November 9 – Great Purpose

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some
extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds.
Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness
expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new,
great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties, and talents becomes alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far
than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

2009
If you wish to understand yourself, you must succeed in doing so in the midst of all kinds of confusions and upsets. Don’t make the mistake of sitting dead in the cold ashes of a withered tree.

“The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the keynote of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron’s rod, with flowers.”—Helen Keller

2008
Better than a gift given with a joyous heart
Are sweet words spoken with a cheerful smile.

~ by kennybeal on November 9, 2009.