How Can You Help Your Child Keep Their Balance And Yours?

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From Denny: This delightful photo of a child trying to keep her balance as she carefully steps onto a precarious path visually gives power to this quote. Parenting is a hit or miss activity some days as you feel your way through a sitation. Parenting is a new discovery every day as your child grows.

An interesting thought is that your child is also feeling their way through a situation, often wondering what to decide next on their path. Life is full of the uncertain and the unknown, requiring a lot of careful stepping and deep thought. Sometimes, Life comes at us so fast and furious there is no time to consider but rather we must react immediately. That's when you trust your instincts - your spirit - to act. The minute you start to wonder about whether you should trust yourself, invariably you end up taking the wrong path. Who hasn't been there at least once in their life - especially as a young child?

The way to parent your child successfully for these sudden difficult situations is something so simple if you keep a present and open mind to regularly practice it. You won't lastingly build their self-confidence by an excessive praise culture of everything they do or say is perfect. Often that results in emotional laziness or arrogance later in life. While this technique may be well intended and works well for children under the age of two or three years old, it can lead to cynicism as the child grows older. By the age of seven they think their parents are hopelessly lame and clueless, resulting in disrespect toward you.

But rather, the most successful technique is to praise them to others when they are nearby to hear but not in the room. They get to overhear you talking to a neighbor or a friend about how that day they did something remarkable. Sometimes, it's far more effective to witness praising than it is to experience a direct interaction. It's just human nature that our egos so enjoy hearing someone talked good about us. How many times have adult children happened upon a moment like this to discover to their astonishment just how much their parents truly did love and appreciate them - and actually admire their abilities? Try the indirect technique for your kids to learn how much you respect them. Then they will return the favor and respect you.


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* If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. - Haim Ginott


For more Mothers Day quotes to enjoy:

Funny Parenting Quotes 4 Mothers Day - Cheeky Quote Day 5 May 2010

Funny Mothers Day Quotes and Trivia - Cheeky Quote Day 28 Apr 2010


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Where is the Best Place to Rivet Our Focus?

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From Denny: Have you ever stopped to think about how our modern day culture wastes far too much time dwelling upon the past or worrying about the uncertain future? Living in the present "Now" is wise and makes Life a whole lot more manageable.

Better yet, instead of allowing outside pressures and forces to pull us out of balance, place your focus where it is the most powerful: within. Focusing our minds and inner eye upon what lies within us creates strength to live purposefully and with less stress in our daily lives.

Balance is all about keeping our focus well tuned and well trained to withstand Life's storms. Look within and discover an incredible world full of riches.

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* What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

What Are Your Impediments to Success?

From Denny: How often do we ask ourselves how we are going to get something done? Especially when we don't have the knowledge or acquired skills to do the job?

It's frustration, that's for sure. But don't let that frustration of what you don't know stop you. Learn to think on your feet and research what you do need to know. There's no sense of staying in the dark about a subject; learn it. Teach yourself the skills you need to accomplish what you desire to do.

It is easy to get paralyzed with fear when we are unfamiliar with a situation and not in control of our environment. You get control back by doing what you already know how to do. It releases you to be active.

As you are open to learning new things, others will be drawn to you to give you the information you require. Keeping an open heart and open mind does wonders for pushing away fears and helping us navigate the uncertain waters of a life challenge.

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* Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. - John Wooden


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Do You Treat Your Ideas Like Beautiful Magic?

From Denny: There are a lot of great ideas that end up in the trash because they were not properly watered and helped to grow into the fullness of your vision.

Take the time and use your talent to work with your idea. Sure it will change direction and maybe alter its course as you work with it. Keep working with it until that idea comes into full flower, even in ways you did not imagine. It's all good!

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* An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. - Bill Bernbach


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Do You Know Your Failures as Your Best Successes?

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From Denny: How often do we hear someone talking about how they learned more from their failures than they did from their successes? Many of us get into this silly thinking that life is supposed to go a certain way, our way, and we try to too tightly control it.

When life is micro managed we lose out on the unexpected unmanageable surprises! It's those surprises that inspire us, sometimes helping us alter our course for greater success.

Never look a failure in the face and tell it to go away. Instead, invite it over for dinner and a drink and have an all night party to celebrate. Years later when the pieces of your life begin to make more sense you will know that seeming failure to be one of your successes. Live life to the fullest!

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* Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses. – actress Rosalind Russell


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How is Your Dream Vision Impacted by Life Challenges?

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From Denny: Have you ever felt restless and didn't know why? After you ran down a list of "maybe whys" it still didn't make any sense. Too often we have these strong desires pulling us but without the intellectual explanation to help us make sense of it all.

When one life test after another gets heaped onto us we grouse and worry how we will get through it. We always do get through it, even when it was the darkest. Suddenly, we turn around one day when there is a quiet calm lull in our life and we realize that we have arrived at the very place we most desired to be. Our vision was fulfilled. Our vision was fulfilled in a manner unexpected and with far greater turmoil than we would have scripted for ourselves. Yet here we are!

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* Vision doesn't usually come as a lightening bolt. Rather it comes as a slow crystallization of life challenges that we one day recognize as a beautiful diamond with great value to ourselves and others. - Dr. Michael Norwood


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11 Great Quotes and Sayings Photos

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From Denny: I find these all over the place while surfing the net. Many were poached from StumbleUpon who poached them from Photobucket who poached them from flickr who poached them from... you get the idea. :) If anyone knows the original photographers or designers, send me an email with attribution and I'll be glad to attach credit where credit is due.

The Walt Whitman quote is one I really enjoyed and especially the photoshop one with Churchill and Hitler was clever. Which ones are your favs?













































Which ones were your favs?


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How Are Our Lives Like An Open Book?

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From Denny: Though it can be argued that calendars chase after the illusion of Time as linear and tangible, humanity still makes the vain attempt year after year. Perhaps it feeds our fantasies of mastering our Universe? Perhaps it soothes our collective fears in an uncertain world? Perhaps calendars assist us in grappling with the serious issues we face in this place called Life?

One practice is undeniably true: we can always begin our lives anew. When we fail ourselves or others, we can regroup, rethink our approach, choose another path in Life and being the slow tentative dance forward into the Unknown.

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* We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. - Edith Lovejoy Pierce

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Beautiful Quotes

From Denny: Since I just found out that Blogger only backs up posts and not the links in the sidebar or anything else on the blog... figured it was a great idea to put all my quotes lists into category posts. The blog should load faster too as it will reduce the number of links on the sidebar.

I'll keep adding to this category as these are just a few that are so thought-provoking. If you have some wonderful quotes you enjoy, feel free to email me, Denny Lyon: warriorspearl@gmail.com for quotes you think deserve Hall of Fame status! :)

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* A compliment is like a kiss through a veil. - Victor Hugo

* A major part of the meaning of life is contained in the very process of discovering it. - Ira Progoff

* All that we are is a result of all that we thought. - Buddha

* Courage is knowing what not to fear. - Socrates, Greek philosopher

* Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is. - Gary Zukav

* Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. - Francesca Reigler

* If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it. - Andy Rooney

* It is better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. - Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet

* It's kind of fun to do the impossible. - Walt Disney

* Kindness in words creates confidence, Kindness in thinking creates profoundness, Kindness in giving creates love. - Lao-tzu, Chinese philiospher

* Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. - Soren Kierkegaard

* More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth. - Napolean Hill

* Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. - Orison Swett Marden

* No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it. - Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

* The love we give away is the only love we keep. - Elbert Hubbard

* The subtle difference in our attitude can make a major difference in our future. It can be as simple as the language we use. - Jim Rohn

* Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. - Art Linkletter

* Those who wish to sing, always find a song. - Swedish Proverb

* To love abundantly is to live abundantly. - Henry Drummond

* To love someone deeply gives you strength. - Lao Tzu

* We tend to judge others by their behaviour and ourselves by our intentions. - Albert F. Schlieder

* Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. - Anthony J. D'Angelo

* Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. - Plato (429-347 BC), Greek Philosopher

* You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. - Zig Ziglar

* You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes, and her eyes everywhere in the world. - David Levesque

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Life is a Gift!

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From Denny: This long quote from Mother Teresa reads like a little poem. Good advice too on this journey called Life!


Life Is A Gift

Life is an opportunity, …. benefit from it.
Life is beauty, …. admire it.
Life is bliss, …. taste it.
Life is a dream, …. realize it.
Life is a challenge, …. meet it.
Life is a duty, …. complete it.
Life is a game, …. play it.
Life is a promise, …. fulfill it
Life is sorrow, …. overcome it.
Life is a song, …. sing it.
Life is a struggle, …. accept it.
Life is a tragedy…. confront it.
Life is an adventure, …. dare it.
Life is luck, …. make it.
Life is too precious, …. do not destroy it.
Life is life, …. fight for it.

by Mother Theresa

3 Wonderful Quotes About Joy

Let your spirit soar!

From Denny: Rather than simplistic sayings for a poster which are meant to make you feel positive for the day, these quotes are interesting in how the authors view the living of joy in their lives. Most special is Shakespeare's blessing to those of us generations later!

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* When the power of imparting joy is equal to the will, the human soul requires no other heaven. - Percy Bysshe Shelley

* There are souls in this world which have their gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go. - Frederick William Faber

* I wish you all the joy that you can wish. - William Shakespeare


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Buddha Quote Concerning Life Development

From Denny: So often when people embark upon spiritual development they take with them their same expectations of elevating to self-importance. It's this ego stroking that prevents real spiritual advancement.

The whole point of setting aside the ego as the leader in your life is that it tends to operate out of undisciplined irrational desires that only get us into trouble. Choosing to teach the ego more humility is the way for it to find its place in the greater scheme of things, mainly to follow behind the person's spirit that is the wiser leader. Once the spirit is finally free to lead even the ego is happy because true balance has been achieved.

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One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the messiah?"

" No," answered Buddha.

"Then are you a healer?"

"No," Buddha replied.

"Then are you a teacher?" the student persisted.

"No, I am not a teacher."

"Then what are you?" asked the student, exasperated.

"I am awake," Buddha calmly stated.

Your Life Story is Not Finished Because Its All Good!

From Denny: This short story and the author's comments are a great reminder of how to live life to the fullest and also gain the fullest understanding of the twists and turns of how it all plays out.

Story of Two Sailors

TWO SAILORS RAN INTO each other in a pub. Over a few beers, one of the men told the other about his last voyage: “After a month at sea,” he said, “we discovered our masts had been eaten through by termites! Almost nothing left of them.”

“That’s terrible,” said the second sailor.

“That’s what I thought at first too,” the first sailor said, “but it turned out to be good luck. As soon as we took the sails down to fix the masts, we were hit by a squall so suddenly and so hard, it would surely have blown us over if our sails were up at the time.”

“How lucky!”

“That’s exactly what I thought at the time too. But because our sails were down, we couldn’t steer ourselves, and because of the wind, we were blown onto a reef. The hole in the hull was too big to fix. We were stranded.”

“That is bad luck indeed.”

“That’s what I thought, too, when it first happened. But we all made it to the beach alive and had plenty to eat. But now here’s the real kicker: While we were on the island whining about our terrible fate, we discovered a buried treasure!”

Comment from Adam Khan:

As this story illustrates, you don’t know if an event is “good” or “bad” except maybe in retrospect, and even then you don’t really know because life keeps going. The story’s not over yet. Just because something hasn’t turned out to be an advantage yet doesn’t mean it is not ever going to. Therefore, you can simply assume whatever happens is “good.”

I know that sounds awfully airy-fairy, but it’s very practical. If you think an event is good, it’s easy to maintain a positive attitude. And your attitude affects your health, it affects the way people treat you and how you treat others, and it affects your energy level. And those can help pave the way for things to turn out well. A good attitude is a good thing. And a bad attitude does you no good at all.

So get in the habit of saying “That’s good!” Since you don’t know for sure whether something will eventually work to your advantage or not, you might as well assume it will. It is counterproductive to assume otherwise. Think about it.

If someone ahead of you in line at a store is slowing everything down, say to yourself, “That’s good!” They may have saved you from getting into an accident when you get back in your car. Or maybe because you slowed down, you might meet a friend you would have missed. You never know.

The truth is, life is uncertain. And even that can work to your advantage.

When something “bad” happens, say to yourself, “That’s good!”

By Adam Khan, Self-Help Stuff That Works

Former Workaholic Wayne Dyer Offers Interesting Advice

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From Denny: Today's quote is from a former workaholic who finally realized he was going nowhere fast. There is nothing better than the person who finally stops long enough to look up, look around and finally realize they are on the wrong path for them in life. To his credit, this man changed his path and then set about teaching others to become more aware of their true paths available to them. He also has a truly Divine sense of humor.

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* Good morning, this is God. I will be handling all of your problems today. I will not need your help, so have a miraculous day. - Wayne Dyer

Haiku Style Imagination Quote and Photo

Kite flying photo by h.koppdelaney @ flickr

From Denny: With some cool weather finally arriving, even in relieved south Louisiana, your mind turns to the winds - and kite flying! Loved this sweet quote from 1940's actress Lauren Bacall. It's like a haiku of inner thought, packed with more meaning than the surface of the words imply.

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* Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. - Lauren Bacall

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3 Quotes on Daring to Live Life

Photo by animatedredrose @ StumbleUpon

From Denny: Is this not the most awesome beauty of a photo? Unusual in its merging of the person with the passion of the rose really describes humanity and the inner desire to live Life to the fullest. Here are a few quotes to get you thinking when you might feel stalled on interacting in a situation or acting on a desired project. The last one is a grinner. You know me; can't resist a funny quote! :0

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* To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous. - Plato

* I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk. - Oprah Winfrey

* Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. - Gordon R. Dickson

How Do You Best Create in Your World?

Photo by heru-suryoko @ StumbleUpon

From Denny: This unusual and beautiful photo popped up in my world recently and it really does illustrate this quote the best! Always check your belief system at the door, suspend it in neutral so you have no limitations for the moment, while you are on a voyage of inner discovery. This act makes it possible to absorb all the benefits of the beauty you encounter along the way in Life.

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The real voyage of discovery consists not in making new landscapes but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust

Cool Way to Practice a Senseless Act of Beauty!

From Denny: When I saw this photo it just stunned me in its simplicity of sheer beauty and reminded me of this quote. Usually, we talk about the first part of the quote about how great it is to go out into the world practicing random acts of kindness toward others. This person and the photographer had a completely different take on practicing senseless acts of beauty.

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Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. - Anne Herbert

What Are the 2 Most Important Languages to Learn for a Happy Life?

From Denny: Because so much of humanity has rejected educating themselves in these two most important languages ever created over the centuries there is unfulfillment in people's lives, unhappiness and broken relationships.

Perhaps this new age, new era, new millennium will bring a better understanding and willingness to learn these languages. They do take a lifetime to master but the journey is well worth it!



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* There is only one religion, the religion of Love. There is only one language, the language of the heart. - Sathya Sai Baba

3 Funny Quotes About Human Nature

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From Denny: While I was setting up a new account on Twitter now called DennyLyon7 (the old one - warriorlight - got messed up from putting a badge of support on my avatar.

Note to self: Never put a badge of support on your avatar ever again. Write this 1,000 times on the blackboard or digital equivalent thereof. It was a lemonade badge to support kids with cancer. No good deed goes unpunished. :)

So, while I was laughing at myself (and groaning about all the tedious tech work for the past week this has required) I thought I'd fish around for some funny quotes about human nature so you could laugh with me! Even the dog is laughing...

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* Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, a sense of humor to console him for what he is. - Oscar Wilde

* All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it. - H. L. Mencken

And my absolute favorite:

* Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. - Dame Edna Everage