Wednesday's Words of Wisdom

I have a couple of words of wisdom this week. I just finished the book The Noticer by Andy Andrews and it was awesome! Here are a few of the gems I found.

"Everybody wants to be on the mountaintop, but if you'll remember, mountaintops are roky and cold. There is no growth on the top of a mountain. Sure, the view is great, but what's a view for? A view just gives us a glimpse of our next destination- our next target. But to hit that target, we must come off the mountain, go through the valley, and begin to climb the next slope. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life's next peak." Pg. 8

"If you are breathing, you are still alive. If you are alive, then you are still here, physically, on this planet. If you are still here, then you have not completed what you were put on earth to do. If you have not completed what you were put on earth to do...that means your very purpose has not yet been fulfilled. If your purpose has not yet been fulfilled, then the most important part of your life has not yet been lived. And if the most important part of your life has not yet been lived that is your proof of hope." Pg. 84

"Life is like a game of Monopoly. You may own hotels on Boardwalk or you may be renting on Baltic Avenue. But in the end, it all goes back in the box. The next generation will be getting out all your stuff and playing with it or fighting over it." Pg. 102

"You possess the power of perspective. You can choose to see your life becoming whatever you wish. If you so choose, you can move the mountains in your life's path with the eventual help of those who will come to love you and learn to respect you for what you are becoming." Pg. 121

"Your time on this earth is a gift to be used wisely. Don't squander your words or you thoughts. Consider that even the simplest actions you take for your lives matter beyond measure...and they matter forever.

It is an answer that most people seek in times of turmoil. Sometimes that answer is immediate, but it is not seen due to a lack of perspective. The reason an answer is not often found in the midst of crisis is that many times, at that very moment, a specific answer does not exist!

In desperate times, much more than anything else, folks need perspective. For perspective brings calm. Calm leads to clear thinking. Clear thinking yields new ideas. And ideas produce the bloom of an answer. Keep your head and heart clear." Pg. 154