Realize that life is difficult.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.  It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it.  Once we truly know that life is difficult --- once we truly understand and accept it --- then life is no longer difficult.  Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters." --M.Scott Peck

Day #271 - Realize that life is difficult.

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Make a difference.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee." --Marian Wright Edelman

Day #270 - Make a difference.

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Keep reaching for the stars.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." --Harriet Tubman

Day #269 - Keep reaching for the stars.

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Work hard.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it.  Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it.  If you do, you'll win --- if you don't you won't." --Bruce Jenner

Day #268 - Work hard.

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Say #226 - Maintain your enthusiasm.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

If you want to be happy,
          Begin where you are,
Don't wait for some rapture
          That's future and far.
Begin to be joyous, begin to be glad
          And soon you'll forget
That you ever were sad. 
                        --Anonymous

Day #226 - Maintain your enthusiasm.

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Day #221 - Listen well.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." --Robert McCloskey

Day #221 - Listen well.

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Day #213 - Enjoy the best years of your life.

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"The moment you wake up is the instant you realize that the teacher is in you and that all your happiness, as well as all of your problems, are your own."  ---Richard L. Weaver II

Day #213 - Enjoy the best years of your life.

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SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration." ---Thomas Alva Edison

Day #208 - Do not strive for genius.

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Day #205 - Control your desires.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Our desires always increase with our possessions.  The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us."  ---Samuel Johnson

Day #205 - Control your desires.

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Day #204 - Avoid apathy.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all---the apathy of human beings."  ---Helen Keller

Day #204 - Avoid apathy.

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Day #201 - Be a friend to others.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job."  ---Laurence J. Peter

Day #201 - Be a friend to others.

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Day #191 - Set high standards.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom.  If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness.  Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to."  ---Greg Anderson

Day #191 - Set high standards.

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Day #189 - Do it now.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Courage has genius, power, and magic in it;
Only engage, and then the mind grows heated.
Begin it, and the work will be completed."
                                                        ---Anonymous

Day #189 - Do it now.

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Day #188 - Never let floors become ceilings.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction." ---Charles Francis Adams

Day #188 - Never let floors become ceilings. 

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Day #185 - Engage in careful planning

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Before anything else, preparation is the key to success." ---Alexander Graham Bell

Day #185 - Engage in careful planning. 

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Day #180 - Be careful of any advice you give

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Old men are fond of giving good advice, to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples." ---La Rochefoucauld


Day #180 - Be careful of any advice you give. 

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Day #177 - Cultivate courage.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." ---Eleanor Roosevelt

Day #177 - Cultivate courage. 

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SMOERs: Words of Wisdom Wednesdays

"The truth is that existence wants your life to become a festival...because when you are unhappy, you also throw unhappiness all around." ---Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

Day #165 - Enjoy being festive.

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