Friday, April 27, 2012

every experience


Every experience in life, everything with which we have come in contact in life, is a chisel which has been cutting away at our life statue, molding, modifying, shaping it. We are part of all we have met. Everything we have seen, heard, felt, or thought has had its hand in molding us, shaping us.  ...Orison Swett Marden

i've been slacking...not feeling as positive this year so far.  i'm changing that, so i'm starting with a favorite quote. 

i know my life has been influenced by so many people, whether they were passers-by, acquaintances, friends, family, students, bloggers, authors, musicians, artists, doctors...too many to name.  i value each experience, good and bad, because they've made me who i am, and i think i'm pretty great [not modest].

i hope people who read my blog take something from it.  i hope you feel pretty great about yourself.  take what good you can from every experience.  let that good build your image of yourself.  just as importantly, remember that YOU influence everyone you meet!  be the good in someone else's life.