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A good work is a partnership between you and nature... Nature will help you every step of the way.

Barbara Sher

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Barbara Sher
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 14
Died: 2020
Died: May 10
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Detroit
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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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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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Isolation is the dream killer.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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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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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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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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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.
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If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
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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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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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And our dreams are who we are.
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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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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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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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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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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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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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