tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51130807637939208702012-02-11T05:06:52.477-08:00Avid Thinkernoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113080763793920870.post-30617317771869561002012-02-11T04:57:00.000-08:002012-02-11T05:06:50.456-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">If happiness could be found in having material things, and in being able to indulge yourself in things that you consider pleasurable, then we in America, would be deliriously happy. We would be telling one another frequently of our unparalleled bliss, rather then trading tranquilizer prescriptions.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;"> </span></span> John Gardner</div><div><br /></div><div>Certainly we can all see this…..yet what is it that we continue to pursue……each time, thinking that maybe<i> this</i> will be just the thing to bring happiness?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5113080763793920870-3061731777186956100?l=notmyword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Avid Thinkernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113080763793920870.post-16833147352177615162012-01-28T04:55:00.000-08:002012-01-28T05:09:48.609-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;">"Watch your thoughts, they become words.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;">Watch your words, they become actions.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;">Watch your actions, they become habits.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;">Watch your habits, they become character.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;">Watch your character, it becomes your destiny."</span><blockquote></blockquote></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;">We may think that…well, just <i>thinking</i> about something, is harmless enough…but when our minds are occupied with thoughts, when we let those thoughts dwell there….there <i>will</i> be some kind of an outcome. I once heard, regarding thoughts, that they are like a birds….you can't keep them flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5113080763793920870-1683314735217761516?l=notmyword.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Avid Thinkernoreply@blogger.com0