Coffee Thoughts \ Be Yourself

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Take the challenge and you decide where you want to go and who you want to be. If you don’t, you’ll never discover your uniqueness -- the key to your greatness.  

Coffee Thoughts \ Unexpected Beauty

“Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.” ― Saul Bellow, Herzog

The busier you are the less chance you have of seeing the unexpected

delights that the universe sends your way.

Coffee Thoughts \ Walk with Dreamers and Doers

“Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it…” ― Wilferd Peterson

If you walk with people who inspire you and others, people who tackle life with a passion, you will align yourself with their energy.

Coffee Thoughts \ Accept Where You Are

There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be…” ― John Lennon

Accept where you are and that will change it. You’re not there to be stuck, you’re there to challenge yourself to overcome obstacles.

Coffee Thoughts \ Face Your Problems

“Happiness is not the absence of problems; it’s the ability to deal with them.” ― Steve Maraboli                                                                                                                                                                

To be happy you have to be able to own your shadow; that means learn to confront others and say no.

Coffee Thoughts \ Live Your Life Your Way

“If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.” ― Frank Zappa

Listen to your own inner voice, it knows what you came here to do, to be, to experience. Don’t be afraid to take a risk or tell the truth even if it hurts someone’s feelings. If you can’t tell others how you really feel you will live a life based on lies.

Coffee Thoughts \ Don't Be Bored

“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.” ― John Burroughs

Don’t you dare be bored when there is so much to do in life, so much to give and receive.

Coffee Thoughts \ Get Over Yourself

Too many people spend money they earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people that they don’t like.” ― Will Rogers

Get over impressing yourself and others and start paying attention to your core, your heart and soul. What are you here for? When you can answer that, you’ll make good decisions.

Coffee Thoughts \ Your Imagination Is Real

“Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso

If you can think it, it can be done. Your mission is to move through what you believe to be impossible, take the unknown and shape it into what you want it to be.

Coffee Thoughts \ Create Yourself

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ― George Bernard Shaw

Think well of yourself, you are the creator of your life. What you believe you create.

Coffee Thoughts \ Values Are Important

“It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” ― Roy Disney

Values today are underrated yet they are essential to safety and happiness. Know what’s important to you, where your limits lie and you will know what path to go down.

Coffee Thoughts \ Slow Down

“There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

Take your time, enjoy what you’re doing and do it right. Life is not a race, it’s a journey.

Coffee Thoughts \ Gratitude

“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough” ― Oprah Winfrey

Gratitude is the key to happiness and success. Be thankful for the little things that come into your life and you’ll grow them into something amazing.

Coffee Thoughts \ Get Back Up

Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. --  Nelson Mandela

The best lessons are learned when you don’t get what you want. Successful people don’t take one failure, one no for an answer.