Stay Flexible and Enjoy the Journey

Life is not always as it seems.
What you have wished for is not always best.
What you have feared may become a blessing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu

Change always comes bearing gifts.
- Price Pritchett

Zig as Life Zigs and Zag as Life Zags.
Stay Adaptable, Stay Joyful
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Change of any sort requires courage.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Today's affirmation:
I choose to adapt to the circumstances in which I find myself.
I choose to be flexible in my dealings with those around me.
I understand that my way is not the only way -
that inner peace comes from respecting the ways of others,
and that, if I am open, I may gain great insights and happiness
from the ideas and traditions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Go With the Flow

Be Flexible

There is a Way

Enjoy the Journey
      

Stay Adaptable and Joyful

Life is not always as it seems.
What you have wished for is not always best.
What you have feared may become a blessing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu

Change always comes bearing gifts.
- Price Pritchett

Zig as Life Zigs and Zag as Life Zags.
Stay Adaptable, Stay Joyful
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Change of any sort requires courage.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Today's affirmation:
I choose to adapt to the circumstances in which I find myself.
I choose to be flexible in my dealings with those around me.
I understand that my way is not the only way -
that inner peace comes from respecting the ways of others,
and that, if I am open, I may gain great insights and happiness
from the ideas and traditions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Go With the Flow

Be Flexible

There is a Way

Enjoy the Journey
      

Dream, Plan, Act

 

Life expands to fill your dreams.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined.
- Henry David Thoreau

Believe in yourself. Dream big dreams.
Set important goals. Take action on those goals.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
- Anais Nin

To live a great life requires two steps...
1. Plan your life goals.
2. Act on your plan - every day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: How to Choose Your Life Purpose

Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life

How To Not Care What Others Think

Follow Your Bliss

Later is Never
    

Stay Adaptable, Stay Joyful

 

Life is not always as it seems.
What you have wished for is not always best.
What you have feared may become a blessing.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu

Change always comes bearing gifts.
- Price Pritchett

Zig as Life Zigs and Zag as Life Zags.
Stay Adaptable, Stay Joyful
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Change of any sort requires courage.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Today's affirmation:
I choose to adapt to the circumstances in which I find myself.
I choose to be flexible in my dealings with those around me.
I understand that my way is not the only way -
that inner peace comes from respecting the ways of others,
and that, if I am open, I may gain great insights and happiness
from the ideas and traditions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Go With the Flow

Be Flexible

There is a Way

Enjoy the Journey
      

Stay Adaptable, Stay Flexible

 

Life is not always as it seems.
What you have wished for is not always best.
What you have feared may become a blessing.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu

Change always comes bearing gifts.
- Price Pritchett

Zig as Life Zigs and Zag as Life Zags.
Stay Adaptable, Stay Joyful
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Change of any sort requires courage.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Today's affirmation:
I choose to adapt to the circumstances in which I find myself.
I choose to be flexible in my dealings with those around me.
I understand that my way is not the only way -
that inner peace comes from respecting the ways of others,
and that, if I am open, I may gain great insights and happiness
from the ideas and traditions of others.

Further reading: Go With the Flow

Be Flexible

There is a Way

Enjoy the Journey
      

If I am Open, I May Gain Great Insights and Happiness

Life is not always as it seems.
What you have wished for is not always best.
What you have feared may become a blessing.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu

Change always comes bearing gifts.
- Price Pritchett

Zig as Life Zigs and Zag as Life Zags.
Stay Adaptable, Stay Joyful
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Change of any sort requires courage.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Today's affirmation:
I choose to adapt to the circumstances in which I find myself.
I choose to be flexible in my dealings with those around me.
I understand that my way is not the only way -
that inner peace comes from respecting the ways of others,
and that, if I am open, I may gain great insights and happiness
from the ideas and traditions of others.

Further reading: Go With the Flow

Be Flexible

There is a Way

Enjoy the Journey
      

Give Thanks for Both the Bloom and the Thorns

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
- John Lennon

The key to happiness is not to have what you want
but to want what you have.
- Anonymous

The most glorious moments in your life
are not the so-called days of success,
but rather those days when out of dejection and despair
you feel rise in you a challenge to life,
and the promise of future accomplishments.
- Gustave Flaubert

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.
- Andy Rooney

We all have our thorns.
We, and Life, have our moments.
Life occurs before our morning coffee.
Life occurs in our bathrobe with our hair uncombed.
Bless and give thanks for All of Life - the bloom and the thorns.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.
- Rose Kennedy

Further reading: Choose a Joyful Life

Don't Resist Life

Life is Not Supposed to be Fair

The Power of Your Intention
     

There Are No Straight Paths In Life

Life is not always as it seems.
What you have wished for is not always best.
What you have feared may become a blessing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Change of any sort requires courage.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Zig as Life Zigs and Zag as Life Zags.
Stay Adaptable, Stay Joyful
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Change always comes bearing gifts.
- Price Pritchett

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu

Today's affirmation:
I choose to adapt to the circumstances in which I find myself.
I choose to be flexible in my dealings with those around me.
I understand that my way is not the only way -
that inner peace comes from respecting the ways of others,
and that, if I am open, I may gain great insights and happiness
from the ideas and traditions of others.

Further reading: There is a Way

Be Flexible

Enjoy the Journey

Go With the Flow
      

Overcoming Obstacles Requires Thought as well as Stamina

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
- Michael Jordan

Achievement seems to be connected with action.
Successful men and women keep moving.
They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
- Conrad Hilton

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and
try again in a different way.
- Dale Carnegie

Overcoming Obstacles Requires Thought as well as Stamina.
Choose your goal and keep your eye on it. Never give up.
Perhaps you will need to change your plan
and approach you goal from a different direction, but don't quit.
Keep thinking. Keep re-planning. Keep going.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Stand Up To Your Obstacles

Another Door

Don't Give Up

You Can Do It

Keep Moving
      

Plan, Act, Achieve

Life expands to fill your dreams.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined.
- Henry David Thoreau

Believe in yourself. Dream big dreams.
Set important goals. Take action on those goals.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
- Anais Nin

To live a great life requires two steps...
1. Plan your life goals.
2. Act on your plan - every day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: How to Choose Your Life Purpose

Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life

How To Not Care What Others Think

Follow Your Bliss

Later is Never
    

Step Up To the Plate

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
- Babe Ruth

The Babe, as well as being the Home Run King,
led the American League in Strike Outs in 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927 and 1928.

You are certain never to be a winner if you don't take your time at bat.
Do your best, and accept with gratitude whatever result you get.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Defeat is not the worst of failures.
Not to have tried is the true failure.
- George Edward Woodberry

How you think when you lose
determines how long it will be until you win.
- Gilbert (G. K.) Chesterton

Remember you will not always win.
Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat.
But there is, in this case, always tomorrow -
after you have done your best to achieve success today.
- Maxwell Maltz

Further reading: How to Feel Better About Yourself

Simply Do Your Best

How to Deal with Rejection
     

Let Go of Your Attachment to Your Plans

We must let go of the life we have planned,
so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
- Joseph Campbell

When I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.
- Lao Tzu

You have to accept whatever comes
and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage
and with the best that you have to give.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

There's a trick to the Graceful Exit.
It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage,
a relationship is over - and to let go.
It means leaving what's over without denying its value.
- Ellen Goodman

All life is change.
Release your attachment to the way things have been,
and wend your way joyfully
through life's unfolding majesty.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Welcome the Unknown

Avoid Labeling Yourself

Let Go and Accept This Moment

Release the Struggle
    

Play to Win, but be a Good Loser

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
- Babe Ruth

The Babe, as well as being the Home Run King,
led the American League in Strike Outs in 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927 and 1928.

Play to win, but be a good loser.
Have a plan for your life,
but accept whatever comes your way
with grace and gratitude.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You are certain never to be a winner if you don't take your time at bat.
Do your best, and accept with gratitude whatever result you get.

How you think when you lose
determines how long it will be until you win.
- Gilbert (G. K.) Chesterton

Defeat is not the worst of failures.
Not to have tried is the true failure.
- George Edward Woodberry

Remember you will not always win.
Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat.
But there is, in this case, always tomorrow -
after you have done your best to achieve success today.
- Maxwell Maltz

Success consists of going from failure to failure
without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

Further reading: How to Feel Better About Yourself

How to Deal with Rejection

Simply Do Your Best
     

Surmounting Obstacles

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
- Michael Jordan

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and
try again in a different way.
- Dale Carnegie

Achievement seems to be connected with action.
Successful men and women keep moving.
They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
- Conrad Hilton

Choose your goal and keep your eye on it. Never give up.
Perhaps you will need to change your plan
and approach you goal from a different direction, but don't quit.
Keep thinking. Keep re-planning. Keep going.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Another Door

You Can Do It

Don't Give Up

Stand Up To Your Obstacles

Keep Moving
   

Bless and Give Thanks for All of Life

The key to happiness is not to have what you want
but to want what you have.
- Anonymous

We all have our thorns.
We, and Life, have our moments.
Life occurs before our morning coffee.
Life occurs in our bathrobe with our hair uncombed.
Bless and give thanks for All of Life - the bloom and the thorns.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
- John Lennon

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.
- Rose Kennedy

The most glorious moments in your life
are not the so-called days of success,
but rather those days when out of dejection and despair
you feel rise in you a challenge to life,
and the promise of future accomplishments.
- Gustave Flaubert

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.
- Andy Rooney

Further reading: Don't Resist to Life

The Power of Your Intention

Choosing a Joyful Life

Life is Not Supposed to be Fair
   

Road Map

Map out your future - but do it in pencil.
The road ahead is as long as you make it.
Make it worth the trip.
- Jon Bon Jovi

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about
and let that guide you to your destination.
- Diane Sawyer

The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps.
- Bob Black

Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show
you what is possible for your life.
- Les Brown

People come into your life and people leave it...
you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.
- Orlando Bloom

We're all pilgrims on the same journey -
but some pilgrims have better road maps.
- Nelson DeMille

Further reading: Choosing Your Destination

A Better Plan

The Paradox of Planning
   

Fulfilling Your Dreams

Life expands to fill your dreams.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

All our dreams can come true,
if we have the courage to pursue them.
- Walt Disney

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined.
- Henry David Thoreau 

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
- Anais Nin

Believe in yourself. Dream big dreams.
Set important goals. Take action on those goals.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

To live a great life requires two steps...
1. Plan your life goals.
2. Act on your plan - every day.

Further reading: How to Choose Your Life Purpose

Follow Your Bliss

How To Not Care What Others Think

Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life

Later is Never

Choosing Your Destination

If you don't know where you're going,
any road will take you there.
- Lewis Carroll
(Alice in Wonderland)

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about
and let that guide you to your destination.
- Diane Sawyer

All you need is the plan, the road map,
and the courage to press on to your destination.
- Earl Nightingale

A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final
destination and usually the best way to get there.
- H. Stanley Judd

Destiny is not a matter of chance,
It is a matter of choice.
It is not something to be waited for,
But rather something to be achieved.
- William Jennings Bryan

One's destination is never a place
but rather a new way of looking at things.
- Henry Miller

Further reading: How to Choose Your Life Purpose

Where does your path lead?

Why?

Creating Your Own Future

Purpose and Direction

How to Make a Decision You Won't Regret

Being Fully Present in TODAY

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
- John Lennon

Find ecstasy in life;
the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Dickinson

The highest and most beautiful things in life
are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen
but, if one will, are to be lived.
- Soren Kierkegaard

This is the day which the Lord has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalms 118:24

Stop wishing and fearing the future
long enough to be fully present in TODAY.
Some great things are happening today
that bear no resemblance to what you planned.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Living in the Present

An Unknowable Future

The Canvas Of Life

Our Opportunity

A New Day

Life as Currency

Having a Plan

If a man does not know what port he is steering for,
no wind is favorable to him.
- Seneca

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.
Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
- Sun Tzu

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about
and let that guide you to your destination.
- Diane Sawyer

Be resolute in your goals, but flexible in your tactics.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: More thoughts about when to plan, and when not to plan

How To Be Happy Today And Prepare For Tomorrow

Dreams and Goals

Be Unstoppable

The Goal

Life Purpose