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Today's quote was submitted by David

Oprah Winfrey said "I know for sure that what we dwell on is what we become." I agree. If you focus on the things you can't do, you're gonna get really good at not doing those things, but if you focus on the things you CAN do, and maybe even practice doing other things better, you're gonna get really good at doing those things and maybe even grow into a more well-rounded person by adding in the things you want to do better. I tend to focus on the things I like doing. I spend less time on the things I don't like doing. Many years ago, I read the Jim Collins book “Good To Great” where he talked about having a to do list, but also a STOP DOING list. I took that concept to heart and it was such a great thing for me. I quit thinking about some things entirely. I let my wife do those things and I do my things. We both have areas we're better at!

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Today's quote was submitted by Michael

Confucius said "Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see." I love that. Thanks for sharing that quote Michael! I have a friend who lost his vision a few years ago. Talk about not being able to see the beauty. You would think that losing your vision would lead to that, but I almost feel like, for him, he sees things more beautifully now than I do. Part of me feels like we all take these things for granted, until we no longer have the ability to take them for granted. If you looked at your spouse this evening before going to bed, knowing that tomorrow you'd wake up with no sight, would you look at them differently? I'm sure I would. You probably would too. There are times when I didn't notice my wife got a haircut. We spend many hours together every day. How would I not notice that? Sadly, I see her, but I don't always SEE her.

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Today's quote was submitted by Christy

Eleanor Roosevelt said "You must do the things you think you cannot do." I love that. She also said "It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan." I can relate to both of these things. I'm working on a community event right now. It's something that happens every year. This year is supposed to be special. We're celebrating the same thing we always celebrate each year, but this is a milestone year. I'm working on doing things we've never done. I'm not wishing for them to happen, I'm planning for them to happen. That second one takes way more time and effort, but in reality, it takes the same amount of energy to wish as it does to plan, so just set your sights on DOING something and finding ways to get help to do these things. So many times I find that people WANT to help, they just need someone to reach out to invite them to!

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Today's quote was submitted by Matt

Maya Angelou said "You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." I love this! I also feel like the more you're allowed to flex your creative muscles, the more they grow and allow you to do even more creative things in the future. This is why people who have given their life share their music, seem to always be able to write more songs. Artists seem to have more ideas for work too. It's not like they run out of ideas... there's more where that came from! I think LOVE is the same way. I can fully love my wife, but still have enough love to give to my son and to my daughter. I don't need to take any love away from one to give to another. It's called unconditional love and it's a full tank for everyone. Even when someone you love does something you don't like, it might hurt, but somehow you still love them all the way. Always!

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Today's quote was submitted by Aaron

Simon Sinek said “A movement starts with a clear vision of a world different than the one we live in today.” and another of his quotes shared says “Regardless of technology or the speed of innovation, people are still people. And all the rules of humanity still apply.” I love these quotes and I chose to put these together because I feel like they belong together. In a world where AI has become a very visible thing. I think we could absolutely call that a movement, but I think we can also agree that even though this technology CAN do things, we might think twice before we let it do EVERYTHING. I think the rules of humanity need to be hard and fast. It's easy to let the computers take over, but we need to be careful I can think of a few dozen movies that warned us about this! Most of them end the same way. Not great for humanity!