DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE!

"The two most important days 

in your life 

are the day you are born 

and the day 

you find out why."

~Mark Twain

Love Yourself

If there is no enemy within, 

the enemy without can do you no harm.

~African Proverb

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

Decide What's Important...

Not everything that counts can be counted, 

and not everything that can be counted counts.

~Albert Einstein

Dedication of one, has benefited many...

"It was their individuality 

combined with the shyness of their behavior 

that remained the most captivating impression 

of this first encounter with the greatest of the great apes."

– Dian Fossey

Dr. Dian Fossey, would have reached her 82nd  birthday on Jan, 16, 2014. With the anniversary of her untimely death on Dec. 26, 1985...

What can  O N E  P E R S O N  do?

Her dedication of research has benefited many and is ongoing, even today.

Dian Fossey was a zoologist best known for researching the endangered gorillas of the Rwandan mountain forest from the 1960s to the '80s, and for her mysterious murder.

To learn more about Dian and the ongoing preservation of gorilla's, & how you can help 

by adopting a gorilla, please visit here: 

http://gorillafund.org/news--events/news_131220_dian-fossey-birthday-remembrance

BEAUTY

You 

are as beautiful 

as you make 

others feel.
~Kim Franklin-Magana

Gratitude is Attitude...in Action!

“If we will be quiet and ready enough, 

we shall find compensation 

in every disappointment.”

~Henry David Thoreau

Curiosity is not just for humans...

The first and the simplest emotion 

which we discover 

in the human mind

is Curiosity.

~Edmund Burke

When we explore and look at things from a new perspective, 
we can discover something new 
from something old.
~Kim Franklin-Magana

Calm, Cool, and Collected...

F E A R...

"No passion 

so effectually robs the mind 

of all its powers

of acting and reasoning 

as fear."

~Edmund Burke

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Fear is just an emotion 

that is designed to protect us 

from a perceived threat, 

in order to help us 

make the best decisions 

to preserve our life and safety.

Overcoming fears 

that keep us from living our life are 

achievable goals.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Read more about overcoming fears that interfere with life, here:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/fear

Explore your world...OUR WORLD!

L I V E... N O W !

Life is an experience of endless possibilities!  

What you choose and how much you choose, is all up to you.

Taste the richness of beauty all around you and bathe in the vastness of knowing you could never achieve the completion of realizing all there is to appreciate and understand about the place we live.

But, never give up trying, anyway.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

P E A C E...when will we know?

"When the power of love 

overcomes the love of power, 

the world will know peace." 

~Jimi Hendrix

Be what you pretend to be...

The greatest way 

to live with honor in this world 

is to be what we pretend to be. 

-Socrates

Hang on, just a little longer!

When you get into a tight place, 

and everything goes

 against 

you.

 Till it seems as though you could not hold on a moment

 longer,

never give up then - for that is just the place and 

time that the tide will turn. 

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

Discover New Connections!

Share your personal experiences

with other people 

and you will discover 
connections and commonalities

you never knew existed.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Discover Your Work...

"Your work 

is to discover your work,

and then 

with all your heart 

to give 

yourself to 

it."  
~Buddha

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!

Bullies vs.Hero's

Bullies come from a place 
of negativity and fear.

Hero's come from a place 
of calm and confidence.
~Kim Franklin-Magana

Teen 'knockout game' continues to harm innocent people

The worrying 'game' is played by choosing victims at random and trying to knock them to the ground with one punch. More and more people report being victimized by its callous 'players.'

View footage and read more here:

 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/teen-knockout-game-continues-harm-innocent-people-article-
1.1521185#ixzz2nbOMbMBehttp://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/teen-knockout-game-continues-harm-innocent-people-article-1.1521185

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Never Stop Dreaming

Dreams are proof

that the soul believes

what has yet to be achieved.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

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

Nature's Natural Beauty

In all things of nature, 

there is something 

of the marvelous.

~Aristotle

Look deep into nature, 

and then you will understand everything

better.

~Albert Einstein

(These pictures were both taken right outside our home.)

The Power of LOVE!

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, 

and man cannot live without love.

~Max Muller

Positive Attitude and Emotion vs. Impassivity and Indifference...

The greatest danger 

to our future 

is apathy. 

~Jane Goodall

To read more, visit here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apathy

Paradise Lost...

“The true paradises 

are the paradises

that we have lost.”

 ~Marcel Proust

Listen to your Inner Wisdom...

~WISDOM~

We can fill ourselves up with knowledge

and 

not be any closer to

hearing the wisdom

of our OWN Soul.

~ Jeanette Amlie

~~~~

a wise man once said...

“I have never let my schooling 

interfere with my education.”

~Mark Twain

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To learn more about Jeanette Amlie, please visit:  http://www.blueearthawakening.com/

Fulfillment and Happiness

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.

Just because they're not on our road 

doesn't mean 

they've gotten

lost.

~ H. Jackson Brown. Jr.