"In relation to others, gratitude is good manners; in relation to ourselves, it is a habit of the heart and a spiritual discipline."
-- Daphne Rose Kingma


"In relation to others, gratitude is good manners; in relation to ourselves, it is a habit of the heart and a spiritual discipline."
-- Daphne Rose Kingma


"It is the Law that any difficulties that can come to you at any time, no matter what they are, must be exactly what you need most at the moment, to enable you to take the next step forward by overcoming them. The only real misfortune, the only real tragedy, comes when we suffer without learning the lesson." -- Emmet Fox


"The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for."

-- Zig Ziglar

The power of our thoughts allows us to manifest our desires. The challenge is in harnessing our ever shifting perspectives so that we can focus upon the thoughts that can make a positive difference. In this excerpt from the book by Harold W. Becker, Internal Power, Seven Doorways to Self Discovery, he shares that learning to recognize and work with our thoughts consciously allows our awareness and experience of life to unfold its potential. The key is to be open to change and express ourselves from a higher perspective on life. Our past is but a memory and the future is in our imagination, right now in the present moment is our true point of power. For more, go to www.thelovefoundation.com

"The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have."

Nido Qubein

Our ideas, like orange-plants, spread out in proportion to the size of the box which imprisons the roots.
Edward Bulwer Lytton

“If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.” —Jim Rohn

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Edith Wharton