Showing posts with label future. Show all posts
Showing posts with label future. Show all posts

3.26.2012

Know where you are going...

Know where you are going but remain flexible about how to get there.

One of the most sincere, original, and compassionate people I have met through my day job is the one and only, Anne Firth Murray.  She is absolutely dedicated to the ideas of social justice, gender equality, and peace.  Anne has been such a pleasure to work with and I feel blessed to have met her, heard her stories, seen her sincere interest in inspiring college students to care and do something about international women's health and human rights.  This quote is directly from one of Anne's action steps that she outlines in her book Paradigm Found, which not only illustrates her journey in creating the Global Fund for Women, but also shares practical advice for how to make a difference from wherever you are in your journey.  It's such great advice to take to heart - as so often we try and predict what will happen in life and take calculated steps to get us to our desired outcomes, but so often the road looks a lot different than we originally anticipate.  When we are open on the journey, we will see things and experience things that we could not have imagined any better.  Thanks Anne for your inspiration over the years!

3.05.2012

What lies before us...

What lies before us, and what lies behind us are small matters
compared to what lies within us.

Such a great classic quote that speaks to our inner power.  I love Emerson's quotes in general, but this is one that I've seen time and time again that is a soulful reminder of what lies within.  We carry everything within us now.  Everything that has ever happened in our lifetime, and everything that is to come, stays with us now in our memories and in our dreams.  If we look within, and share what's within each one of us, imagine what an authentic and peaceful community we can begin to create. 

10.08.2011

There is nothing like a dream...

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
--- Victor Hugo ---

Today is the day!!  Mark - I love you with all my heart and every part of my being.  I am so excited and blessed to take this next step in life with you - and look forward to everything that is in store for us.  I also look forward to creating an amazing life with you (which, I have to say, I think we've already done quite a good job doing already).  This has been our quote all along in the planning process and I think it's the perfect message for us to remember where our goals, accomplishments, and proudest moments stem from.  It starts with imagination and the ability to dream about new possibilities.  Together anything is possible.  May we all have the courage to dream big.

4.28.2010

Back to the future....

The future is not something we enter, the future is something we create.