| QUOTES from
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| On Integrity |
On Kindness |
| "Always
do right! This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." -–
Mark Twain
"A
"NO" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "YES"
merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble." --
Mahatma Gandhi
"The
virtue of man ought to be measured, not by his extraordinary exertions,
but by his everyday conduct." -- Blaise
Pascal
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"I
believe...that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The
world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my
religion." -- Thomas Paine
"Too
often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening
ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which
have the potential to turn a life around." --
Leo Buscaglia
"Because
the soul has such deep roots in personal and social life and its values
run so contrary to modern concerns, caring for the soul may well turn out
to be a radical act, a challenge to accepted norms." -- Thomas
Moore
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| MESSAGES
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the Masters... |
FOUR WAYS TO MASTER CHANGE by Sheila Murray Bethel
We are living in exciting age of unprecedented change. Today's
accelerated rate of change presents us with unique challenges and
opportunities. When change brings success, keep your ego from getting
out of hand. When the change is negative, use your sense of humor to
get through it. Once you learn to handle change, you can take your
skills, talents, and abilities and help others change. Let's look at
four ways to enhance your mastery of change.
1. Don't Fight It.
The natural tendency is to protect what you know and value, what has
become familiar and comfortable. Unfortunately the world will change
with or without you. So you must adapt again and again. You make your
life so much more complicated when you fight the change. You cause
yourself stress and can actually become ill. Remember the old Serenity
Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the
difference.
2. You don't have to like the Change.
No one ever said you have to like the changes you are experiencing.
However, you do have to understand them so you can progress. Study,
explore, and read everything you can about the current matters that
affect your perception and handling of change. Life is not always about
"liking." It is about doing the best you can, with what you you've got
and getting on with it--right now!
3. Know what to defend against change.
There are some things we should resist changing because change does not
always translate into better. Change for the sake of change alone can
destroy valuable situations, assets, and relationships. Many values
deserve to be defended. Ask yourself what you will change and what you
will defend.
4. Have a Sense of Humor.
Humor can give you a momentary "emotional vacation." A sense of humor
can conquer pretense, and diffused anger and hostility. It can take an
impossible situation and change it into an acceptable one. The old
axiom, "if you take yourself too seriously, no one else will," is key.
The most effective people are spontaneous and can use humor to express
their feelings, and to encourage others.
When you set out to be a change master and to make a difference in this
world, there is no guarantee that it will be easy. By learning about
change, serving others and helping them to learn to change, you will
indeed be making a difference.
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