June 21, 2008

"Victory is always possible for he who refuses to stop fighting."

Napoleon Hill

So long as you continue doing what you want to do you will always be able to win. A cornered creature hasn't given up it just has to come up with new tricks. There's never really a good time to give up on anything. If you feel like you need to give up maybe you should look at it from a different perspective. Usually when you can't find an answer it's because you're looking for their answer not your own. You style give you a reason to do something if you're not doing it for yourself your way you more than likely don't have a reason to put your interest into it. So from this point on you should consider making everything for you and your way. If you work at Burger King flipping burgers think of it as you're trying to make the perfect burger to prove that you can do it for you.

June 16, 2008

"It's not a matter of if. It's just a matter of when."
~Lost to the ages~

Be ready and be prepared for anything and everything. Just because it's unlikely doesn't mean that it won't happen. It might be unlikely for you to win the lottery but when it does happen you have to be prepared for whatever comes next. It may be unlikely for a fire to start but you have to be prepared for it. Unlikely doesn't mean impossible and even when you do say impossible it's simply improbable. Nothing in the world is impossible only improbable. Cars aren't equipped with airbags for if you have an accident, they're equipped for when you have an accident. aspiration

A new co-author but still would like one more

I want you all to welcome Kenny my son who is a 16 year old self published novelist of teen literature in the catagory of fantasy. He has published several books in a series of a tale called DreamWorld. Here is a link to his publications http://lulu.com/kennyb feel free to look him up.

I am still looking for another co-author to work on the site with us and I have a lot to share with the person that I select. So for now please welcome Kenny and I soon hope to introduce you our third team member.

I need a Co-Author

Hi everyone,

I am so sorry that you haven't heard from me in a while. My health is very bad right now and I would love to find someone to help me out with continuing to post the messages that are the theme of the site. I am open to ideas too I am not a dictator and it doesn't have to only be my way.

If you are interested please send me an email to monique.blue@gmail.com.

Thanks so much I hope you will want to help keep it going :)

With much sincerity,

Monique

QnA for Today May 29, 2008

Sorry for being away I have been ill and this quote because of what I was born with and my the tragedy my best friend is recuperating from speaks strongly about how I feel.

"Friendship is not based on what a person can do for you or how they fit into your narrow selfish view of the world - simply is. You will know your friends because they are the ones still standing by you despite yourself - those that abandon you, berate you behind your back or leave when things no longer serve their needs are not your friends." ~L. Spearman

QnA for Today May 19, 2008

Today's quote

"Whatever we learn has a purpose and whatever we do affects everything and everyone else, if even in the tiniest way. Why, when a housefly flaps his wings, a breeze goes round the world; when a speck of dust falls to the ground, the entire planet weighs a little more; and when you stamp your foot, the earth moves slightly off its course. Whenever you laugh, gladness spreads like the ripples in a pond; and whenever you're sad, no one anywhere can be really happy. And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer."

Tell a Friend-Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

Aspiration for Today

I pay attention to my thoughts, my actions and my words.

QnA for Today May 18, 2008

Quote for Today

Excellence can be attained if you care more than others think is wise,
Risk more than others think is safe,
Dream more than others think is practical, and
Expect more than others think is possible.
-Anon.

Aspiration for Today

I choose to dream the impossible, risk what I choose, and attain what I dream!

QnA for Today May 17, 2008

Quote for Today

"Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours."

- Swedish Proverb

Aspiration for Today

I choose to breathe more and watch the world around me more. To enjoy the small beauty in life from admiring the wonder of a butterfly to the scent of a blooming flower.

Interactive QnA for Today May 16, 2008

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. ... But so long as men are not trained to withhold judgment in the absence of evidence, they will be led astray by cocksure prophets, and it is likely that their leaders will be either ignorant fanatics or dishonest charlatans. To endure uncertainty is difficult, but so are most of the other virtues.
- Betrand Russell, Unpopular Essays, Philosophy for Laymen

QnA for Today May 14, 2008

sow a thought and you reap an action;
sow an act and you reap a habit;
sow a habit and you reap a character;
sow a character and you reap a destiny.
- attributed to various sources among the many attributions found for this: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Andre Maurois, Charles Reade, Buddist Proverb, Samuel Smiles, James Allen, George D. Boardman, and Francis E. Willard

This is for a VERY GOOD friend that is in the national news right now and not for anything of his own. He is of SUPERIOR character, a devoted religious man and has lived his ENTIRE life building a PHENOMENAL character! This too shall pass! The Lord has not forsaken you!

QnA for Today May 13, 2008

I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things that I haven't.

- Lucille Ball

My efforts are valuable! The effort that I make on anything is a success, I follow through to its inevitable end some things end sooner than I hoped but it can never be said that I didn't try. Today I forgive myself for the many things that I have attempted and I embrace the curiosity and need to try within me.

QnA for Today May 12, 2008

"It seems to me that the best relationships, the ones that last, are frequently the ones rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than the night before, like a switch has been flicked somewhere, and the person who was just a friend is suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with."

-, The X-Files (the character Dana Katherine Scully)

I love my partner and although is complicated and stressful I value him/her in my life. Today I will make sure that I do something for my partner that reminds them of why we fell in love.

QnA for Today May 10, 2008

"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."

- Oscar Wilde

In all of the things that I challenged my mother on the qualities that I have from her I choose to keep the things that have made me into a wonderful and strong person.

Interactive QnA for Today May 9, 2008

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

- Ruth Benedict

QnA for Today May 8, 2008

"The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt."

- Ayn Rand

I control my feelings of responsibility and own that which is truly mine.

QnA for Today May 7, 2008

"Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory."

- Susan B. Anthony

I cherish all of the small things that happen in my day to day life.

QnA for Today May 5, 2008

"A man should say to his soul every morning, "God has given thee twenty-four treasures; take heed lest thou lose anyone of them, for thou wilt not be able to endure the regret that will follow such loss."

- Abu Hamid Al-Ghazzali

I use my time wisely, paying attention that each hour is adding something to the quality of my life; even the hours I am sleep I am rejuvenating my body giving it the rest that it not only needs but deserves.

Comments, Suggestions, Advice or just your two cents :)

I am trying to work on making this a little more interactive :) but I am not sure if you will like what I have done. Let me know what you think please.

Thank you so much...

Take care :)

QnA for Today May 4, 2008

Success is just a matter of attitude.
- Darcy E. Gibbons

My success is for me to gauge only. The only true failure is to never try at all. I try new things because I want to grow, and those that are stagnated in their lives have no words for me to help with my growth. "It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." - Theodore Roosevelt

QnA for Today May 3, 2008

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

- Lou Holtz

Where I am right now is where I was supposed to be to fully motivate me and have the lessons from life that I have been so fortunate to have experienced. Today I choose to make my past the past and to live my future each moment at a time strategically approaching my short term and long term goals.

Interactive QnA for today May 2, 2008

Said the little boy, "Sometimes I drop my spoon."
Said the little old man, "I do that too."
The little boy whispered, "I wet my pants."
"I do too," laughed the old man.
Said the little boy, "I often cry."
The old man nodded. "So do I."
"But worst of all," said the boy, "it seems
Grown-ups don't pay attention to me."
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.
"I know what you mean," said the little old man.

- Shel Silverstein

QnA for Today May 1, 2008

"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."

-Buddha

I love myself and I treat myself well, taking care of all of my needs, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually.

QnA for Today April 30, 2008

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

That inner voice that I have been ignoring for far too many years, today will be getting my attention! Listening to others views of me and thoughts of what I can accomplish is biased information. My inner voice is my personal guide.

QnA for Today April 28, 2008

"Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footsteps on the moon."

- Anon.


I set my goals high so that when I reach them the challenge getting there is fulfilling.

Just a word from me

I feel compelled to say something here and I hope that you can hear the sincerity in my words and leave with an understanding of what I am sharing. I have lost so many people in my life to the Angel of Death; from grandparents, and cousins, to young nephews and friends. This last death is so profound for me because I was there.

He came home from work, ate, enjoyed some time with his wife and in a moment it was over.

The memories and pain, the unaccomplished goals and plans to never happen, words that will never be said or heard. All in a moment. A passing second, not a here today and gone tomorrow even though that is a true statement; but in a flash the mere blink of an eye everyone and everything had transformed into something post that blink.

Tell those you love you love them often, forgive those that you have held anger toward, reconnect with someone that is important to you. Swallow the pride and make peace. We are given one opportunity and none of us know how long we have. My nephew had only 14 years, my friend that just passed had 39 years and my grandmother had over 80 and none of them were enough time for those that loved them.

If you can't make amends you can still let them know that you love them. Don't let them go without you knowing that they know and don't you die without having let them know what you really felt.

~Monique

QnA for Today April 25, 2008 (Interactive Aspiration Day)

"All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you're the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. THEY WILL TELL YOU NO, a thousand times no, until all the no's become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly.
AND YOU WILL TELL THEM YES."

- Nike Ad

QnA for Today April 24, 2008

"Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant."
- J. Petit-Senn

My talent is phenominal and my confidence in myself matches it.

QnA for Today April 23, 2008

A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education.
- Smiley Blanton

Today something I have wanted to know I am going to make the effort to find out.

QnA for Today April 22, 2008

It was a pleasant café, warm and clean and friendly, and I hung up my old waterproof on the coat rack to dry and put my worn and weathered felt hat on the rack above the bench and ordered a café au lait. The waiter brought it and I took out a notebook from the pocket of the coat and a pencil and started to write.
-Ernest Hemingway

Taking the time to do something that I enjoy, or I know that has brought me comfort and joy in the past is necessary for my path to HAPPYness. Today I will make sure that I take the time to do what I enjoy!

QnA for Today April 21, 2008

Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.
- Oprah Winfrey

I am ME and it is a BEAUTIFUL being to be!

QnA for Today April 20, 2008

"When you are not happy where you are, and you are not quite sure if you want to leave or how to leave, you are in the meantime. Its a state of limbo. You are hanging on, ready to let go, afraid to fall, not wanting to hurt yourself, afraid you will hurt someone else. In the meantime, you pray the other person will let go first so that you will not feel guilty."

-Iyanla Vanzant

In order to truly love someone I must love myself first. Not only love myself but love myself more than I love who I want to share love with. At the point that I can love myself no more then I have love to share with someone else. Today I will pay attention to something that I love about myself and nurture that quality.

QnA for Today April 19, 2008

"Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats."
- Howard Aiken

I am valuable and however many no's that I receive does not quantify to anything.

QnA for Today April 18, 2008 (Interactive Aspiration Day)

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
- Mark Twain

Changing things up a little :) Fridays are going to be interactive aspiration day :) So I will provide the quote and I ask that you as readers provide an aspiration to go with the quote. You can do it :)
Have a wonderful day! ~Monique

QnA for Today April 17, 2008

"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings."
- William Blake

I am amazing and my ability to achieve is endless!

QnA for Today April 16, 2008

Listen to the mustn'ts child.
Listen to the don'ts.
Listen to the shouldn't haves, the impossibles, the won'ts.
Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me.
Anything can happen child.
Anything can be.
- Shel Silverstein


I can achieve any and all things that I can envision for myself. While I value the input from others that are close and/or dear to me I do not need approval to become or accomplish what I envision for myself.

QnA for Today April 15,2008

Just for tax time yesterday and today are about time :)

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. - H. Jackson Brown

I will no longer procrastinate. I will at least take small steps toward completing my tasks vs. waiting until the last minute to begin.

QnA for Today April 14, 2008

Avoiding the phrase “I don’t have time...”, will soon help you to realize that you do have the time needed for just about anything you choose to accomplish in life.
-Bo Bennett, "Year to Success"

I have plenty of time everyday. I efficiently plan my day and do not set my expectations for the day to an impossible level. I plan my days perfectly and accomplish everything that I need to get done.

Simply QnA for Today April 13, 2008

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

I am organized, prepared and WELCOMING my success.

QnA for Today April 12, 2008

There is divine beauty in learning, just as there is human beauty in tolerance. To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps. The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the sum total of their experiences, their quests. And so are you.

- Elie Wiesel

QnA for Today April 11, 2008

He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

- Albert Einstein

I am not afraid to think outside the box. My ideas are valuable and I can continue to challenge anything I feel necessary.

QnA for today April 10,2008

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

-Michael Jordan

Fear to make an attempt is not in me. I am successful and will continue to strive to accomplish what I want in and for my life and the lives of those closest to me.

QnA for Today April 9, 2008

You have brains in your head,you have feet in your shoes you can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

- Dr. Seuss

QnA for today April 8, 2008

A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.
- Francis Bacon

I am determined to be a healthier me!

QnA for today April 6, 2008

A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this ability a power to endure in an intelligently chosen course in the face of distraction, confusion, and difficulty, and you have the essence of discipline.

-John Dewey

Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education, "New York: The Free Press", 1916

I am aware of my actions and I listen to myself in ways in order to make sure that I can improve upon myself. Today I will take an extra effort to listen to my innerself.

QnA for Today April 3, 2008

The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple relatedness.
-Joshua Loth Liebman

Today I will take an internal step within myself to repair a relationship that I held and still hold dear to me.

QnA for Today April 2, 2008

We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
-Tacitus

My self worth, my happiness, my success are not measured by my material gains. Today I will focus on the people and thoughts that have brought me true HAPPYness

QnA for today April 1, 2008

I apologize for being away. We had a death this weekend and that is what inspires this post today. Life is beautiful and meaningful be it your gift to someone or their gift to you.

Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was, "Did you bring joy?" The second was, "Did you find joy?"
-Leo Buscaqlia

Today I recognize the beauty and the gift of life. Be it as long or as short as we are given I will bring joy to others and find joy in my life.

QnA for today March 25, 2008

"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."
- Michelangelo

Today I am setting a goal that is obtainable for me and mapping out milestones on how to achieve it!

QnA for today March 24, 2008

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

I am neither jealous nor envious of those that have successfully accomplished what they set out to accomplish. Their example I welcome as I strive for self-improvement.

Quote and Aspiration for today March 23, 2008

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
~ Leo Tolstoy

Today I happily look into the mirror and see what is beautiful and acknowledge the things that I am diligently trying to achieve to better myself.

Quote and Aspiration for today March 22, 2008

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

Today I choose to walk toward my dreams. Once I do I know they will take 10 steps toward me!

Quote and Aspiration for today March 21, 2008

"Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence. It is no more or less than faith in action."
- Henry Chester

Today I will not anyone "bust my bubble" or take my joy!

Quote and Aspiration for today March 19, 2008

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor souls who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat."

~Theodore Roosevelt

I am a winner and I show that I win in my efforts to achieve!

Quote and Aspiration for today March 18, 2008

“Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.”

- Author Unknown

Today I choose to smile. I to remember happy times and smile at anything that I think about that warms my thoughts. I love to smile!

Quote and Aspiration for today March 17, 2008

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow."
- Ronald E. Osborn

Today I am trying something new. Something I have always said I would do and have not done.

Quote and Aspiration for today March 16, 2008

"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution."

~Bertrand Russell

I trust my thoughts and processes. I make viable decisions and can solve all problematic situations I am confronted with.