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Sometimes life isn't about who you were or are, but it's about who you are becoming.

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
Writer
Detroit
Michigan
Healing
Becoming
Sometimes
Life

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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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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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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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Not fulfilling your dreams will be a loss to the world, because the world needs everyone's gift - yours and mine.
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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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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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DO IT RIGHT, DO IT WRONG, BUT DO IT. Squeeze your eyes shut and jump. Because a wonderful thing happens then. Your focus shifts from yourself, your nervousness, and your imagined inadequacies to the task at hand.
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In the rush of daily living it's easy to forget all the remarkable people, real or fictional, who have been a part of your life. But if you just imagine they are near for a moment, you will realize that anyone who ever touched your heart is always with you, patiently waiting to emanate warmth and support whenever you remember to think of them.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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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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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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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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A good work is a partnership between you and nature... Nature will help you every step of the way.
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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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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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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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