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Happy Thanksgiving From MotivateUs.com

The Art of Thanksgiving

 

Happy Thanksgving to all of our friends and visitors - we are thankful and grateful for YOU - Motivation, Positive Thought Of the Day - From MotivateUs.com
The Art of Thanksgiving
by Wilferd A. Peterson

The art of thanksgiving is thanksliving. It is gratitude in action. It is applying Albert Schweitzer’s philosophy: ‘In gratitude for your own good fortune you must render in return some sacrifice of your life for other life.’

It is thanking God for the gift of life
by living it triumphantly.

It is thanking God for your talents and abilities
by accepting them as obligations to be invested for the common good.

It is thanking God for all that men and women have done for you
by doing things for others.

It is thanking God for opportunities
by accepting them as a challenge to achievement.

It is thanking God for happiness
by striving to make others happy.

It is thanking God for beauty
by helping to make the world more beautiful.

It is thanking God for inspiration
by trying to be an inspiration to others.

It is thanking God for health and strength
by the care and reverence you show your body.

It is thanking God for the creative ideas that enrich life
by adding your own creative contributions to human progress.

It is thanking God for each new day
by living it to the fullest.

It is thanking God
by giving hands, arms, legs, and voice to your thankful spirit.

It is adding to your prayers of thanksgiving, acts of thanksliving.

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Believing In Your Self: 1997

Back in 1997 we received a submission from Sally in Virginia called “The Bottom Line”, other words Believe in Your Self.

THE BOTTOM LINE

FACE IT, nobody owes you a living.
What you achieve, or fail to achieve in your lifetime
Is directly related to what you do or fail to do.
No one chooses his parent or childhood,
But you can choose your own direction.
Everyone has problems and obstacles to overcome,
But that too is relative to each individual.
NOTHING IS CARVED IN STONE! Continue reading “Believing In Your Self: 1997”

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Blast From The Past

We went really back in the time machine today, for the moments in time. Back in early 1997 we started to publish motivation, and inspiration.

Below are a few quotes from this early edition.

“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson — Anonymous

“We are often so caught up in our destination that we forget to appreciate the journey, especially the goodness of the people we meet along the way. Appreciation is a wonderful feeling, don’t overlook it.”
— Author Unknown — Submitted by Maegen Mac — Michigan

“It is not the perfect picture we are looking for, but rather time spent to be captured.”
— Brian Aanestad — California

See the complete 1997 motivational edition.

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I Am On Line

I got to visit the lab today! As a website owner moving from just a website to a portal and platform, it’s rare to be able to visit and sit with the architect for a couple of hours. Usually you talk to the web designer who talks to the developer who talks to the architect.

In my mind, I had an idea of how everything might look and work but I was blown away by some of the new technology created just for us.

We are in the prototype to testing stage right now so everything is not live on the Internet just yet….

Of course I want the new portal to go live, but I also know from past experience that TESTING is critical and every component must pass the test.

Stay tuned for more as we go – here is the recap:
Bootstrap – done
Portal Manager – Done
Cross Referencing – Done
Staging Skins – Done
Services – Done