B E Great...Again!

"You had

the potential

to be great.

And what you don't get,

is that you still have

the potential to be great."

-Chris Powell, Fitness Trainer

REVENGE is a kind of wild justice...

“A man’s wisdom  gives him patience;  it is to his glory  to overlook an  offense."

(Proverbs 19:11)

Francis Bacon. (1561–1626).  Essays Civil and Moral. The Harvard Classics.  1909–14. IV Of Revenge

REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince’s part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith, It is the glory of a man to pass by an offence. That which is past is gone, and irrevocable; and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come; therefore they do but trifle with themselves, that labor in past matters. There is no man doth a wrong for the wrong’s sake; but thereby to purchase himself profit, or pleasure, or honor, or the like. Therefore why should I be angry with a man for loving himself better than me? And if any man should do wrong merely out of ill-nature, why, yet it is but like the thorn or briar, which prick and scratch, because they can do no other. The most tolerable sort of revenge is for those wrongs which there is no law to remedy; but then let a man take heed the revenge be such as there is no law to punish; else a man’s enemy is still before hand, and it is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know whence it cometh. This is the more generous. For the delight seemeth to be not so much in doing the hurt as in making the party repent. But base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark. Cosmus, duke of Florence, had a desperate saying against perfidious or neglecting friends, as if those wrongs were unpardonable; You shall read (saith he) that we are commanded to forgive our enemies; but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends. But yet the spirit of Job was in a better tune: Shall we (saith he) take good at God’s hands, and not be content to take evil also? And so of friends in a proportion. This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. Public revenges are for the most part fortunate; as that for the death of Cæsar; for the death of Pertinax; for the death of Henry the Third of France; and many more. But in private revenges it is not so. Nay rather, vindictive persons live the life of witches; who, as they are mischievous, so end they unfortunate.

Freedom to decide...

Freedom is not about money.  

Freedom is about time.  

 Freedom

is the ability

to be able to decide

what you do

with your time.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Paradise Lost...

“The true paradises 

are the paradises

that we have lost.”

 ~Marcel Proust

Stay calm and prepare for the future...

The thing to remember 

is that the future 

comes one day at a time. 

~ Dean Acheson

(April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971)

An American statesman and lawyer. As United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953, he played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War.^[2] Acheson helped design the Marshall Plan and played a central role in the development of the Truman Doctrine and creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Acheson's most famous decision was convincing President Truman to intervene in the Korean War in June 1950.

Read more about this inspirational American here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Acheson

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!)

When should you, "hold your tongue"?

“Learning to hold your tongue at the right moment,

at the right time, in the right place, could be the very thing that saves a meaningful relationship!

Most of the time—the thing that you'd like
to say about or to that person...

they already know!

LOL!

This is not easy,

but patience is a fruit

of the spirit.”

~Richmond Kodua

The Most Rare and Valuable Gifts...

What we truly appreciate in life; rarely are the things that can be bought. 

The things that are given freely from the heart and soul,

are the most rare and valuable gifts to share and receive.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Time...

“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”

~ Andy Warhol   "I'd prefer to remain a mystery. I never give my background, and, anyway, I make it all up different every time I'm asked." – Andy Warhol Andy Warhol, born in Pittsburgh in 1928, was an American artist and filmmaker. He is the figure head of the Pop art movement of the 1960s. Warhol brought focus to the banality of the commercial culture of the United States - creating and then pushing the artist envelope of his time. He became a worldwide celebrity, befriending and doing business with people in the highest social ranks. READ HIS ENTIRE BIOGRAPHY HERE:  http://www.biography.com/people/andy-warhol-9523875

All good things...

"Fear less, hope more; whine less, breathe more; 

talk less, say more; hate less, love more; 

and all good things are yours." 

~Swedish proverb

Leadership

To Lead people is like listening to a symphony... 

You hear the parts together... 

but also separately, 

at the same time.  

~ Doug Firebaugh

A walk in my garden...

If I had a flower

for every time I thought of you, 

I could walk in my garden

forever." 

~Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much ofQueen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language.  TO READ MORE, PLEASE VISIT:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson

Don't wait! Act NOW!

“Don’t wait. 

The time will never be just right.” 

~Napoleon Hill  


Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American author who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature. He is widely considered to be one of the great writers on success.^[1] His most famous work, Think and Grow Rich (1937), is one of the best-selling books of all time (at the time of Hill's death in 1970, Think and Grow Rich had sold 20 million copies).^[2] Hill's works examined the power of personal beliefs, and the role they play in personal success. He became an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933-36. "What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve" is one of Hill's hallmark expressions.^[3][4] How achievement actually occurs, and a formula for it that puts success in reach of the average person, were the focal points of Hill's books.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Hill

All tangled up?

When life gets all tangled up and confusing, 

that's the time to slow down, 

sit down, 

and work out the knots.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

NEVER REGRET!

Never regret.

If it’s good, it’s wonderful.

If it’s bad, it’s experience.
- Victoria Holt



Build YOUR Wings!

"If we listened to our intellect, 

we'd never have a love affair. 

We'd never have a friendship. 

We'd never go into business, 

because we'd be cynical. 

Well, that's nonsense. 

You've got to jump off cliffs all the time 
and build your wings on the way down."
~Ray Bradbury

"Libraries raised me. I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years"

To read the more about this interesting man, please visit:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Bradbury

Being Happy in the Present Moment!

Try to be happy in this present moment, 
and put not off being so to a time to come, 
as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
~Thomas Fuller

Just S M I L E !

;)

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, 
a beautiful thing. 


~Mother Teresa 

Find Peace...wherever you are!

But I try to steal other moments. 

Sometimes I get up very early in the morning and enjoy a quiet house and 

cup of tea before the craziness 

begins. 

Other times, I'll take a quick walk on the beach. 

You can find peace in a few minutes. 

~Cindy Crawford

The Wealth of Time!

“An unhurried sense of time 
is in itself 
a form of wealth.”

― Bonnie Friedman