know?  My Dad told me, "Grandpa Louis always used to say, 'You know it's fall when the wind blows over the stubble.'"

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Quoting Gina "Mom (your grandma) used to say, 'The quickest way to end a long journey is to take the first step.'"

Great advice

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I'm in graduate school right now and every once in awhile I come across a quote that I would like to remember.

The primary function of a teacher as a leader is to "inspire others to do think that they might otherwise not do and encourage others to go in directs they might not otherwise pursue."   P. Schlechty