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20 FAV musings – via our Twitter

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. – Hugh Downs
Attitudes are more important than facts. – Dr. Karl Menninger
The heart’s memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good. – R.I.P. Gabriel Garcia Márquez
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal. – Friedrich Nietzsche
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. – Dan Acheson
Nowadays you envy a manic-depressive. Half the time he’s happy, the other half he’s right. – Robert Brault
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails – William Arthur Ward
The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind. – W. H. Auden
I’ve come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are. – Richard Paul Evans
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. – J.K. Rowling
A gentle smile and nod to a stranger costs you nothing, but could mean a lot to the receiver. – D. Ridgley
Your greatness is measured by your horizons. -Michelangelo
Get excited about your own dream! The excitement is like a forest fire: you can smell it, taste it & see it from a mile away. – D. Waitley
Know thyself, or at least keep renewing the acquaintance. – Robert Brault
A meaningful life isn’t about acquiring money and other facilities; it’s about dedicating your life to helping others as much as you can. – Dalia Lama
Intellectual passion dries out sensuality. – Leonardo da Vinci
Lighthouses don’t go running all over the island looking for boats to save. They just stand there shining their light. – Anne Lamott
One definition of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we’ll need a new definition. – A. Toffler
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. – William James

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The imparting wisdom of Alexander the Great

Here is an insightful accounting of the last wishes of Alexander the Great. On his death bed, the great Macedonian leader summoned his generals and told them his last three ultimate wishes. These wishes were that:

the best doctors should carry his coffin;
the wealth he has accumulated (money, gold, precious stones) should be scattered along the procession to the cemetery; and,
his hands should be let loose, hanging outside the coffin for all to see.

One of his generals, who was surprised by these unusual requests, asked Alexander to explain. Here is what Alexander the Great imparted:

I want the best doctors to carry my coffin to demonstrate that, in the face of death, even the best doctors in the world have no power to heal.

I want the road to be covered with my treasure so that everybody sees that material wealth acquired on earth, stays on earth.

I want my hands to swing in the wind, so that people understand that we come to this world empty handed and we leave this world empty handed after the most precious treasure of all is exhausted, and that is TIME.

The invaluable wisdom of this exchange: TIME is our most precious treasure because it is limited. We can produce more wealth, but we cannot produce more time. When we give someone our time, we are giving the most that we can possibly give — a portion of ourself, our life that we will never get back.

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