Change

Coping with change follows the same steps as the grieving process.  The steps are shock and denial that the old routine must be left behind, then anger that change is inevitable, then despair and a longing for what was, and eventual acceptance of the new and a brighter view of the future.  Everyone works through this process; for some the transition is lightning fast, for others painfully slow.  Above all –

                             REALIZE YOUR CAPACITY TO ADAPT.

We shouldn’t expect all of the changes ahead to be painless, demanding only minimal sacrifice, cost or effort.  In fact, we should expect some dead ends, some breakdowns in communications and some misunderstandings, despite our best efforts to avoid them.  We may not be able to anticipate all of the problems ahead, but we can map out in general terms how we will deal with them.

- S. Singleton

Happiness

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect, it just you've decided to see life beyond the imperfections. So, don't say you are happy because everything is alright, be happy when everything is bad but your doing just fine."

"The best feeling in the world is realizing that you're perfectly happy without the thing you thought you needed." - Marxie
"Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey." - Tad Williams
 
"Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention." - Greg Anderson

Personal Development

Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.
- Jon Postel
Don't let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you.
- Les Brown
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
- Helen Keller
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
- Bill Gates
Never offer what you'd hate someone for accepting.
- Tara Ploughman
It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
- Vladimir Nabokov

Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you dont win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
- Richard M. Nixon

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
- E. E. Cummings

Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.
- A. Bronson Alcott

Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life.
- Jesse Lee Bennett

The real hero is always a hero by mistake he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
- Umberto Eco

People

"People are a mystery, sometimes even to themselves. And they all have secrets. Only rule I know is that every time you think you have them figured out, they change. We all do" - Defiance