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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.

Barbara Sher

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Barbara Sher
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 14
Died: 2020
Died: May 10
Author
Essayist
Motivational Speaker
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Detroit
Michigan
Endeavor
Beginning
Wish
Dream
Human
Humans
Wishing
Dreaming

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And our dreams are who we are.
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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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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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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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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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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.
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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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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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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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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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Isolation is the dream killer.
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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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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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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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