WORDS TO LIVE BY

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NO PEN, NO BOOK, NO BRAIN

I have to put this poster in my classroom.

The other one can be:

NO BOOK = DEATH.

THE POSITIVE VIEW OF THINKING

Inspirational positive wall

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BLOOM ...

JANA ORŠOLIĆ:

Ovaj, br. 49, kaze BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED. Iz moje perspektive, laka a duboka ukorenjujuca poruka, ohrabrenje za neadaptirane. Za one koji nikako da budu srecni sto tu gde jesu. Za one koji su ovde a zele da su tamo, ili za one koji su otisli a i dalje su rastrzani.

OMEKŠIVAČ??

I NEVEZANO SA OVIM...Recept za omekšivač:

8. MART

Đorđe Balašević:

Ja 8. mart ignorišem i ne priznajem kao praznik. Pokušavam da prema svojim devojkama i Olji uvek budem takav da je svaki dan 8. mart u našoj kući. Mislim da je to uvredljiv praznik. Prema ženama treba biti žrtva, treba se prepustiti njihovoj nadmoćnosti u porodici. Da su žene odlučivale o nekim stvarima, svet bi izgledao lepši. Možda bi bilo malo čupanja za kosu, ogovaranja i drugih stvari ali definitivno ne bi bilo ovoliko krvi i zla koliko smo mi muškarci posejali...

POSTCARDS

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GOOD THOUGHTS FROM EVERYWHERE

GOOD THOUGHTS

WALK AWAY

Shale Hrvoje Salkovic

Krajem ovog tjedna, u samo dva dana, uspio sam izvesti ovo ......... 

MAKE SOMETHING - A Beautiful Mess

Inspiring post

MAKE SOMETHING..ANYTHING

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A BEAUTIFUL MESS

You've probably noticed that making things is a big part of what we do here at A Beautiful Mess. We make food, decorations, clothes, gifts, crafts, art, mistakes, blog posts and everything in between. We love a good project. And we love learning and experimenting every single day. You might think that it's a quirk or gimmick or just a trend we're stuck on. But it's not. As corny as it may sound, making is the only way of life we really understand. And, oddly enough, it's turned into our career over time.

Why make something? (especially if you could just as easily buy it) Why learn to cook something if you can just eat out? Why sew curtains when you could purchase them from Target or IKEA or (fill in the blank)? Because making can be just as fulfilling as it is functional. Please don't hear me wrong. I'm not saying you should make everything (we buy things all the time). I'm just saying you should make something. Here are a few reasons why:

1. Making encourages creativity. Maybe you don't think of yourself as a creative person. It's okay, but I gotta say, I think you're wrong. Creativity isn't just about our traditional idea of art or artists. Creativity is used by scientists, chefs, politicians, business people, etc. It's all about problem solving skills. We make crafts and bake cupcakes, sure, but we also use our creativity to solve business problems we face. Our habit of making has helped us change "I can't..." into "what if..." so many times over the years. We are SO thankful to our mother for encouraging us to be creative our whole lives.

2. Making promotes self confidence. If you are the absolute most confident person in the world, then feel free to skip this point. But, uh, I'm not. There are plenty of times when I don't feel so great about myself. Maybe I am stressing, because I forgot something important, am having trouble with a project at work, or feel insecure because I have a pimple (I'm almost 27, and, yes, I still get pimples). However serious or trivial, we all feel a little less than confident at times. Make something. Anything you want, anything that you can be proud of. And when you are done, look at this thing you have made/accomplished and just try not to feel a little better about yourself.

3. Making is personal. The best example I can think of is gift giving. I love trying to figure out the perfect thing to buy someone. Actually, Trey is REALLY good at this. I should probably work on my listening skills. But anyway, I'm not trying to say a handmade gift is better, but I will say that it is more personal. When someone gives me a scarf they knit, I know they thought about me every evening they worked on it. I would appreciate a nice store bought candle too, don't get me wrong. But making is personal. It creates a story behind the objects we give, or wear or make to decorate our homes.

Maybe you're at a place where you have filled notebooks with ideas of things you want to make or projects you want to work on but you not yet had the courage to start. Or the time (that's the excuse I always use). Start now. Make something... anything. xo. Emma

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STEVE JOBS & HOLLY BECKER

*”Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

*”Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose… There is no reason not to follow your heart.” – Steve Jobs

YOU'VE GOT TO FIND WHAT YOU LOVE

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If we crack the door open through negative thinking someone is going to try to stick his foot in there. And it's not anyone we want visiting. We all have trials of some sort on a daily basis and the way we think can set us up for failure. It can also put a damper on our families. Have you ever noticed that if you grumble in the morning others sometimes "catch it"?

Kind of like a virus. If I get up in the morning and speak any thoughts like these out loud all hell may break loose.

All hell? Very funny! Surely not!

Well, sometimes it seems like all hell. I've long learned that if you give satan an inch he'll take a mile. He thrives on little stuff like this because he knows he has the opportunity to nudge the door open further. And he's going to use that opportunity to his advantage. After all, sowing division is his game. If he can seed the family with discord in the mornings he knows it has a good chance of spreading from there.

Slam the door shut on poor internal dialogue before the foothold becomes a stronghold. If you give in to negative internal dialogue on a regular basis it can become a habit and once it becomes habitual to think in this manner you can be sure that satan will use it to undermine both your life and the lives of others.

And it all starts with the "little stuff".

written by Mary from THE BEAUTIFUL GATE
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WORDS....

WORDS TO MY HEART

french by design

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