Wherever you are, be there. If you can be fully present now, you'll know what it means to live. Steve Goodier More Quotes by Steve Goodier More Quotes From Steve Goodier Find 100 reasons to laugh. You are bound to feel better, you will cope with problems more effectively and people will enjoy being around you. Besides unhappiness, what do you have to lose? Steve Goodier feel-betterlaughingpeople I can be alone without being lonely. In fact, those times of solitude are necessary respite for a beleaguered soul, set upon by the pressures of life. I need to take whatever moments I can to just be still. Steve Goodier solitudelonelysoul Confidence is a life ingredient that is essential to success and wholeness. It is perhaps the single most important trait that enables seemingly average people to do and become all that they can. And the good news is - it can be learned. No one has to suffer a lifetime of low confidence. Steve Goodier sufferingaveragepeople It is a mistake to think that moving fast Steve Goodier mistakemovingthinking In truth I suspect that merely slowing down is not a very satisfying answer. What I need has less to do with my pace of life than my peace of life. At any speed, I crave a deep and lasting inner peace. And if it's solace I'm after, I don't need to pace myself like a turtle, change jobs or set up house on a quiet island. It is usually frenetic living, not high energy, that robs my peace of mind. Steve Goodier turtlesislandsjobs One good wish changes nothing. But one good decision changes everything. Your power to choose, to make a good decision, spells the difference between wishing and making real life changes. Steve Goodier life-changingdifferencesreal To say, “I've been converted and that's that,” is to say you have decided to quit growing. If life is about anything, it is about growing. The day I quit changing and learning is the day I die. Steve Goodier quittinggrowinglife-is I am discovering that I can live far better without cynicism than I can without trust. Steve Goodier without-trustdiscoveringcynicism Can you be alone without being lonely? Can you spend time by yourself without craving noise or company of other people? Have you discovered the glory of quiet time spent alone, time spent listening to your soul? Solitude brings with it gifts that come from nowhere else. Steve Goodier lonelysoulpeople If people like you, they'll give you a hand. But if they trust you, they'll give you their heart. And heart to heart, we can face anything together. Steve Goodier hearthandspeople The good man brings good to things out of the good stored up in his heart. Steve Goodier good-manheartmen There are few qualities more vital than a strong yearning. That desire to reach a little farther, to be a little more, yearning...for a piece of something greater, can often make all the difference. Steve Goodier differencesstrongdesire Don't live in the past - you've already been there. And don't live in the future, either. Tomorrow will be here soon enough. Live in this moment now - it is sacred and unrepeatable. This moment alone holds valuable gifts that should not be missed. Steve Goodier soon-enoughsacredpast The truth is -- we are always highly motivated when something means a great deal to us. If I fell into a deep lake and I didn't know how to swim, I would become highly motivated in an instant. Climbing from the lake would mean more to me than anything else in the world. My effort would be no less than astounding and I would suddenly become one of the most excited and enthusiastic persons imaginable. Steve Goodier climbinglakesmean Just about ANY personality trait or skill can be learned: simply find it in someone you know and copy it. Then watch what happens. Steve Goodier skillspersonalitywatches The only people I am aware of who don't have troubles are gathered in peaceful, little neighborhoods. There is never a care, never a moment of stress and never an obstacle to ruin a day. All is calm. All is serene. Most towns have at least one such worry-free zone. We call them cemeteries. Steve Goodier stressworrypeople But beware of this about callings: they may not lead us where we intended to go or even where we want to go. If we choose to follow, we may have to be willing to let go of the life we already planned and accept whatever is waiting for us. And if the calling is true, though we may not have gone where we intended, we will surely end up where we need to be. Steve Goodier waitingletting-goneeds Of course we need to accept ourselves as we are, but we can't stop there. We also need to value ourselves enough make needed changes. Steve Goodier acceptingenoughneeds We could all do with a bit more joy in our lives couldn't we? The wonderful thing is that when we start spreading joy, we begin to actually experience more joy in our lives too! Steve Goodier our-liveswonderfuljoy I'm convinced that the world, more than ever, needs the music only you can make. And if it takes extra courage to keep playing in spite of your loss, many will applaud the effort. And who knows? Others may be inspired to pick up their broken instruments, their broken lives, and begin again. Steve Goodier effortbrokenloss
