Motivational Expert Brian Tracy says this...

Negative emotions are the either triggered by fear of loss or fear of failure.

Simply refuted, fear nothing and do not fail.

President Abraham Lincoln commented this on Success...

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.

Our determination and perseverence will take us over troubled waters and through the valleys of challenged times. We must remain focused and forge ahead.

"We only know what we know: our knowledge."
-Don Miguel Angel Ruiz

Okay, how true is that!

"We have to move from the illusion of certainty to the certainty of illusion."
-Sam Keen

How often do we think to know something is certain, when reality snaps us back to discover the real truth. It reminds us to forever be in a mode of learning, or as said, being a student.

"In quarreling about the shadow
we often lose the substance."
-AESOP

In a most recent discussion/debate with a friend, i realized or should i say, it reminded me that we often get so tangled in the superficial that we become blinded and do not see the core of the objective. We ignore the truth which is in front of us - lost in ourselves and our emotions.

Today's Quote:

"Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act."
-George W. Crane

Well said Mr. Crane. It is our habits that define us.