June 1 – Modesty and ENTHUSIASM
I am grateful for what I have – joy, relaxation, peace, my soul. My yearning for new and different things is very secondary.
“Your mental energy is limited by your physical energy. How do you develop more energy of all kinds? You start by putting your body in top physical condition. Unless you do that, all your other activities won’t help much – you’ll be stuck with the mental and emotional energy that you have now.” Tom Hopkins
Being modest is a great virtue – to practice non-pretentiousness and simplicity. Being modest (“reserved”) in speech implies taking the time to consider what is to be said before saying it (or perhaps decide to say nothing).
Being modest can help make a conversation with others pleasurable.
mod·es·ty (md-st) n.
1. The state or quality of being modest.
2. Reserve or propriety in speech, dress, or behavior.
3. Lack of pretentiousness; simplicity.
ENTHUSIASM
en·thu·si·asm (n-thz-zm) n.
1. Great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause.
2. A source or cause of great excitement or interest.
“I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.” — Anatole France
“You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing. Get interested in something! Get absolutely enthralled in something! Get out of yourself! Be somebody! Do something! The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.” — Norman Vincent Peale
“Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can be aroused by two things: first, an idea which takes the imagination by storm; and second, a definite, intelligible plan for carrying that idea into action.” — Arnold Toynbee
mind blowing …