Best Friends: we're a parade - even by ourselves! Mary Anne Radmacher More Quotes by Mary Anne Radmacher More Quotes From Mary Anne Radmacher I hear many people talk about their longing for a balanced life. What I think they are really expressing is a desire for a life with less pressure. Mary Anne Radmacher stresspeoplethinking The most important promises are the ones we make to ourselves. The promises we makes to ourselves are the things that assure us we have the capacity to keep our promises to others. Mary Anne Radmacher importanthonorpromise Don't Wait! Start on your dreams, your impulses, your longings, your special occasions today. Because this is your moment. Mary Anne Radmacher waitingdreammotivational Ask today as you consider the many choices in your view - what is the highest and best use of your talents, skills and abilities? When you answer that, seize the opportunity to sharpen those qualities even more sharply by applying your focused effort. Mary Anne Radmacher skillsviewsopportunity Choose in ways that support your dreams. Mary Anne Radmacher supportdreamway Weariness comes, on some days, from lack of service to self. Mary Anne Radmacher wearinessself We laugh to survive. Then, with joy we thrive. Mary Anne Radmacher thrivejoylaughing Laughter is what spills over the edge of an inspired life. Mary Anne Radmacher spillsinspiredlaughter Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end. Mary Anne Radmacher rainbowshadowwind Our daily decisions create the scrapbook of our life. Mary Anne Radmacher single-lifeworkoutdecision May your season shine with delight and surprise. Mary Anne Radmacher delightshiningblessing I awakened. is that not a wonderful statement? Mary Anne Radmacher awakenednewbornwonderful Today I offer a prayer of forgiveness: Mary Anne Radmacher butterflyprayerprofound Take a deep breath and do the difficult thing first. Mary Anne Radmacher deep-lifetake-a-deep-breathfirsts I confessed recently to an old friend, "I realized I was looking at you, in your visit, through old glasses. Speaking old words. Telling old stories. I realize that in my life I've made so many physical changes and I need to give my spirit time to catch up." Time for my spirit to look at my friend through the new glasses of current life experiences. Old friends are precious. They become even more treasured when they are wrapped in the currentness of life experiences and not relegated to the past in which they once lived. Mary Anne Radmacher glassesnew-relationshippast See beauty in those unexpected places. (she asked herself how people could let Bach be background noise.) See the opportunity in what looks like inconvenience. (she steered clear of the traffic jam and went to the bakery she's been meaning to stop at.) She embraces the undeclared possibility in what seems like just another ordinary day. (her friend is scheduled for cancer surgery and suddenly everything around her seems so very precious.) Mary Anne Radmacher ordinary-dayscanceropportunity Protect your vision. Prevail over adversity. Persevere in the midst of turmoil. Passionately act upon your convictions. Purposely walk into the day. Mary Anne Radmacher happy-dayadversityvision I take every opportunity to articulate to others the ways that they have blessed and influenced me. I hold sweet memories of making the opportunity to thank teachers who have influenced me. I encourage everyone to seize opportunities to tell people who have made a gift of knowledge or influence. Mary Anne Radmacher encouragementsweetteacher Pain is a difficult companion. There's no getting around that. But, if pain is to be a companion, searching and discovering your own best ways to travel with that pain will lead you to the joy that you long to have. They are your paths, your ways and while my experience and the experiences of others may inspire you, ultimately it will be the choices you discover and make for yourself that lead you to certain joy in the midst of your challenges. Mary Anne Radmacher painleadershiplove A bird only flies. It does not turn to another bird and ask, am I doing this right? Mary Anne Radmacher turnsdoebird
