I like this quote because it puts a fire in my gut to be a self-starter. It’s a reminder that you can’t sit back and take it; you have to thwart off the evil in this world and fight back with love!! ;-). No cowering in your bed kids! Get up and push forward!…
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Kate ZiehmEvery day you wake up with a choice. Which way am I going?…
“You have to trust in something. Your gut, destiny, life, Kharma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well-worn path and that will make all the difference.” – Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement speech
Kate ZiehmWhenever I am working through something tough I always have this chant in my head, “I have faith, I have faith, I have faith…” It’s how I comfort myself and trust that my choices will all add up eventually, no matter how uncomfortable and lost I am feeling at the present. Better things always come. Just believe.…
Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow. -Frances Hodgson Burnett , quote from The Secret Garden
KateYou get what you put in. To anything. Period.…
Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you. –Ralph Harston
KateI subscribe to this fully, and, since I did, it has made a big difference in everything that I do. The choice is yours. Just do it!…
Always the eternal optimist … you know my giant coffee mug is at least half full, and sometimes running over!…
This little quote came to me when I was very young. Mrs. Phares, the woman who used to watch us when my mother went back to work, gave my mother this quote on a little porcelain plate with a picture of a bluebird on it. My mother has had it on her kitchen shelf that sits near the sink ever since. We can see it easily and be…
Simple. GO GET IT!…
No man is more important than the team, no coach is more important than the team. The team, the team, the team! “If we think that way – all of us – everything you do, take into consideration what effect does it have on my team?”-Bo Schembechler
KateIn my world, everything that I do, it’s all about my “team”. Respect for one another, care for one another….whether it’s my family, my friend group, or my work team, we are all in this together. We all win together, we lose together, we work together, and we play together. I believe this wholeheartedly. When you implement this way of thinking, it’s just magic. Give it a try.…
Give Me Time. Time for patience, for understanding too. Time to remember thoughtful deeds to do. Time to believe in all fellowmen. Time to perceive the value of a friend.-cross stitch sampler
KateI love my friends..and you just never know where you might unearth one, for life.…