My Daily Domestic Diigolet 03/03/2008

“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there”

“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we took so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened up for us”

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change

f you’re going through hell, keep going.

“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

“Hard work spotlights the character of people. Some turn up their sleeves. Some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.”

“Many of life’s failures are people who had not realized how close they were to success when they gave up.”

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”

“Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea? Nothing!”

“The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others wish to join us.”

“Formal education will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune.”

1. Upon awakening, quit your bed at once, like discarding a useless pair of shoes.
Getting up first in the morning, before your husband and children, gives you a head start so that you’re centred and ready for them when they start asking where their socks are.

3. Eat at regular intervals and only to the point of satisfying hunger.
Little pickers wear big knickers! If you’re a housewife you have constant access to the fridge, and the temptation to pick while preparing meals. Don’t! And don’t touch the leftover food on your children’s plates either. If you can’t bear to throw it away, get a Bokashi kitchen composter that even composts meat and other cooked food.

9. Have the fearless heart of a hero and the loving heart of a child.
Mothers get good at this, being hard as nails on the one hand, and compassionate and kind on the other. We have to direct and discipline our children, while all the time demonstrating our love for them

10. When you retire to sleep do so as if it is your last night.
Don’t go to sleep on a disagreement with your spouse or your children. Make up before bedtime. We all deserve a good night’s sleep.