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LIFE I AM THE NEW YEAR

Life, I am the new year.
I am an unspoiled page in your book of time.
I am your next chance at the art of living.
I am your opportunity to practice what you have learned about life during the last twelve months.
All that you sought and didn't find is hidden in me,
waiting for you to search it out with more determination.
All the good that you tried for and didn't achieve
is mine to grant when you have fewer conflicting desires.
All that you dreamed but didn't dare to do, 
all that you hoped but did not will,
all the faith that you claimed but did not have --
these slumber lightly, waiting to be awakened
by the touch of a strong purpose.
I am your opportunity
to renew your allegiance to Him who said, "behold, I make all things new."
I am the new year

--- author unknown 


beautiful baby picture source: http://www.mobiletoones.com/browse/free-mobile-wallpapers/s19-babies-wallpapers/f29873-cute-baby.html

What kind of world do you want to live in?

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Monday again! Gee! last week seemed to have gone real quick (or at least my weekend, where did it go?!) ... anyway, think it would be another week of 'randomness' again...

And here's something to help start positively, hopefully :) ... 

picture source: http://www.dreamthisday.com/inspirational-posters/

And it won't feel 'complete' without the sight of my most beautiful beloved angel (but of course!)

♥ ♥ ♥

This Week's Theme: "A B C"

"ABC

Easy as...

123

Or simple as...

Do re mi

ABC, 123, baby, you and me girl!"

- The Jackson Five, from "ABC"

A - Z of Quotes
A—"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." Lou Holtz
B— "Believing in yourself is not for you; it's for every person who has touched your life in a significant way and for every person your life will touch the same way five minutes from now, or five centuries from now." Jaye Miller
C—”Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance." Benjamin Disraeli
D—"Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the action stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living." Anais Nin
E—"Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do." Norman Vincent Peale
F—"Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don't give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life's problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works." Yanni
G—"Goals are like a map. They help us determine where we want to end up, and give us personal direction on which to focus our energy." Catherine Pulsifer
H—"Happiness depends upon ourselves." Aristotle
I—"Ideas won’t keep; something must be done about them." Alfred North Whitehead
J—”Joy is not in things; it is in us.”Richard Wagner
K—“Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it.” Samuel Johnson
L—"Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects." Arnold Glasow
M—"Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top ups." Peter Davies
N—"Nature does nothing uselessly." Aristotle
O—"Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor." H. Jackson Brown Jr.
P—"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." John Quincy Adams
Q—"Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers." Anthony Robbins
R—"Results! Why, man I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work." Thomas A. Edison
S—"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." Leonardo DaVinci
T—"Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend." Diogenes Laetius
U—"Use your unique abilities to shake the world." Wendy Hearn
V—"Victory belongs to the most persevering." Napoleon Bonaparte
W—"Wisdom is the daughter of experience." Leonardo da Vinci
X—"X-ray your life, are you where you want to be, if not set your goals, take action." Catherine Pulsifer
Y—"Youth teaches, age puts what we have learned into practice, teaching us wisdom." Catherine Pulsifer
Z—"Zone into your comfort zone, and, then zone into where you want to be. Be all that you can be." Catherine Pulsifer
source:http://www.wow4u.com/myaz/index.html

Hey look! MJ's giving this "ABC" theme the thumbs up! :)

Thanks Michael! You've inspired it, you know...

LOVE YOU!

Lovingly dedicated to my beloved, most beautiful angel;

Life is ABC, The MJ Way

♥

Life is ADVENTURE, dare it.

Life is BLESSING, appreciate it.

Life is CHALLENGE, meet it.

Life is DREAM, chase it.

Life is ENDURANCE, cope with it.

Life is FRIENDSHIP, nurture it.

Life is GIFT, accept it.

Life is HARMONY, create it.

Life is JOURNEY, finish it.

Life is KINDNESS, be full of it.

Life is L.O.V.E., love it.

Life is MYSTERY, unfold it.

Life is NATURE, enrich it.

Life is OPPORTUNITY, benefit from it.

Life is PROMISE, fulfill it.

Life is QUESTION, answer it.

Life is REALITY, face it.

Life is SONG, sing it.

Life is TRAGEDY, confront it.

Life is UPBEAT, dance to it.

Life is VISION, realize it.

Life is WONDER, explore it.

Life is X-CITING, thrill it.

Life is YINGYANG, unite it.

Life is ZENITH, attain it.

♥

Life is ABC plus more, but

Life is not, without you Michael

WE MISS YOU EVER SO MUCH!

♥
--- Ruby S 

"Love is my message!", Michael Jackson 

"My purpose in life? To give in the best way I can - through songs, through dance and through music.  I am committed to my art.  I believe that all arts have an ultimate goal - the union between the material and the spiritual; the human and the divine.  I thought I was chosen as an intrument to give music and love and harmony to the world - to children of all ages, and adults and teenagers." 
-- Michael's own words during his interview by Oprah Winfrey in 1993

      What Life is About

Life isn't about keeping score. 
It's not about how many friends you have 
Or how accepted you are. 
Not about if you have plans this weekend or if you're alone. 

It isn't about who you have kissed, 
It isn't about who your family is or 
how much money they have 
Or what kind of car you drive. Or where you are sent to school. 
It's not about how beautiful or ugly you are. 
Or what clothes you wear, what shoes you have on, 
Or what kind of music you listen to. 
It's not about if your hair is blonde, red, black, or brown, 
Or if your skin is too light or too dark. 
Not about what grades you get how smart you are, how smart 
everybody else thinks you are, or how smart 
standardized tests say you are. 
Life just isn't. 

Life is about who you love and who you hurt. 
It's about who you make happy or unhappy purposely. 
It's about keeping or betraying trust. 
It's about friendship, used as a sanctity or as a weapon. 
It's about what you say and mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening. 
It's about starting rumors and contributing to petty gossip. 
It's about what judgments you pass and why. 
And who your judgments are spread to. 

It's about who you've ignored with full control and intention. 
It's about jealousy, fear, ignorance, and revenge. 
It's about carrying inner hate and love, 
letting it grow and spreading it. 

But most of all, it's about using your life to touch or poison  
other people's hearts in such a way that could have 
never occurred alone. 

Only you choose the way those hearts are affected, and those  
choices are what life's all about. 

Today let this rainbow remind your friends and family  
of what life is really all about.
-- author unknown