Don't mix bad words with your bad mood.  You'll have many opportunities to change a mood, but you'll never get the opportunity to replace the words you spoke.   Unknown The sign of a mature person is one who speaks carefully, even in, or especially in, bad mood (anger, frustration, disappointment, hormone fluctuations, etc).   We have a choice about our words and our moods.  And depending on our choice we will either have regret or a clear conscience.  I don't know about you but I would rather have a clear conscience than regret.  Some days I succeed at this and other days not so much.  How about you?

Four Things You Can't Recover: 1) The stone after the throw 2) The word after it's said 3) The occasion after it's missed 4) The time after it's gone Deanna Wadsworth Sad but true.  Read the list again without the "But..." in your head.  Wishing to recover any of those things is not going to actually make them be recovered.  The opportunity is gone and in it's place may be some regret but another opportunity will present itself.  What will you do with the new opportunity? I like word pictures.  I like them even though I'm not great at painting them.  So forgive my weak attempt and try to follow along. The stone was thrown, the gash (wound) inflicted.  (Think in mental/emotional terms on this one will ya?)  What's the new opportunity?  Help clean the gash, apply the antibiotic ointment, and place the band-aid.  Do whatever the one you wounded will allow you to do to make up for the throw.  And remember what happene...

There is no passion to be found in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.   Nelson Mandela You may have heard me utter a time or two, "Less is more" (particularly after watching an episode of Hoarders) but in the case of today's quote I'm uttering, "Less is NOT more."  :)  I love it when my little theories get upset in the most delightful ways. Mandela has it right - when we settle for less life than what is out there waiting for us to reach it then we lack passion.  We lack zeal.  We lack fullness .  We lack satisfaction. What makes us settle for less life?  The belief that we don't deserve more life.  The belief that we aren't worth more to live more.  The fear of the unknown of a fuller life.  The fear of failing at living a fuller life.  The fear of passion.  Those are just the reasons that popped into my head, there's probably a hundred more excuses for settling for less when the...

live with intention. walk to the edge. listen hard. practice wellness. play with abandon. laugh. choose with no regret. continue to learn. appreciate your friends. do what you love. live as if this is all there is.   mary ann radmacher I've had a magnet on my fridge for years with this quote on it.  It's a great reminder to me - and I need these reminders - of what a full life consists of.  Even if I just put into practice one or two of these each day I'm better off.  How?  Well take, for example, "walk to the edge".  Living my life backing away from the edge and playing it safe leads to regrets.  It does.  I don't know of anyone who was happy they played it safe in the end.  We learn and grow the most when we walk right up to the edge of what brings us fear and we look over and make a move to conquer it.  Today's quote reminds me that I want to live each day developing my character and living a full life.  I hope you...