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*** Positive Sayings for this Positive Image *** ------------------------------------------------------------ WHAT NOAH'S ARK CAN TEACH YOU ABOUT LIFE 1. Make sure you don't miss the boat. 6. Build your future on high ground. 7. For safety's sake -- travel in pairs. 8. Speed isn't always essential. The snails were on board with the cheetahs. 9. When you're stressed – float! 10. Remember, the ark was built by amateurs -- the Titanic by professionals. 11. No matter how great the storm, when you're with God, there's always a rainbow waiting! 12. Don't invite the woodpeckers! ******************** WISDOM FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE; BEFORE THE GRAVE. “Every now and then I think about my own death, and I think about my own funeral . . . I don't want a long funeral. And if you get somebody to deliver the eulogy, tell them not to talk too long . . . Tell them not to mention that I have a Nobel Peace Prize . . . Tell them not to mention that I have three or four hundred other awards . . . I'd like somebody to mention that day, that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others. I'd like for somebody to say that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to love somebody . . . Say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. That I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. BUT I JUST WANT TO LEAVE A COMMITTED LIFE BEHIND.” - DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (1929-1968): ******************** “You can pretend anything and master it.” A few years back were you surprised when Jamie Foxx won the Academy Award for best actor? I wasn't. After all, who usually wins that award? Not the best actor. Not the most skilled actor. Not the most experienced actor. The winner is usually the actor who takes on the most challenging role. That's why Jamie Foxx won for his portrayal of Ray Charles. That's why Dustin Hoffman was a sure thing for “Rain Man” and Tom Hanks couldn't miss for “Forrest Gump.” And the same goes for Hilary Swank in “Million Dollar Baby.” Challenging roles create great actors. You have the opportunity to play a challenging role too. You can be cast to play the part of “the world's greatest student, athlete, salesperson, etc . . . !” It's a tougher role than anything Foxx, Hoffman, Hanks, or Swank ever had to do because you'll have to play the part of someone who is totally focused, insatiably curious, and unstoppably motivated. And the commitment lasts every day, seven-days-a-week. Most people turn down this role because it is so difficult. For example, most people want to go to school, but they don't want to become a real student. As Helen Keller once said, “Life is an exciting adventure or nothing at all.” You have to read that again: “Life is an exciting adventure or nothing at all.” More people would accept this role if it were easier. As Dr. M. Scott Peck wrote, “Life is difficult.” Not only is life difficult — it's supposed to be difficult. In the movie “A League of Their Own,” Tom Hanks, playing the manager of an all-women's professional baseball team, said “It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.” Of course, Hanks was speaking about baseball, but he could have been speaking about college. Will you accept the part? You can start playing this role immediately. For example, if you're a student as soon as you walk into your next class, act like you are “the world's greatest student.” Sit in the front row. Sit up straight. Ask questions. Answer questions. Laugh at the professor's jokes. Act as if you're “the world's greatest student.” After one class, don't expect someone will come up to you and present you an Oscar, BUT if you keep acting this way your awards and rewards will come. Don't worry about that. Absolutely, positively, guaranteed!!! |
