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Happy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they're moving toward getting it.

Barbara Sher

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Barbara Sher
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 14
Died: 2020
Died: May 10
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Essayist
Motivational Speaker
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Detroit
Michigan
Moving
Two
Feel
Feels
Exactly
Things
Toward
People
Getting
Common
Happy

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Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
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Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.
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Sometimes life isn't about who you were or are, but it's about who you are becoming.
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It's only too late if you don't start now.
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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Isolation is the dream killer.
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Everyone has unique gifts and talents. What you love is what you're gifted at. To be completely happy, to live a completely fulfilled life, you have to do what you love.
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What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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There is always a realistic way to fulfill any dream. There has never been a dream that you can't have - at least, not the heart of it, not the part you love the most.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.
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A direct statement about yourself is considered objective only if it is negative. If it's positive, it is considered subjective. And 'objective' means it is accurate, and 'subjective' means it is conceited self-delusion.
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Every time you worry that you could get trapped in some kind of work you don't care about, you're dealing with the problem of meaningfulness. I guarantee that in the back of your mind is the thought that somehow you have to make a contribution to something, be acknowledged, do something that matters-or you're just fooling around.
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But who you are is not a concept in the sky, and it's not a record of you accomplishments either. The most original and creative side of you can re-emerge only when you get time of your own, free time, wide-open time, uncommitted time, time in which to go after dreams or do absolutely nothing if you choose. Without it you can't have a self.
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Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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When you start using senses you've neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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In the days before automobiles, people in horse-drawn wagons used to sleep if they were tired. They didn't worry about getting lost, because the horse knew the way home. Your heart knows the way to your gifts. You can trust it to take you to them.
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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish.
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Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.
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