Bryan

I Lack concern of other peoples perceptions. Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Never explain. Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. But most importantly-- See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little. People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within. Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours. You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Live for the moments you will forget the next morning. Take lots of pictures, unlike most things they do last forever. Learn to cherish. Love like you've never been hurt. There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the years course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of dimness, and the word "happy" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by a little melancholy. It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in the moment there is life, and in change there is power. Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. No mistake is useless, except the ones we learn nothing from. You’re talking to the girl who has: laughed, sobbed, loved, cried, smiled, yelled, screamed, sang, and has made it through it all. Live out of your imagination, not your history.*YOU WILL NEVER BE HAPPY IF YOU CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR WHAT HAPPINESS CONSISTS OF. YOU WILL NEVER LIVE IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE MEANING OF LIFE.* *LIVE FOR THE MOMENTS YOU WILL FORGET THE NEXT MORNING* *TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES...UNLIKE MOST THINGS THEY DO LAST FOREVER* *CHERISH EVERY MOMENT WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS* *WORK LIKE YOU DON'T NEED THE MONEY* *LOVE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN HURT* *LIVE EVERYDAY AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST* * THERE ARE AS MANY NIGHTS AS DAYS, AND THE ONE IS JUST AS LONG AS THE OTHER IN THE YEAR'S COURSE. EVEN A HAPPY LIFE CANNOT BE WITHOUT A MEASURE OF DARKNESS, AND THE WORD "HAPPY" WOULD LOSE ITS MEANING IF IT WERE NOT BALANCED BY SADNESS.* *IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO RELEASE THE FAMILIAR AND SEEMINGLY SECURE, TO EMBRACE THE NEW. BUT THERE IS NO REAL SECURITY IN WHAT IS NO LONGER MEANINGFUL. THERE IS MORE SECURITY IN THE ADVENTUROUS AND EXCITING, FOR IN MOVEMENT THERE IS LIFE, AND IN CHANGE THERE IS POWER.* *EXPERIENCE IS SIMPLY THE NAME WE GIVE OUR MISTAKES* *NO MISTAKE IS USELESS, EXCEPT THE ONE'S WE LEARN NOTHING FROM* * WE READ THAT WE OUGHT TO FORGIVE OUR ENEMIES; BUT WE DO NOT READ THAT WE OUGHT TO FORGIVE OUR FRIENDS* *FORGIVE THEM ALL ANYWAYS...HOLDIN GRUDGES ONLY HURTS YOURSELF*A man in Topeka , Kansas decided to write a book about Churches around the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and started working east from there. Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign, which read 'Calls: $10,000 a minute.' Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and the sign. The pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to God. The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued to visit churches in Seattle , Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, and around the United States, he found more phones, with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor. Finally, he arrived in Massachusetts. Upon entering a church in Boston, MA .. .........Behold - he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time, the sign read 'Calls: .35 cents.' Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor, 'Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and in each church I have found this golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and that I could talk to God, but in the other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads only .35 cents a call. Why?' The pastor, smiling benignly, replied : 'Son, you're in Boston, Massachusetts now, home of the Boston Red Sox , NE Patriots, Celtics, Bruins and Boston College Eagles! ' You're in God's Country,