Every day do a better job.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." --Anne Frank

Day #239 - Every day, do a better job.

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Be gentle with yourself.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.  --Max Ehrmann, Desiderata
 
Day #238 - Be gentle with yourself.

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Direct your imagination in positive directions.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it." --Jesse Jackson

Day #236 - Direct your imagination in positive directions.

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Never stop searching for a purpose in life.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness.  It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." --Helen Keller

Day #235 - Never stop looking for a purpose in life.

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Take criticism lightly, but learn from it.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"When you hear that people have criticized you, simply reply that had they known the rest of your faults, they would not have ended their criticism having mentioned only these alone." --Richard L. Weaver II

Day #234 - Take criticism lightly, but learn from it.

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Paint Bright Colors on Each Day

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box. --Anonymous

Day #233 - Paint bright colors on each day.

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Find opportunities in crises

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." --Martin Luther King, Jr.

Day #232 - Find opportunities in crises.

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Accept who you are

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Why compare yourself with others?  No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you."  --Anonymous

Day #231 - Accept who you are.

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Day #230 - Make your circumstances.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.  I don't believe in circumstances.  The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."  --George Bernard Shaw

Day #230 - Make your circumstances.

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Day #229 - Take advantage of your common sense.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done."  --Harriet Beecher Stowe

Day #229 - Take advantage of your common sense.

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Day #228 - Keep yourself centered.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered."  --Wayne W. Dyer

Day #228 - Keep yourself centered.

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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 #225 - Make every moment of your life count.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment.  And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new.  Right now."  --Anonymous

Day #225 - Make every moment of your life count.

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Day #224 - Think before you speak.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts.  I wonder why we think faster than we speak.  Probably so we can think twice."  --Bill Watterson

Day #224 - Think before you speak.

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Day #223 - Live as an example to those around you.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example."  --Mark Twain

Day #223 - Live as an example to those around you.

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Day #222 - Your secret to success is in your effort.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind."  --Anonymous

Day #222 - Your secret to success is in your effort.

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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 #219 - Always choose joy.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure."  ---Lawana Blackwell

Day #219 - Always choose joy.

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Day #218 - Change the way you treat those with whom you disagree.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secret of getting along---whether it be business, family relations, or life itself."  ---Bernard Meltzer

Day #218 - Change the way you treat those with whom you disagree.

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Day #217 - Start today to grow, develop, and change.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."  ---Oliver Wendell Holmes

Day #217 - Start today to grow, develop, and change.

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