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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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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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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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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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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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Real Dreams don't require you to abandon your family, quit your job, and move to Tahiti with your paintbrush. They just require that you search your soul for that deep dream you put aside-and go for it. And watch your life light up.
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If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
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What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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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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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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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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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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Every time you have to make a choice about anything, think Does this go toward or away from what I want? Always choose what goes toward what you want.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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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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Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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