Some Inspirational Quotations to Celebrate the New Year...

A few interesting quotations/poems to ring in the new year...Some friends shared these on FB...

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.”

—Neil Gaiman

“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” —Brad Paisley

“The journey is the reward.”

—Steve Jobs

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

—Mark Twain

"I actually attack the concept of happiness. The idea that - I don’t mind people being happy - but the idea that everything we do is part of the pursuit of happiness seems to me a really dangerous idea and has led to a contemporary disease in Western society, which is fear of sadness. It’s a really odd thing that we’re now seeing people saying “write down 3 things that made you happy today before you go to sleep”, and “cheer up” and “happiness is our birthright” and so on. We’re kind of teaching our kids that happiness is the default position - it’s rubbish. Wholeness is what we ought to be striving for and part of that is sadness, disappointment, frustration, failure; all of those things which make us who we are. Happiness and victory and fulfillment are nice little things that also happen to us, but they don’t teach us much. Everyone says we grow through pain and then as soon as they experience pain they say “Quick! Move on! Cheer up!” I’d like just for a year to have a moratorium on the word “happiness” and to replace it with the word “wholeness”. Ask yourself “is this contributing to my wholeness?” and if you’re having a bad day, it is. 

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- Hugh Mackay

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.


I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. 


I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.


I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much 
bigger. 


I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. 


I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.


I wish enough "Hello's" to get you through the final 'Goodbye."