RB'S QOTD: January 31, 2011: "Do you believe you are a winner when it comes to being courageous when being tested???"

"Do you believe you are, by and large, a winner when it comes to being courageous when being tested?
Or do you feel you often fail during those times?
If so, what can you do to change that?"

“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”
~C.S. Lewis, 1898-1963, writer, theologian, scholar

RB'S QOTD: January 30, 2011: Have you faced any roadblocks recently???

Have you faced any roadblocks recently?

"Closed doors are often blocks to the wrong path."
~Wings over the Mountains of Life
www.MountainWings.com

RB'S QOTD: January 29, 2011: What is it that usually keeps you trapped in an unfavorable situation? ???

What is it that usually keeps you trapped in an unfavorable situation?

“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. ”
~John D. Rockefeller, Sr., 1839-1937, oil magnate, philanthropist

RB'S QOTD: January 28, 2011: Would you say you make most of your decisions based on what you know is right or what you know will please other people???

Would you say you make most of your decisions based on what you know is right or what you know will please other people?

"What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. This rule, equally arduous in action and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

RB'S QOTD: January 27, 2011: Do you always try to be kind to everyone...

Do you always try to be kind to everyone, or do you think kindness to some people over others is more important to you?

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
~Saint Basil, 329-379, bishop of Cesarea

RB'S QOTD: January 26, 2011: "When was the last time you gave someone a compliment???"

When was the last time you gave someone a compliment?

“There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment. ”
~Robert Brault - poet

RB'S QOTD: January 25, 2011: Do you always strive to treat everyone with kindness, even your family members???

Do you always strive to treat everyone with kindness, even your family members???

“Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.”
~Unknown

RB'S QOTD: January 24, 2011: "Do you find yourself looking upward more often..."

Do you find yourself looking upward more or less often than looking forward or backward?
If not, why not?

“I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.”

~Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855, novelist

RB'S QOTD: January 23, 2011: What is your intention in doing what you are doing?

What is your intention in doing what you are doing?

"What we see depends mainly on what we look for."
~Sir John Lubbock

RB'S QOTD: January 22, 2011: "Do you believe it's possible..."

Do you believe it's possible for someone to be a born again Christian and still speak mean hateful words to their family members, or do you believe those that do so are not truly born again at all?

"To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good of others, to love with such generosity of heart that your love is still a dear possession in absence or unkindness - these are the gifts which money cannot buy.”

~Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, essayist, poet, novelist

RB'S QOTD: January 21, 2011: What do you think might be holding you back from becoming all you can be???

What do you think might be holding you back from becoming all you can be?

"To be tested is good.
The challenged life may be the best therapist."
~Gail Sheehy

RB'S QOTD: January 20, 2011: Are you truly seizing the day???

Are you truly seizing the day???
Do you do it every day???

"Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present."
~Roger Babson

RB'S QOTD: January 19, 2011: How do you ration your passion???

How do you ration your passion?

"There is no end.
There is no beginning.
There is only the infinite passion of life."
~Frederico Fellini

RB'S QOTD: January 18, 2011: What do you say to yourself when you self talk???

What do you say to yourself when you self talk?

"The universe never says no to your thought about yourself.
It only grows it."
~Neale Donald Walsch

RB'S QOTD: January 17, 2011: What are some ways you can be more in service???

What are some ways you can be more in service?

RB'S QOTD: January 16, 2011

What was your favorite family moment, and why?

MINE: I think very early Thanksgiving and Christmas mornings, when I was still in bed but could smell the scents of roasting turkey wafted through the house - well before all the actual hubbub of the holiday started.

Dad liked to eat Holiday and Sunday dinners by 2 pm, so our mom or dad would get up early to put the huge beast in the oven so it would be sure to be done in time; so by the time 6-7 am rolled around, while we were still sleeping, the house would smell just wonderful.

RB'S QOTD: January 15, 2011

"What is one thing you could do to help yourself physically."

MINE: Walk, join a walking group.

RB'S QOTD: January 14, 2011

Where do you need to do some 'out of the box' thinking and living?

MINE: Don't know about out of the box, but come warmer weather, I need to get out walking again.

RB'S QOTD: January 13, 2011

Where are you now experiencing tension?

MINE: Trying to get the Christmas tree down, but can't until my brother puts up a shelving unit I have for my little village houses. Maybe I'll just spread them out on the coffee table again until he gets sick of seeing them there. ;o)

RB'S QOTD: January 12, 2011

At what point will you be good enough?
When do you feel you will be self-improved enough to accept yourself just as you are?

MINE: With very few exceptions, I reached that point several years ago. I pray you have too.

RB'S QOTD: January 11, 2011

"What are you procrastinating?"

MINE: Just about everything at this point. After being laid off since 10/2008 and after sending out hundreds of resumes and applications, it's difficult to know what trick to try next.

RB'S QOTD: January 10, 2011

What ideas are teasing you these days?

MINE: Same old question I've always had, "what do I really want to be when I grow up."
;o) 
Seriously!

"How can you step out of your comfort zone today?"

How can you step out of your comfort zone today?

MINE: Not sure if I have a "comfort zone"; am pretty willing to try anything that's legal and moral.

RB'S QOTD: January 8, 2011

Where are you not being true to yourself?

MINE: I think I'm always true to myself. I think that's what ticks many people off about me, no beating around the bush.

RB'S QOTD: January 7, 2011

What’s your dream for this lifetime?

MINE: Just to leave this place with a little more happiness than it had before I came here.

RB'S QOTD: January 6, 2011

What do you want to accomplish this year?

MINE: I'd love to visit places I've never been.

RB'S QOTD: January 5, 2011

What in life is beautiful to you?

MINE: Newborns, innocents - children, puppies, kittens, etc., alike. They look at us with such hope and trust. Why do so many hurt them and let them down?

WILL BEGIN AGAIN TOMORROW, JANUARY 5, 2011

Find it here January 5, 2011.