Posts Tagged ‘quotes’

It’s been exactly one week and a day since I got let go from my full-time gig. I’m no longer an “account executive” in a marketing department, and I’m no longer in the financial services industry.

“Account executive” doesn’t actually describe the work that I did. I didn’t have an account, but I surely had a lot of internal “clients.” I’d say I was a copywriter. I wrote for the internal and external newsletters … among other things. It was a good experience, and so was my work at my position before that (in a marketing department in the healthcare industry).

At both of these places, I met some of my closest friends — and my two mentors. At both places, I doubted myself as a writer (pushed through it, obviously!), and I was challenged all the time. I loved it! These experiences are what makes me who I am today. I got affirmation about what’s important to me, and clarity on how to live a life with passion.

Here I am
I cried in the car driving away from my old job. I called my fiancé, my mom and my best friend. And, during the hour drive to teach my kickboxing class, I “got over it.” Life is about change, and opportunities are out there for me. I haven’t felt bad about myself or gotten emotional about it since. Why? Because I did my best and have no regrets. It’s like Don Miguel Ruiz says:

Always do your best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

My current goals
I just want to keep learning and keep myself challenged. I want to meet more people and keep helping others. I want to be creative, energized and do what I’m good at.

I want to teach as many exercise classes as humanly possibleand show off my “Gwenergy.” I want to keep motivating other people to be healthy, and I want to inspire them. I’ll also get a personal training certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine.

As far as writing, I’ll keep up my blog, write for other blogs and publications and work with as many editors and writers as I can.

From there, I’ll take my time finding work. I want the right thing! Ideally, it will incorporate fitness, healthcare and social media.

I’m not worried
This is all meant to be. I’m happy with what I’ve accomplished, and how things have fallen into place. I’m excited for new opportunities!

Photo by worldmegan.

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. – Helen Keller

Photo by Michael Tienzo.

I asked my Twitter friends to tweet me their favorite quote. Below is what they sent. Enjoy the inspiration!

@Amethystnangels: “Well-behaved women rarely make history!” — Unknown

@>@mikeshippey: “There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there you’ll be fee if you truly wish to be.” — Willy Wonka

@>@michellemyers24: “You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.” — Wayne Gretzky

@>@Lalicat: “There is a place where you can touch a woman that will drive her crazy. Her heart.” — Unknown

@>@LesMacDee: “If you listen carefully, everything sings.” — Warren Deer

@>@ToddWeissCFA: “Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.” — Satchel Paige

@>@PrincessLV: “All great achievements require time. “— Maya Angelou

@>@onepowerfullady: “For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but the spirit of power, love and self disipline.” — 2 Timothy 1:7

@>@AmyTara19: “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” — Jimi Hendrix

@>@liakov: “To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.” — Frankie Lora

@>@onlyoneHalcyone: “The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter.” — Unknown

@>@JeffMello: “In every passionate pursuit … the pursuit counts more than the object pursued.” — Bruce Lee

Photo by @>Niklas Plessing.

He who has faith has … an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness and assuring trust that all will come out well — even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.
- B. C. Forbes

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If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind. – Norman Vincent Peale

Photo by Tom Carmony.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. – Helen Keller

Photo by Phil Strahl.

Photo by Christine & Eric.

It’s a sad time for the people of Haiti. A tragedy like this reminds us that life is precious and short and that we must live life for others … not forgetting about those around us. If you can, do your part to help. 

It’s easy:

• To donate $10, text “HAITI” to “90999″ and your donation (charged to your cell phone bill) will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts. 
• To donate $5, text “Yele” to “501501” and your donation (charged to your cell phone bill) will be given automatically to Yele Haiti, Wyclef Jean’s grassroots org. For more information, call 212.352.0552
• Monday, January 18 is Martin Luther King Jr’s National Day of Service. Find a local volunteer opportunity!

As Dr. King once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?”

Photo by mutasim.billah.pritam.

LOVE generously

PRAISE loudly

LIVE fully

- Elias Porter

Photo by Lawrence Whittemore.

“I beg you … to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer…” – Rainer Maria Rilke

Photo by James Jordan.