Live Life Now!

“If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man… 

Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living right now.”

~The Alchemist

Strive to be Better!

Strive not to be perfect...

rather, strive to be

better than you were

yesterday.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

What Can You Contribute to the World?

“To be creative means to be in love with life.

You can be creative 

only if you love life enough 

that you want to enhance its beauty,

you want to bring a little more music to it, 

a little more poetry to it, 

a little more dance to it.” 

~Osho

Look for the Positive Around You!

Look for the positive around you
and suddenly, 

you will find, 
it is in everything and everyone!



 It's been there all along.

You just weren't looking for it, 
in the right way.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Change Our Thinking...Change the W O R L D !

"The world we have created 

is a product of 

our thinking. 

It cannot be changed

without changing our thinking."

~ Albert Einstein

Think Positive!

Positive thoughts become positive actions.
Positive actions become positive gifts.
Positive gifts become positive memories.
Positive memories become positive lessons for life.

Sharing your positive lessons that you have learned from life is your way of giving back to the world in a positive way. 
It is contributing what you have learned, 
so that others may also learn.
That, is a positive thought.
~Kim Franklin-Magana

Being Thankful - Mindful Awareness - Gratitude

  
When you hear yourself saying "I have to...", 

change your attitude and say "I get to...".
~Kim Franklin-Magana

There are so many things we take for granted these days that we sometimes forget how fortunate we are to have the opportunity to do what we now perceive as work.  

A job is most commonly thought of as work, of course, but what does that job then allow us to do, buy, experience, or improve?  When someone first lands a job, they are so happy because they see it as a way to benefit and improve the quality of their life.  Then something happens...they become accustomed to their new way of living and forget the life they once had before the job was in their life that improved it in the first place.

That is why mindfulness is so important to your everyday happiness.  Gratitude, for the common experiences in your life, is an important factor to your overall happiness in general.

When was the last time you thought, I get to cook dinner, do the laundry, wash the dishes, and clean my house?  

Without a washer and dryer you might have to go to a laundry mat and spend hours of the day, not to mention the money, doing your laundry on an ongoing basis in order to have clean clothes.  You would also not have the luxury of your laundry in process while you are somewhere else in the house, cooking dinner, spending time with family, enjoying quiet restful time, or working on various other projects around the home.

Without a dishwasher, you would have to wash each item by hand and be stuck in the kitchen long after the meal was over cleaning and scrubbing, only to have to repeat this task, day in and day out.

Without a house...well you get the picture.  

Mindful awareness is the key to everyday happiness in your life.  Change the settings in your brain, the way you so easily change the settings on your computer or T.V. remote to, 
"I feel fortunate and grateful for the blessings and opportunities that my life has given me."  

Then, the only thing left to do is ENJOY THE FRUITS (or in this case, dessert's) of your labor!

Never Stop Dreaming

Dreams are proof

that the soul believes

what has yet to be achieved.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Y E S, I CAN!

When you feel you can't go on,

just say 

"yes I can",

then continue

immediately.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Difficulty O R Opportunity?

"The pessimist sees the difficulty

in every opportunity;

an optimist sees the opportunity

in every difficulty."

~Winston Churchill

INTUITIVE – INTUITION

INTUITIVE – INTUITION

“Often you have to rely

on Intuition.”

~Bill Gates

“The only real valuable thing is intuition.”

~Albert Einstein

“Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drown your inner voice.  Everything else is secondary.”

~Steve Jobs

It's Your Decision!

You decide what kind of day it is 

by your own interpretation 

of the world around you.

~Kim Franklin-Magana 

Happiness is Invincible Power!

Resolve to keep happy,

and your joy and you

shall form an invincible host

against difficulties.

 ~ Helen Keller

D r e a m all the time!

If a little dreaming is dangerous, 

the cure for it is not to dream less 

but to dream more, 

to dream all the time.”  

 ~Marcel Proust   

Become G R E A T !

Keep away 
from people who try to belittle your ambitions. 

Small people always do that, 

but the really great make you feel that 

you, too, can become great. 

~ Mark Twain

Helping Someone, Helps Everyone!

"Be not a hindrance, but a helper 

to your fellow man; 

just as you would wish them to be, 

in your time of need."

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Helping Someone:  Anything positive, that you can contribute, which benefits people beyond yourself, 

is helping someone. 

(...and it still counts, even when no one is looking!)

Hope is that Tiny Spark of Light...

Hope

Hope is that tiny spark of light 

that can ignite and burn brightly, 

once again!

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Trust Yourself!

When they say you can't, you can.

What they are really saying is... I can't.

(They’re probably right.)

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Set Your Own Limitations!

Do just once

what others say you can't do,

and you will never pay attention

to their limitations

again.

~ James R. Cook

(1728-1779)

Read all about his interesting life 
on the high seas here: 
http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000007723,00.html

Anticipate the future...with NO preconceived ideas!

“Don’t expect the future to look like the past.

Clear away expectations, 
and let yourself picture a wild, 
grand new world.”

~Martha Beck