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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
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Detroit
Michigan
Healing
Becoming
Sometimes
Life

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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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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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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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Happy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they're moving toward getting it.
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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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Action helps you think and raises your self-esteem. Good luck happens when you're in action. Ask yourself, Does this go toward or away from what I want? There's an animal in us, and it has great instincts. Scan for a desire and follow it. Set a goal, any goal, and start doing everything you can think of to achieve it.
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You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.
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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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It's only too late if you don't start now.
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Becoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.
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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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When you start using senses you've neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
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When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given.
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music.
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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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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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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.
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