Believe in Yourself Believe that you have the destiny, the innate
Reflection Questions By
Roger C. Edwards, Jr.
The Little Things & Such Copyright © 2013 by Roger C. Edwards, Jr. All Rights Reserved First Edition Edvardson Publishing, LLC 903 Lake Lily Ave, Suite A313 Maitland, Florida 32751 www.edvardsonpublishing.com Disclaimer: Poems and quotes enclosed may not be the original work of the author. Some poems were reprinted with permission. Every effort was made to determine the original author of poems labeled “author unknown” or “anonymous”.
ISBN-13: 978-1481984010 ISBN-10: 1481984012 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For my Wednesday Night Group Thank you Stella for inviting me to coffee. Thank you Elizabeth for inspiring me.
Keep coming back! It works if you work it!
Author’s Note For more than two decades, I have collected hundreds of motivational poems and quotes. Whether discovered at conferences or seminars I attended, or whether the words were found posted in a company’s break room or written on a coworkers cubicle, each inspirational message I read encouraged and motivated me. It’s my desire that they do the same for you.
Table of Contents Believe in Yourself........................................................................................................................................................10 Thinking......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Don’t Quit ................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Excellence ...................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Be the Best of Whatever You Are .............................................................................................................................18 Little Things ................................................................................................................................................................20 Desiderata...................................................................................................................................................................22 Risk..............................................................................................................................................................................24 The True Joy in Life ...................................................................................................................................................26 Motivation & Management ......................................................................................................................................28 The Power of You.......................................................................................................................................................30 The Bottom Line .......................................................................................................................................................32 Take Time ................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Success........................................................................................................................................................................36 Time ........................................................................................................................................................................... 38 The Difference .............................................................................................................................................................40 Read Out Loud Daily ................................................................................................................................................42 Be Satisfied ................................................................................................................................................................44 Two Sides of a Fence .................................................................................................................................................46 People Liked Him .......................................................................................................................................................48 All it Takes ..................................................................................................................................................................50 Winners...................................................................................................................................................................... 52 You Do Have a Choice ...............................................................................................................................................54 Walt Disney .............................................................................................................................................................. 56 How to Be Enthusiastic Every Day .........................................................................................................................58
Brain Waves for Leaders ...........................................................................................................................................60 Ladder of Achievement .............................................................................................................................................62 A Letter from a Friend..............................................................................................................................................64 What Love Can Do ..................................................................................................................................................66 How to Boos Your Mental Energy ...........................................................................................................................68 Attitudes .....................................................................................................................................................................70 I Am Me...................................................................................................................................................................72 Truths For Youths ........................................................................................................................................................74 If You...........................................................................................................................................................................76 Courage ........................................................................................................................................................................78 Geese In Flight ...........................................................................................................................................................80 Listen ...........................................................................................................................................................................82 Important Words .......................................................................................................................................................84 Ano Ano, The Seed ...................................................................................................................................................86 Sermons We See ........................................................................................................................................................88 Keys For Living .......................................................................................................................................................... 90 Someday .................................................................................................................................................................... 92 If the Earth................................................................................................................................................................94 You... ........................................................................................................................................................................... 96 50 Ways to Say You’re Doing Great ........................................................................................................................98 If I Had It to Do All over Again..........................................................................................................................100 Rainbows of Comfort ..............................................................................................................................................102 Ways to Approach Life ............................................................................................................................................104
Believe in Yourself
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Believe in Yourself
elieve that you have the destiny, the innate ability, to become all you expect of life. Experience all of life’s peaks and plateaus. Find the meaning of life’s struggles and Accomplishments. There you will find the meaning of life and life’s work. Trust in your deeply hidden feelings, because they show the person that you are. Take hold of each opportunity, and make the most of it. Know the person that you are, the needs that your life contains. Search deeply to capture the essence of life. Find your limitations and build upon them. Create within yourself a person who is strong and capable of withstanding pain. Know that life will offer some disappointments, but remember, through those situations you become a stronger, more stable person. Don’t overlook obstacles, but work through them. Remember that each road you choose will offer some difficulty. If life were meant to be easy, there would be no challenges and no rainbows. ~ Sherrie Householder
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Reflection Questions 1. What’s an example of an opportunity that presented itself recently? Did you take hold of it and make the most of it? If not, why not?...................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2. Are limitations a bad thing? How are they found and how do you build upon them? .................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3. Has a recent disappointment helped you become a stronger, more stable person? If so, how? ....................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4. Who are you? How do you know who you are? ................................................................................................. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................ 5. What do you expect of your life? What are the needs that your life contains?.................... ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ The Little Things and Such
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Thinking Thinking If you think you are beaten, you are: If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win but think you can't, It's almost a cinch you won't. If you think you'll lose, you're lost, For out of the world we find Success begins with a fellow's will It's all in the state of mind. If you think you're outclassed, you are; You've got to think high to rise; You've got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize. Life's battle don't always go To stronger or faster man; But soon or late the man who wins, Is the one who thinks he can. - Walter D. Wintle
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Reflection Questions 1. Do you agree that “success begins with a fellow’s will”? What does this mean to you?.................................. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2. Give an example of something you want to do, but have not tried because you don’t think you can? ............. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3. What does it mean to be sure of one’s self? .......................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4. Is it possible for you to win even when you think you can’t? ............................................................................. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................ 5. Write down an affirmation that you will say everyday that will cause you to think, “I can”. ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ The Little Things and Such
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Don’t Quit DON’T QUIT When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low, and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. Life is strange with its twists and turns, As everyone of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out; Don’t give up though the pace seems slow, You may succeed with another blow. Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, And you can never tell how close your, It may be near when it seems so far; So stick to the ÿ ght when your hardest hit, It’s when things seem worst That you must not quit. - Author Unknown
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Reflection Questions 1. Have you ever quit? If so, how did this make you feel? ..................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2. Do you agree that things seem to always workout when they seem at their worst? Why is this true? .... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3. How would you encourage someone to”stick it out” even though things may seem all uphill?......................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4. Describe how you might go about trying something again that you quit.............................................................. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................ 5. Why can’t we always know how close we are to success? What happens when we are not as close as we want?.................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ The Little Things and Such
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Roger C. Edwards, Jr.
The Little Things & Such Copyright © 2013 by Roger C. Edwards, Jr. All Rights Reserved First Edition Edvardson Publishing, LLC 903 Lake Lily Ave, Suite A313 Maitland, Florida 32751 www.edvardsonpublishing.com Disclaimer: Poems and quotes enclosed may not be the original work of the author. Some poems were reprinted with permission. Every effort was made to determine the original author of poems labeled “author unknown” or “anonymous”.
ISBN-13: 978-1481984010 ISBN-10: 1481984012 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For my Wednesday Night Group Thank you Stella for inviting me to coffee. Thank you Elizabeth for inspiring me.
Keep coming back! It works if you work it!
Author’s Note For more than two decades, I have collected hundreds of motivational poems and quotes. Whether discovered at conferences or seminars I attended, or whether the words were found posted in a company’s break room or written on a coworkers cubicle, each inspirational message I read encouraged and motivated me. It’s my desire that they do the same for you.
Table of Contents Believe in Yourself........................................................................................................................................................10 Thinking......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Don’t Quit ................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Excellence ...................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Be the Best of Whatever You Are .............................................................................................................................18 Little Things ................................................................................................................................................................20 Desiderata...................................................................................................................................................................22 Risk..............................................................................................................................................................................24 The True Joy in Life ...................................................................................................................................................26 Motivation & Management ......................................................................................................................................28 The Power of You.......................................................................................................................................................30 The Bottom Line .......................................................................................................................................................32 Take Time ................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Success........................................................................................................................................................................36 Time ........................................................................................................................................................................... 38 The Difference .............................................................................................................................................................40 Read Out Loud Daily ................................................................................................................................................42 Be Satisfied ................................................................................................................................................................44 Two Sides of a Fence .................................................................................................................................................46 People Liked Him .......................................................................................................................................................48 All it Takes ..................................................................................................................................................................50 Winners...................................................................................................................................................................... 52 You Do Have a Choice ...............................................................................................................................................54 Walt Disney .............................................................................................................................................................. 56 How to Be Enthusiastic Every Day .........................................................................................................................58
Brain Waves for Leaders ...........................................................................................................................................60 Ladder of Achievement .............................................................................................................................................62 A Letter from a Friend..............................................................................................................................................64 What Love Can Do ..................................................................................................................................................66 How to Boos Your Mental Energy ...........................................................................................................................68 Attitudes .....................................................................................................................................................................70 I Am Me...................................................................................................................................................................72 Truths For Youths ........................................................................................................................................................74 If You...........................................................................................................................................................................76 Courage ........................................................................................................................................................................78 Geese In Flight ...........................................................................................................................................................80 Listen ...........................................................................................................................................................................82 Important Words .......................................................................................................................................................84 Ano Ano, The Seed ...................................................................................................................................................86 Sermons We See ........................................................................................................................................................88 Keys For Living .......................................................................................................................................................... 90 Someday .................................................................................................................................................................... 92 If the Earth................................................................................................................................................................94 You... ........................................................................................................................................................................... 96 50 Ways to Say You’re Doing Great ........................................................................................................................98 If I Had It to Do All over Again..........................................................................................................................100 Rainbows of Comfort ..............................................................................................................................................102 Ways to Approach Life ............................................................................................................................................104
Believe in Yourself
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Believe in Yourself
elieve that you have the destiny, the innate ability, to become all you expect of life. Experience all of life’s peaks and plateaus. Find the meaning of life’s struggles and Accomplishments. There you will find the meaning of life and life’s work. Trust in your deeply hidden feelings, because they show the person that you are. Take hold of each opportunity, and make the most of it. Know the person that you are, the needs that your life contains. Search deeply to capture the essence of life. Find your limitations and build upon them. Create within yourself a person who is strong and capable of withstanding pain. Know that life will offer some disappointments, but remember, through those situations you become a stronger, more stable person. Don’t overlook obstacles, but work through them. Remember that each road you choose will offer some difficulty. If life were meant to be easy, there would be no challenges and no rainbows. ~ Sherrie Householder
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Reflection Questions 1. What’s an example of an opportunity that presented itself recently? Did you take hold of it and make the most of it? If not, why not?...................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2. Are limitations a bad thing? How are they found and how do you build upon them? .................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3. Has a recent disappointment helped you become a stronger, more stable person? If so, how? ....................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4. Who are you? How do you know who you are? ................................................................................................. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................ 5. What do you expect of your life? What are the needs that your life contains?.................... ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ The Little Things and Such
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Thinking Thinking If you think you are beaten, you are: If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win but think you can't, It's almost a cinch you won't. If you think you'll lose, you're lost, For out of the world we find Success begins with a fellow's will It's all in the state of mind. If you think you're outclassed, you are; You've got to think high to rise; You've got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize. Life's battle don't always go To stronger or faster man; But soon or late the man who wins, Is the one who thinks he can. - Walter D. Wintle
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Reflection Questions 1. Do you agree that “success begins with a fellow’s will”? What does this mean to you?.................................. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2. Give an example of something you want to do, but have not tried because you don’t think you can? ............. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3. What does it mean to be sure of one’s self? .......................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4. Is it possible for you to win even when you think you can’t? ............................................................................. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................ 5. Write down an affirmation that you will say everyday that will cause you to think, “I can”. ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ The Little Things and Such
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Don’t Quit DON’T QUIT When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low, and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. Life is strange with its twists and turns, As everyone of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out; Don’t give up though the pace seems slow, You may succeed with another blow. Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, And you can never tell how close your, It may be near when it seems so far; So stick to the ÿ ght when your hardest hit, It’s when things seem worst That you must not quit. - Author Unknown
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Reflection Questions 1. Have you ever quit? If so, how did this make you feel? ..................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2. Do you agree that things seem to always workout when they seem at their worst? Why is this true? .... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3. How would you encourage someone to”stick it out” even though things may seem all uphill?......................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4. Describe how you might go about trying something again that you quit.............................................................. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................ 5. Why can’t we always know how close we are to success? What happens when we are not as close as we want?.................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................ The Little Things and Such
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