I RESOLVE TO . . .

Christmas . . .

"A Merry Christmas to everybody!  A Happy New Year to all the world!"

Charles Dickens - English Novelist (1812-1970) - From Thinkexist.com

Carpe diem . . .

"Carpe diem!  Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have.  It is later than you think."

Horace - Ancient Roman Poet (65 BC - 8 BC) - From Thinkexist.com

Your 2007 New Year Resolution!

"Achieving dreams, resolutions goals is actually a series of steps - each one a leap of faith.  If you can open your mind, believe in yourself and your ability to achieve your dream it's time to take the nex step:  Decide.  Resolve, after all is to decide firmly with great determination.  There is no time better than the present to make that leap of faith.  The act of pursuing and achieving your dream can and will help you to find fulfillment in your life."

Kim M. Simpson - December 14, 2007
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Make Your 2007 Resolution: Just One . . .

"Everything that I've read in recent years suggests that people are generally giving up on making New Year resolutions.  I'm not surprised, folks are 'busy'.   A long list of things that you feel you should 'change' about yourself can be daunting and overwhelming.  Tiring, in fact.  It's a tired idea.  If it worked people would still be making and keeping their resolutions.

I'm not advocating that folks give up on self improvement.  Actually, just the opposite.  I believe a person will achieve more if he/she is focused on making just one improvement at a time.  Or learning just one new thing.  Or taking on just one new hobby.  You get the gist.  Typically the act of 'change', developing a new 'habit', or 'achieving a cherished dream' isn't something that happens overnight.  It takes time and hard work.  Days, months, sometimes years, but if it's something you truly want to achieve, you make the time, do the work."

Kim M. Simpson - December 18 2006
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Your 2007 New Year Resolution!

"Procrastination reaps regret.  Action reaps achievement.  Turn that spark into a flame, make your dream a reality!"

Kim M. Simpson - December 14, 2006
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Your 2007 New Year Resolution!

"The act of pursuing and achieving your dream can and will help you to find fulfillment in your life.  I'm not going to predict it's going to change your life forever, or be the best year you've ever had.  Without question, you're going to hit bumps in the road, we all do, that's life.  But each and every time you put your heart and soul into something you love, you will learn something, reap rewards, and find personal fullfilment."

Kim M. Simpson - December 14, 2006
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Your 2007 New Year Resolution!

"Do it now.  Take that first small step.  Open your mind, dare to dream, and make a decision to 'go for it' in 2007.  Proscrastination is your worst enemy and patience is your best friend.  One resolution, one day at a time for one year.  Become a Resolution Revolutionary.  Make each day count.  Make each and every day New Year's Day!"

Kim M.Simpson - December 14, 2006
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Falling In Love . . .

"The thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people."

Annie Leibowitz

Believe Photographs . . .

"Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs."

Ansel Adams

A Secret . . .

"A photograph is a secret about a secret.  The more it tells you the less you know."

Diane Arbus

Good Photographs . . .

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."

Ansel Adams

The Negative . . .

"The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the prints its performance.  Each performance differs in subtle ways."

Ansel Adams

Ready To Start . . .

"And now, I feel at 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start."

Gordon Parks

Something Beautiful . . .

"And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard at showing the desolation and the poverty, to show something beautiful for somebody as well."

Gordon Parks

Sharp Image . . .

"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept."

Ansel Adams

Daily Exercise - Day 255

Yep, you guess it, another busy day!  Work in the office, and running around DC on some errands. I did do some walking, so I got my 30-minutes of exercise today - thankfully!  No laps, though :(  Maybe this weekend.  Until then . . .

A Photograph . . .

"You don't take a photograph, you make it."

Ansel Adams

Silence . . .

"In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood."

Henry David Thoreau

Aim . .

"In the long run, men hit only what they aim at.  Therefore, they had better aim at something high."

Disappointment . . .

"If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment."

Henry David Thoreau

Enterprising . . .

"If a man walks in the woods for love of them for half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer.  But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."

Aspires . . .

"If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?"

Henry David Thoreau

A Pumpkin . . .

"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."

Henry David Thoreau

Went To The Woods . . .

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."

Henry David Throreau

In The Dark . . .

"I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark."

Henry David Throreau

Wounds . . .

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

Oprah Winfrey

Wonder . . .

"Wisdom begins in wonder."

Socrates

Wisdom . . .

"Wisdom outweighs any wealth."

Sophocles

Patience . . .

"Patience is the companion of wisdom."

St. Augustine

Change . . .

"Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor."

Robert Frost

Life . . .

"There is more to life than increasing its speed."

Mohandas Gandhi