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Continue reading →: Become friends with people who aren’t your age. Hang out with people whose first language isn’t the same a yours. Get to know someone who doesn’t come from your social class. This is how you see the world. This is how you grow.Become friends with people who aren’t your age. Hang out with people whose first language isn’t the same a yours. Get to know someone who doesn’t come from your social class. This is how you see the world. This is how you grow. How disparate are the demographics of the…
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Continue reading →: Standing alone doesn’t mean you are alone. It means that you are strong enough to handle things by yourself.Standing alone doesn’t mean you are alone. It means that you are strong enough to handle things by yourself. How many times have you tried to handle whatever circumstances you might be coping with on your own? When you make a choice to do this, do you make the choice…
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Continue reading →: I hope that all of us, or none of us are judged by the actions of our weakest moments but rather by the strength we show when or if we are given a second chance.I hope that all of us, or none of us are judged by the actions of our weakest moments but rather by the strength we show when or if we are given a second chance. TED LASSO If you were judged by your actions in your weakest moments, would you…
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Continue reading →: We are the heroes we have been waiting for.We are the heroes we have been waiting for. Are you still expecting the rescuers to come charging in and save us? It’s not going to happen and they’re not coming. End of story. If you are working through your day to day existence, expecting there is some savior that…
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Continue reading →: Ripples….When you create a difference in someone’s life, you not only impact their life, you impact everyone influenced by them throughout their entire lifetime. No act is ever too small. One by one, this is how to make an ocean rise.Ripples….When you create a difference in someone’s life, you not only impact their life, you impact everyone influenced by them throughout their entire lifetime. No act is ever too small. One by one, this is how to make an ocean rise. What difference have you made in someone’s life? Whether…
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Continue reading →: Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been. DAVID BOWIE We have all heard the phrase, “Youth is wasted on the young.” This perspective, from the opposite end of the spectrum, arises from experience. In our youthful exuberance, we are quick to make…
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Continue reading →: The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance—is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance—is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light. JAMES BALDWIN How do you magnify and mirror another person’s light? When we are shown the luminance inside another being,…
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Continue reading →: Grief never ends… but it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith…it is the price of love.I found this on Facebook yesterday and it struck a chord. I have been counseling a few dear friends who have lost loved ones during the last year and doing my best to be of comfort and value to them during such a transition of magnitude. The closing thought of…
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Continue reading →: Give a person pleasure and they will forget their goals. Give a person pain and heartbreak and they feel like conquering the world. Hard times can be a blessing, rather than a curse.Are you more motivated to prevail over everything at a moment when you are very comfortable in life or in a moment when everything seems to be going against you? There is a presumption that in moments of security and tranquility, we are more likely to become receptive to easier…
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Continue reading →: Your value doesn’t decrease just because someone can’t see your worth.Your value doesn’t decrease just because someone can’t see your worth. Do you genuinely know what you are worth? When another person does not see or appreciate that, do you feel diminished in your stature or value? Working to build our own internal sense of self esteem, while allowing the…
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I’m Brian
I believe it is truly possible to change the world, one thought at a time. If anything I have written connects with you, please share it with others. My goal in creating this is to help others with ideas that are thought-provoking, stimulating and cathartic.
Brian Weiner 