Coffee Thoughts \ Freedom Includes All People

“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.” ― Noam Chomsky

Tolerance of differences is so important for your personal growth. If you cannot accept others who are different you will block your own advancement.

Coffee Thoughts \ Follow Your Bliss

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.” ― Joseph Campbell

Once you are committed to something you believe in, then the path becomes clear and help arrives. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Strut Your Stuff

“When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others” ― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power

Don’t pull back from your power and talent just because others are insecure. Be confident and hold firm, this is what you’re here for. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Persistence

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.  -- Winston Churchill

You move ahead of others when you can make a commitment and once again when you can take rejection and keep on going. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Understand

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein

Take the time to go deeper; don’t accept knowledge or knowing as the end of the road it’s the being. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Don't Worry

“One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit.” ― J.A. Konrath
So much worry and problems in life are due to our insecurities and worrying about others. The older you get the more you realize what a waste of time it all is.

Coffee Thoughts \ Deal With It Now

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.-- Abraham Lincoln

Once you realize that you never escape anything in life, then you learn to deal with it when it first comes up.

Coffee Thoughts \ Obstacles

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

Frank A. Clark

Don’t be afraid of an obstacle, they’re there to make you stronger and the journey more interesting. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Begin Again

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.--

Henry Ford

Learn from your mistakes and you will become wise, strong and invincible. No one can take your experiences away from you.

Coffee Thoughts \ Be Yourself

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. --

Julius Charles Hare

Actually being authentic, listening to yourself, not being afraid to disappoint others, following your own heart, this is your greatest challenge. Accomplish this and anything is possible.

Coffee Thoughts \ Intelligence

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are. --  George Santayana

The ability to be able to see through the packaging, lies, denial, and recognize the truth means you must have removed those things from yourself. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Make Your Dream Real

“Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.” -- Marilyn Monroe

When a dream becomes real it gains a shadow, it adds responsibility, disappointment and all the things that make reality challenging – but now you are a creator, instead of just escaping into fantasy. 

Coffee Thoughts \ Take A Look At Your Priorities

Never allow someone to be your priority while you're just their option.--- Unknown

Don’t move someone to first place in your life, if you’re not important to them. That’s a good way to get used and be hurt.