Quotable Monday: Success

"The path to success is to take massive determined action."

-Tony Robbins

Quotable Monday: You have to name it to claim it!

"You always have to put out to the universe what your dream is—that is in part how they become actualized.”

Isabella Boylston

Quotable Mondays: A New Book

“No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; 

this is the beginning of a new book! That first book is already 

closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; this new book is 

newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And 

it is a beautiful one!” 

― C. JoyBell C.

I have taken a longer than anticipated sabbatical from this blog. Sometimes you find yourself in life's doldrums and things slide onto the back burner unknowingly. Three months ago my professional life was thoroughly disrupted and I went through a period of introspection. The past three months in many ways has felt like a cocoon. I am now emerging from that cocoon and testing my new found wings.  I like the idea of starting a new book vs a new chapter premise of this quote.

Quoteable Monday: Clearing Space

“A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with—that’s poverty—but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you’re clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it’s clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)”
― Victoria Moran, Lit From Within: Tending Your Soul For Lifelong Beauty     

“The point is, you need to distinguish between what honestly moves you and what the world is telling you should melt your heart. If something doesn’t reach you on a personal level, let it go. It’s hard enough dealing with everything that does.”
― Judi Culbertson, The Clutter Cure: Three Steps to Letting Go of Stuff, Organizing Your Space & Creating the Home of Your Dreams  

“If a gift has come to you wrapped in obligations and tied tightly with a ribbon of guilt, then it's not really a gift at all. It's a manipulation. A gift should be something freely given that enhances your life and reminds you lovingly of the giver. If it's not, you simply should not give it a place in your home.”
― Peter Walsh

Quotable Monday: Cosmos

"Asteroids have us in our sight. The dinosaurs didn't have a space program, so they're not here to talk about this problem. We are, and we have the power to do something about it. I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy, to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not, and end up going extinct."

~ Neil deGrasse Tyson

"The partisanship surrounding space exploration and the retrenching of U.S. space policy are part of a more general trend: the decline of science in the United States. As its interest in science wanes, the country loses ground to the rest of the industrialized world in every measure of technological proficiency."

~Neil deGrasse Tyson

Quotable Monday: Perfection, Disorganization and Candles

I spent part of the weekend sorting through items. The last boxes of a move or in this case many moves. Those last boxes wound up in storage after each move. I am bound and determined to go through of them and keep what is worth keeping, giving away what can be donated and trashing what needs to be thrown out. It is a very slow but interesting exercise.

“One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.”
― A.A. Milne

 

 

"Organization aids peace of mind, creativity and time effectiveness.
Disorganization causes stress, fractured thinking and wasted time.
To stay organized you must develop systems unique to your situation, whether it is handling paperwork, managing email, conducting meetings, using a follow-up file or scheduling in a planner"

 ~ Harold Taylor

Transformation is a slow process... and I need to remind the impatient side of me of the following:

 

“It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs.”
― Jillian Michaels

 

Oh about those boxes... at least three of them had candles or candle accessories....guess it is time to burn some candles!!!

 

"I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage."

-Erma Bombeck

 

Quotable Monday: Winter Doldrums

We are well into winter and with the holidays clearly behind us, I look for things that make the gray days of this season more enjoyable.

"Winter dressing is all about having chic outerwear."

George Kotsiopoulos

 

"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."

Albert Camus

 

 

"Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality."

Andy Goldsworthy

 

"In this part of the world, only Maine gives winter the welcome and the worship it should have."

Tom Allen

 

Quotable Monday: The First Monday of a new year!

“Mondays are the start of the work week which offer new beginnings 52 times a year!”
― David Dweck

Quotable Monday (the Tuesday edition) Disappointment and Clarity

"The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality."

Conan O'Brien

Quotable Monday: Food for Thought!

"You can only become accomplished at something you truly 

love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the 

things you love doing, and do them so well, people can't 

take their eyes off of you." Maya Angelou

Quotable Monday: Life Experience

"Life experience is what defines our character, even if it means getting your heart broken or being lied to. You know, you need the downs to appreciate the ups. Going on the adventure or taking that risk is important."

- Nev Schulman

Quotable Monday: Appreciating summer

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”

 

― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Quotable Monday: Planning

"Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning."

- Gloria Steinem

 

 

“It pays to plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.”

- Anonymous

Quotable Mondays: How to Simplify (the home edition)

Having recently purchased a house, this quote comes to mind quite often as I look to either add pieces to my home or get rid of items.

" Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

- William Morris

Quotable Monday: Fourth of July

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."

 

-Thomas Paine

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism."

  -Erma Bombeck

Quotable Mondays: Soccer Fever!

"Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life."

P. J. O'Rourke

Quotable Monday: Friendship

"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quotable Monday: Early Summer

"If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance. "

~Bern Williams

Quotable Monday: Memorial Day

"These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror."

Michael N. Castle

Quotable Monday: New Beginnings

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."

Seneca
(Born: 5 BC Died: 65 AD)
Seneca was a roman dramatist, philosopher, and politician.

 

 

Having just closed the chapter on being a renter, this quote struck a note with me.