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Spoonful of Positive: Believe

Spoonful of Positive Sunday January 27, 2019"No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it."  "When you have talked yourself into what you want, right there is the place to stop talking and begin saying it with deeds." Napoleon Hill “Beliefs are choices. First you choose your beliefs. Then your beliefs affect your choices.” ― Roy T. Bennett “It's what you choose to believe that makes you the person you are.” ― Karen Marie Moning...

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Spoonful of Positive: Motivation

Spoonful of Positive -- Motivation  "Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." —Eleanor Roosevelt "To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." —Eleanor Roosevelt "I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." —Jimmy Dean "Believe you can and you’re halfway there." —Theodore Roosevelt “The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money...

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Spoonful of Positive: Mental Health

 Spoonful of Positive: Mental Health "Don't make a permanent decision on a temporary emotion." -- unknown "“Take your time healing, as long as you want. Nobody else knows what you've been through. How could they know how long it will take to heal you.” -- Abertoli   ”Recovery is not one and done. It is a lifelong journey that takes place one day, one step at a time.” -- unknown "And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could fin...

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Spoonful of Positive: Share

Spoonful of Positive: Share

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Spoonful of Positive: Respect

Spoonful of Positive: RespectYou can’t force someone to respect you, but you can refuse to be disrespected. -unknown What women want is what men want. They want respect. Marilyn vos Savan   If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. Fyodor Dostoyevsk Respect is a two-way street, if you want to get it, you've got to give it. R.G. Risch   N...

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Spoonful of Positive: Empathy

 Spoonful of Positive: Empathy  I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it. -- Maya Angelou Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself. -- Mohsin Hamid   Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place. -- Daniel H. Pink Whenever you are about to ...

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Spoonful of Positive: Caring

Spoonful of Positive: Caring   A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. -- Denis Waitley Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community. -- Anthony J. D'Angelo My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring. -- Prince William Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. --  Martha Beck ...

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Spoonful of Positive: Gratitude

Spoonful of Positive: Gratitude "Nature's beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude." -- Louie Schwartzberg                 photos: Marjorie Farrington "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.  --Albert Einstein                     "Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses." — French novelist Alphonse Karr “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find r...

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Spoonful of Positive:Awesome

Spoonful of positive: Awesome

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Spoonful of Positive: Aging January 17, 2019

 Spoonful of positive: Aging “The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.” ~ Frank Lloyd Wright “There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” ~Sophia Loren "I think it's your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that's a waste of a lovely life. Oh...I'm...

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Spoonful of Positive: Compassion January 16, 2019

Spoonful of Positive: Compassion"Three things we need to learn: simplicity, patience, compassion. These our greatest treasures." --Marjorie Farrington  "As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear."   --Tracee Ellis Ross "We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that." --Ellen DeGeneres  "Let u...

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Tuesday Spoonful of Positive Jan 15, 2019

Spoonful of Positive: Pets"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet." ― Colette  "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." ― Mahatma Gandhi   "I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being." ― Abraham Lincoln "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ― Anatole France    

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Monday Spoonful of PositiveJan 14, 2019

Spoonful of Positivity Monday : Love  Love is all you need Love, love, loveLove, love, loveThere's nothing you can do that can't be doneNothing you can sing that can't be sungNothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the gameIt's easyNothing you can make that can't be madeNo one you can save that can't be savedNothing you can do, but you can learn how to be you in timeIt's easyAll you need is love, all you need is loveAll you need is lov...

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Sunday Spoonful of Positive January 13, 2019

 Your Spoonful of Positive -- Sunday

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Saturday Spoonful of Positive

Saturday Spoonful of Positive!

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Today's Spoonful of Positive: Self Care is Self Compassion

There is a lot of focus on positivity, which is awesome. There is a lot of emphasis on kindness. Include yourelf. Compassion for yourself is not selfish, it is self care. “Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.”– Deborah Day   “Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.”– Christopher Germer   “Learning to lo...

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Today's Spoonful of Positive; Kindness

Today's Spoonful of Positive ; Kindness                                           photo credit: Marjorie Farrington     A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.” ― Roy T. Bennett   “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” ― Steve Maraboli,   “Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.” ― Horace Mann   “If you're not making someone else's life better, th...

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JAN
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Quotes For All Seasons

Quotes to Live By -- Words MatterWherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. Anthony J. D’Angelo Joy is not in things; it is in us. Richard Wagner  I will go anywhere as long as it’s forward. David Livingston     Walk slowly but never walk backward. Unknown The road to success is always under construction. Lily Tomlin The energy of the mind is the essence of life. Aristotle

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Positively Awesome Sunday Jan 6, 2019

 "Minds are like parachutes, they only work when open."  - Thomas Dewer   "If the plan doesn't work, change the plan, not the goal." Marjorie Farrington   "Don't think too much. You'll create a problem that wasn't even there in the first place." - Unknown   "People who do not understand your silence will never understand your words." - Unknown   J

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“Brother Exum” Takes Her Seat, 1921

North Carolina This Day in History -- History has been made with the election of 127 women in Congress. On this date in 1921, history was made, the first woman to hold legislative office in the South.   NC DN On January 5, 1921, Lillian Exum Clement took her seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives, becoming the first woman in the South to hold legislative office. Clement was born in Black Mountain in 1886, and she worked in the Buncom...

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