The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot. Michael Althsuler

Who forces time is pushed back by time; who yields to time finds time on his side.
- The Talmud

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot.
- Michael Althsuler

Today's affirmation: I choose never to be a prisoner of urgency.

Further reading: Time, like life itself, has no inherent meaning.

This Above All, To Thine Own Self Be True - 5 Ways to Apply William Shakespeare's Advice Today

Socrates: Beware the barrenness of a busy life

Lao Tzu: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nothing can bring you peace but yourself

"Hurry up" ranks right up there with "you need to" as a destroyer of our humanity - jlh

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine. Morris West

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
- Publilius Syrus

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
- Vannevar Bush

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
- Rabindranath Tagore

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.
- Morris West

Today's Affirmation: My life is the eye of the hurricane - an island of calm in a sea of uncertainty.

Further reading: How to Relieve Stress and Lead a Stress-Free Life

Stop Anger Before it Stops You - 7 Secrets

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

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

Dreams are necessary to life.
- Anais Nin

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask "Why?" I dream of things that never were, and ask "Why not?"
- Robert F. Kennedy paraphrase of George Bernard Shaw

To create a meaningful life: Dream it; Pursue it; Persevere courageously; Keep focus and ignore distractions.

Further reading: VISION - the fifth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Success... A goal is a dream with a deadline. - Napoleon Hill

Eleanor Roosevelt: The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

C. S. Lewis You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream

Pope John XXIII: Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it. Lao Tzu

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it. - Lao Tzu 

 He who is contented is rich. - Lao Tzu 

 Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. - Tony Robbins 

 Choose your battles wisely. While your core principles and your life goals are important, most of what you let upset you is not worth an argument or lost sleep. Take Lao Tzu's advice and become softer and more flexible. 

 Further reading: No one is in control of your happiness but you 

  Anthony Robbins: If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. 

  Lao Tzu: The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

Encourage me, and I will not forget you. William Arthur Ward

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. - William Arthur Ward 

  A friend encourages your dreams and offers advice - but when you don't follow it, they still respect and love you. - Doris Wild Helmering

 Live your life joyfully in your own way. Support and encourage others to live their lives joyfully in their own ways. Love your family and friends; encourage them to live joyful and fulfilling lives; but don't try to make their choices for them. 

 Further reading: Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning - jlh 

  Meddling - 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Offering Helpful Advice 

 Further watching: Living Your Inspired Life - video