Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. If you change your thinking, you change your life.
Virtually everything you do is the result of habit. The good news is that all habits are learned, and they can therefore be unlearned.
Brian Tracy (born 1944) is a Canadian-born motivational speaker and author.
Early morning darkness
Peace fills wakening mind
Gathering every word
Another light he finds
Candle flickers nearby
Aroma filling room
Harvesting one more thought
Imagination blooms
Pen continues journey
Filled with inner meaning
Opening up heart’s spirit
His garden now greening
Breath of past dropping in
Memories full of light
Remembering again
Solitude always bright
Blessed sunrise arrives
New day now waits to fill
Cascading to new page
Ripples from writer’s quill
Thought will not work except in silence.
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a Scottish-born essayist, historian, and philosopher. He was a leading writer of the Victorian era.
Winter’s fading breath
Discovering light
One final snowflake
Springtime taking flight
Winter pushed aside
Taking rest once more
Moved from nature’s shelf
Change coming ashore
Time bursting forward
Sharpening each thought
Landscape’s fresh colors
Lessons being taught
Young and old smiling
Finding spring abloom
Nature turns its page
Song fills every room
Daylight grows longer
Feeling warmth each day
April showers come
May flowers will stay
Life’s faithful rhythm
Rising overnight
Harmony fills hearts
Love found at first sight
Dreams are renewable. No matter our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being.
Dale E. Turner (1917-2006) was an American pastor and Christian writer. Many of his works shared an unfailing optimism with his readers.
Morning now surrounding
Feeling never alone
Confidence shining through
Harboring writer’s backbone
Questions’ answers stirring
Knowing mind remains full
Sometimes sweetness arrives
Savoring every spoonful
Reality writing
Filling story’s plotline
Harmony’s cautious breath
Sailing to distance shoreline
Silent voices hiding
Reaching out to each one
Script drawing from choices
Hanging out with wordsmith’s fun
Interactions blooming
Finding forgotten time
Pages empty of gaps
Coaxing distant thoughts to climb
Words are the clothes thoughts wear.
The more people I meet the happier I become.
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) was an Irish writer who enjoyed crafting short stories, poems, and novels.
Every thought we think is creating our future.
My day begins and ends with gratitude and joy.
Louise Hay (1926-2017) was an American author and motivational speaker.
Waking up early
Greeting from full moon
Dawn, few hours away
Harmony’s sweet tune
Stirring black coffee
Adding some sweetness
Careful, not too much
Gathering up thoughts
Transcribing each word
Quietness, dear friend
Each breath shares what’s heard
Capturing moments
Penning one more line
Steady, without pause
Searching mind’s landscape
Unlocking each view
Terrain, coming clear
Every prompted cue
Finish line ahead
Reaching for sunrise
Writing’s journey ends
Penny for your thoughts
Never making any cents—
Hiding at the Mint
Searching for Waldo
Children offer countless tips—
Another dead-end
Seeking attention
Feeling burdened, overwhelmed—
PC’s open tabs
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