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Category: Inspiration
Essential Guide: Building a Strong Morning Routine
The way you start your day defines your mood for the rest of it.
Shaquille O’Neal: strength
Shaquille speaks on strength, with a Rainbow Lorikeet nodding agreement
Chase your resumé vs eulogy? Accommodate both!
Resumé vs eulogy — how do you conduct your life? Hint: you can actually respect both! Want proof? Here’s Exhibit A.
Maya Angelo – butterfly delight after striving
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit ...”
Muhammad Ali: Solo Safety (Eclectus Parrot, male)
Safety in numbers, they say. I beg to differ.
Michael Jordan: Focus
Witness the legendary focusing ability of Michael Jordan. (Harris Hawk, SW USA to South America. Snapped @ Sylvan Heights Bird Park, Scotland Neck, NC)
Rosa Parks: Productivity lurks in exhaustion
I had no idea that history with being made. I was just tired of giving up.— Rosa Parks. / (Carolina Wren, snapped @ Triangle area backyard, NC)
Tupac Shakur: Genuine Intelligence Mandates Humility
Tupac, making a valuable and frequently overlooked point, remarked on the interplay between genuine intelligence and humility.
Bessie Smith – Tempo
BirdQuote: Bessie Smith on setting the tempo.
Eastern BlueBird, bestowing wisdom (Local)
Eastern Bluebird, with a nugget of wisdom, brought to life by a kind and generous soul. Result: feathered friends relishing a Munch-a-Bunch fiesta.
New Year’s Dreams
Dreams, if they are any good ... —Ray Charles
Gratitude + Overlooked Gifts
"I opened two gifts this morning. They were my eyes." // Looking for wisdom? Sit at the feet of an elderly person. And listen, intensely
QuickNote: Dreams defy expiration dates: Exhibit A
A woman dropped out of school in the 6th grade to assist on the family farm. She never gave up on her dream of getting an education. Ella Washington graduated with a college degree in interdisciplinary studies — at 89 years of age.
Next time Poindexter (inner critic) hands you an excuse designed to thwart…
Octavia Butler
All that you touch you change; all that you change changes you.…