New Doors are Ready to Be Opened

Old ways generally will not open new doors.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

If you want something you've never had, then you've got to do something you've never done.

One's destination is not always a place, but is often a new way of seeing things.

It is unnecessary to remain stuck because you can always choose new thoughts and new ways of thinking.

Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Unfortunately, some people fail to change internally. They merely find new ways to alter the exterior facade and new ways to appear desirable in the eyes of others. Thus, others are temporarily deceived, at least for a season.

Sadly, a lie often travels half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

Often, it takes a painful experience to make us recognize error and change our ways.

Sometimes by losing a battle, you find a new way to win the war.

Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

It often seems imPOSSIBLE ... until it's done.

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.

No one can go back and make a brand new start, but anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. Instead, he comes well dressed (perhaps a suit and tie), attractive, and with charisma. Having won your trust, He then offers you almost everything you've wished for. 

Be careful and take time to pray for wisdom and discernment.

“Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection. And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come. There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated— And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated.” (D&C 130:18-21)

It sounds like if you desire a different outcome, an additional blessing, or a new beginning of life, it is required to sufficiently understand and live according to law (perhaps new to you) or, at least, obedience to the law, upon which the new life, blessing, or outcome is predicated.

Soooo ... If today were the last day of your life, would you still want to do what you were planning to do today? Or would you change things around a little bit? Since today is probably not the last day of your life and you likely do not know how many more days of this life you have remaining, do you still desire to merely stay the same or do you want to become something different? If you want something different, what is it? What law(s) must be implemented to achieve such? 

Thinking, Perceiving, and Acting … Correctly!

Life can be very ironic. It takes sadness to know what happiness is. It needs noise to appreciate silence. And it requires absence to value presence.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking and then problems fix themselves.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

She was powerful, not because she wasn't scared, but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear.

Don't fear failure. Avoid being in the exact same place next year as you are today by doing something about it.

Life is like an elevator: On your way up, sometimes you simply have to stop and let some people off.

When people that you try to pull up actually pull you down, you may need to reconsider restructuring ... Perhaps, let them go!

People who insist on giving the most advice usually have the most problems.

Challenges are what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything. Maybe it's about unbecoming everything that isn't really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Problems are not stop signs; they are guidelines.

What screws us up most in life is the picture in our head of how “everything” is supposed to appear or must be.

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does or thinks, I guess you may actually have a problem to address.

Don't mistake silence for weakness. People, who possess sufficient intelligence, generally don't plan big moves out loud. But then, on the other hand, much can be done in plain sight and very few will even take notice.

I think our eyes need to be washed out by our tears once in a while, so that we can see life with a clearer view.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, requiring no thinking, and offering no growth, it probably doesn't lead you anywhere you want to be anyway ... Unless, of course, you do!

Anyone can run away. That's the temporary, short-term, easy way out. On the other hand, facing problems and working through them introduces another experience of growth and persuades one to become stronger in the long run.

Between what is said and not meant and what is meant and not said, much love is lost.

Only I can choose to change my life. No one else can do it for me.

Facebook is often the place where most people post their problems for everyone to see, except the person with whom they're having the problem with.

Be wise with whom you share your problems, because only God perfectly knows your heart and soul. A few people may care to the best of their ability, but even fewer are in a position to understand, while the majority are just curious and want to have priority and first chance on the latest neighborhood gossip. That's why the best parts of my life are between God and me and simply don't make it to social media!