No Excuses, Sir.

Make Do.

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Work

"Work like you don't need the money, Love like your heart has never been broken, & Dance like no one is watching."
     - Aurora Greenway

Follow Your Bliss

"Choose a job you love to do, and you will never have to work a day in your life."
     - Confucius

Won't You Meet Me In Montana's?

This goes out to a very special friend on her birthday:

Be the Ball

Lombardi

 "Any fool can slip and fall down; it takes a man to get back up again."
     - Vince Lombardi

Straight No Chaser - Fix you

Straight No Chaser - Lion Sleeps Tonight

Straight No Chaser - Stand By Me

The Beach Boys - Be True To Your School

Disqualifying the Positive

One of ten common cognitive distortions first identified by Dr. David Burns in his book Feeling Good (1980). For a more complete explanation, see this great article in Wikipedia.

Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.

Contentment

Contentment, that pinnacle of emotional states, is being happy with what you've got: choosing not to go on searching (endlessly) for something a little more perfect.

Stop Digging

When you find you're in a hole, stop digging!

The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl

This goes out to a very special friend in oh-so chilly Chicago on her 19th birthday. I hope you have a wonderful day and that all your dreams come true. Lots of love. Big hug and a kiss!

Keep Comin' Back

Probably the best advice I've ever received.

Image courtesy of jenlemen.com.

This Too Shall Pass

Bringing the Mountain to Mohammed

A friend of mine reminded me today of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "The Great Stone Face."

For a fuller fleshing out of this New Hampshire landmark, including its eventual collapse, see the following Wikipedia article.

Sometimes, God is closer than we realize.

On a Wing and a Prayer

Believe It or Not

"Look at what's happening to me,
I can't believe it myself.
Suddenly I'm up on top of the world,
Should have been somebody else.

Believe it or not, I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me."

Joey Scarbury,
Theme Song to The Greatest American Hero, 1981

If I Had a Hammer

When your only tool is a hammer, pretty soon all your problems start to look like nails.

Be Impeccable With Your Word

Don't Take Anything Personally

Don't Make Assumptions

"When you assume, you make an ass of you and me."

Always Do Your Best

Que Sera Sera

Look Into Your Heart

Courage

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
     - Mark Twain

Self Esteem

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
     - Eleanor Roosevelt 

All We Want Are the Facts, Ma'am.

Try Not to Try Too Hard

Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down