From Seeds of Hate to the Bonds of Love

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The God Memorandum’ (from ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’ by Og Mandino)

Article Title: ‘The God Memorandum’ (from ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’ by Og Mandino)
Submitted by: Craig Lock
Category/Key words: Inspiration, ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’, Og Mandino, book “reviews”, inspirational books, good books, spiritual, spiritual growth

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(Personal growth, self help, writing, internet marketing, spiritual, ‘spiritual writings’ (how ‘airey-fairey’), words of inspiration and money management, how boring now, craig!)

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Submitter’s Note:

I ‘ve been reading this most uplifting and empowering book by Og Mandino; so am sharing this “review” in the spirit of passing on excerpts of the content, in the form of thoughts, quotations, concepts and principles (like the Laws of the Universe). And as I share, I learn too! In this piece I’m sharing what I feel is the central message of Mr Mandino’s highly inspiring book (first published by Frederick Fell Publishers Inc in 1975). ISBN 0-553-27972-6

To properly understand my “highlighted” notes, you need to read the book fully …to put them in their proper context.

Where the pronoun “his” is used in this article, please substitute “her” if appropriate.

Thank you, Mr Mandino and Frederick Fell Publishers, Inc.

About the Author and the Book:

The leading inspirational author of our time, Og Mandino was once a down-and-out alcoholic, who contemplated suicide. In this best-selling book, Og Mandino shares his personal story and reveals the process that turned a derelict into a millionaire and a happy man in ten years. It’s one of Og Mandino’s best stories

“This book is a celebration of a unique vision – a vision which reaches out and shines, touching with magic the drama of life across all it’s limitless horizons.”

“Ingenious and enjoyable, it is penned by an author groping in the darkness of the past for clues to the puzzles of the present and the future.”
*

‘THE GOD MEMORANDUM’ (from Chapter Nine of ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’ by Og Mandino)

“I love you and am with you through these words…

Light your own candle

YOU are my greatest miracle.

YOU are the greatest miracle in the world

You were given the secret even of moving mountains, of performing the impossible.

If you are feeling down, count one blessing in your life.

Love:

To receive love it must be given with no thought of its return. Love is a gift on which no return is demanded. To love unselfishly is its own reward. And even should love not be returned, it is not lost; for love not reciprocated will flow back to you… and soften and purify your heart.

Your brain is the most complex structure in the universe. Within its three pounds are thirteen billion nerve cells that make your DNA, you unique. YOU are my finest creation.

Know then the first secret to happiness and success – that you posess, even now, every blessing necessary to achieve great glory. They are your treasure, your tools with which to build, starting today, the foundation for a new and better life.

The return of humanity from living death

For he is not poor who has little; only he that desires much… and true security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.

What are the handicaps that produced your failure? They existed only in your mind.

1. Count your blessings.

You are the most valuable treasure on the face of the earth.

You are the rarest thing in the world.
Imitate no one. Be yourself Show your rarity to the world and it will shower you with gold.

2. Proclaim your rarity. Celebrate your uniqueness

You have no handicaps. You are NOT mediocre.

3. The third law: Go the extra mile (for others)
In a word, serve. The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be. This is a habit followed by all successful people since the beginning of time. The surest way to doom yourself to mediocrity is to perform only the work for which you are paid.

You cannot command success, you can only deserve it.

Be patient with your progress.

Be proud. You were made with a purpose.

You need me… and I need you.

We are both miracles and now we have each other.

I gave you the power to think…

to love

to will

to laugh

to imagine

to create

to plan

to speak

to pray

‘I gave you the power to choose. I gave you complete control over your destiny, in accordance with your own free will.’

Use wisely your power of choice.

Choose to love… rather than hate.

Choose to laugh…rather than cry.

Choose to create…rather than destroy.

Choose to persevere… rather than quit,

Choose to praise…rather than gossip.

Choose to heal…rather than heal.

Choose to give…rather than steal.

Choose to act… rather than procrastinate.

Choose to grow… rather than rot (or stagnate).

Choose to care about others

“Where there’s care, there’s hope.”

“Hope is the anchor of the soul.”

“The spring of hope is universal, eternal and will never run dry.” – craig

Choose to forgive those who have hurt you, rather than hating

You can never be successful without forgiveness.” (like Nelson Mandela, the “father of freedom/democracy in South Africa) Forgiveness is a great tool in healing (the giver, as well as the receiver)
“When you forgive (another person or country), you empty your mind of negative thoughts (perhaps even thoughts as strong as hate). Then the infinite Spirit of God makes a fresh space in our hearts to allow new positive feelings to take their place.. to pour into our hearts. The ‘freed’ person then moves forward with a new spirit…which takes root in people’s minds, hearts, spirits and even in the deepest recesses of their souls.”

– craig

Choose to pray (for strength and for others)… rather than curse.

Choose to LIVE, rather than die.

This world has provided me with everything a man could desire. It is time I began to repay my debt by doing all I can to help make a better life for all mankind.

You are more than a human being; you are a human becoming.

You are capable of great wonders. Your potential is unlimited.

YOU can be a shining example of how much IS possible to accomplish with one’s life despite obstacles and handicaps …by releasing the champion within.

Never hide your talents from this day hence!

The choice is YOURS:

Remember, then, the four laws of happiness and success.

Count your blessings.
Proclaim your rarity
Go that extra mile
Use wisely your power of choice.

To fulfil the other four.

Do all things with love . . . love for yourself, love for all others, and love for me. Never, ever forget . . .

As a member of the human race, the greatest miracle in the world is YOU!

Shine YOUR bright light on humanity”

Shared by craig (“information and inspiration distributer, incorrigible encourager and people-builder”)

“The untapped potential in every human being is limitless: we are perfectly capable of producing, all by ourselves, true magic.”
– Clyde Brolin writing in his great book ‘Overdrive; Formula One in the Zone’ (web site www.overdrivef1.com)

“Each ONE of us CAN reach deeply into ourselves and plant seeds of hope, faith and love for those around us. Like throwing a pepple into a a calm pond produces ever-widening circles, your ripples of ‘inspirational energy’ forming on a peaceful heart will one day turn into waves, which can spread far and wide to galvanise positive change…in ourselves, others… and perhaps even the world.”
“Since I can never see your face,
And never shake you by the hand,
I send my soul through time and space
To greet you. You will understand.”
– James Elroy Flecker

To dearest dad, ‘RC’ Raymond Carruthers Lock, “the greatest salesman, supporter and encourager in the world” and to you mom, Hazel… for your great care and love and especially for your “infinite wealth of an enquiring spirit”… that lives on

“Death is not a foe, but an invisible adventure”

“Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.”

“Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.”
– Thomas More

“Together, one mind, one heart, one life at a time, let’s plant the seeds of a better future.”

“Instead of the limits of borders (of countries, of peoples and of our minds) let us and our leaders expand our sense of possibility… and together let’s look at building bridges to distant horizons, far and great. Lord, help us all lift our eyes a little higher.”

– craig

About the Submitter:
In his life mission Craig hopes to encourage, motivate and inspire people to be their best through realising their full potentials and live their very best lives. Craig believes in the great potential of every human being in the journey of life and loves to encourage people to share their individual (and guiding) spirits, so that they become all that they are CAPABLE of being

Craig is currently “working” on ‘Endless Possibilities, Far and Great Horizons’ – true inspiring stories of the human condition in overcoming seemingly impossible odds.

The various books that Craig ‘felt inspired to write’ are available at : http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html` http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/craiglock and www.lulu.com/craiglock

A book is small enough to hold in your hand; but when you read it, the walls fall away and you’re in a room as big as the world.”

“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.”
– Chinese proverb

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
– Groucho Marx

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://ogmandinobooks.wordpress.com

www.newbooksbycraig.wordpress.com www.sharefaith.wordpress.com and http://craigsblogs.wordpress.com

“The world’s smallest and most exclusive bookstore”

““Together, one mind, one soul at a time, let’s see how many people we can impact, empower, encourage and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials. Change YOUR world and you help change THE world… for the better”

PPS: Always remember…
YOU ARE THE GREATEST MIRACLE IN THE WORLD

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“Together, one mind, one heart, one life at a time, let’s plant the seeds, the hope of a better and brighter future.”

The Politics of Love (from a book ‘The Passing Summer’ by Michael Cassidy)

WINNING IN THE WORLD’S WORKSHOP

Try to ‘THINK SOLUTIONS’ for the problems of this world.

South Africa is the one nation in the world, which approximately reflects the racial composition on planet earth (as well as being a country with a mix of Jews, Christians and Moslems living harmoniously). As such, it’s a microcosm of the world in terms of its population demographics..and as a result it’s the “workshop of the world”.
This is a debate about the future of our life together on this small earth – about relations between rich and poor, between races and ideologies. Indeed about the meaning of freedom, peace and justice in a deeply disordered world. I’m talking here about ALL of us and ALL of our lives.

Let’s see the ‘politics of love’ prevail in this ‘workshop of the world.’

THE POLITICS OF LOVE MEANS DEALING WITH ONE’S OWN HEART

The answer for South Africa (and the world) lies in thePOLITICS OF LOVE. However the first step is a difficult one. It involves dealing with ones own heart. This is where the primary battlefield lies…and where we will reap the bitter fruit in full measure.

However, if love and forgiveness conquer in individual hearts, then love and forgiveness will conquer the country. If largeness of heart can vanquish shrunken narrowness of mind and spirit in you and me as individuals, if love can banish fear, if hope can overwhelm despair, if the positive can swamp the negative, then the nation can be born again.

But it has to start in the individual human heart. That is the battleground. If enough people win there, the nation wins. And if enough lose there, not only does the nation lose, but the nation is lost.

With a spirit of love, the highway then opens up to the politics of love.
“You may hate the sin, but never the sinner.”
Profess love for humanity. Love simply means desiring the highest and the best for the other person, respecting his dignity and viewing him with compassion and forgiveness. Conquer anything with God’s infinite Grace.

If I don’t let it start in my own mind, I cannot let it start at all.

Article Title: The Politics of Love (from a book ‘The Passing Summer’ by Michael Cassidy)
Submitted by: Craig Lock
Key words (tags): Books, ‘The Passing Summer’ , Michael Cassidy, South Africa, Negotiation, Love, Hope, Dreams,Peace, Inspiration, Pursuit of Peace, Good Books, Politics, Political Negotiations (enough there now)

Web site:http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4

The submitter’s other blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://craigsblogs.wordpress.com
Other Articles are available at:http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/user/15565 andhttp://www.ideamarketers.com/library/profile.cfm?writerid=981
(Personal growth, self help, writing, internet marketing, spiritual, ‘spiritual writings’ (how ‘airey-fairey’), words of inspiration and money management, how boring now, craig)

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Introduction:
Craig is currently researching and writing his latest novel based on fact, set in the the “beloved country” of South Africa: To try to make some difference in building bridges in an ever more dangerous and volatile world. And as he learns from his research, is sharing this extract from a chapter of Michael Cassidy’s excellent book ‘THE PASSING SUMMER’(originally published in the darkest days of 1989). Though “rather religious” from my perspective, I believe Michael Cassidy makes some excellent points and his book written many years ago in the darkest days of repression has a vitally important message for today’s turbulent world.

A South African pilgrimage in the politics of love.
(Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1989)

by Michael Cassidy*

* Michael Cassidy is the author of ‘Burning the Wineskins’, ‘Chasing the Wind’ and ‘A Witness Forever’. He is the founder of African Enterprise, a continent wide evangelic association.

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“A man has not started living, until he can embrace the concerns of all humanity.”
– Booker T Washington (or was it Dr Albert Schweizer??)

As the great South African writer, Alan Paton once said,’ This is a country where you hope on Monday and despair on Tuesday.’ Where in the world is there such a positive challenge for young people as here?

May South Africa emerge finally under God as a nation which will not only bless the continent of Africa, but the whole world!

“For with me all things are possible.”

BELIEVE it and work hard for it.
(Matt 19:26
Mark 9:23, 10:27
Luke 18:27 )

Different perceptions lead to different solutions and it’s up to us to ‘dream the impossible dream’.

We are made or unmade by how we think. So programme our individual souls and thence the national soul with positive thoughts (“be transformed by the renewing of your mind” – Romans 12:2).

God is love, and on God’s self-giving rests the only ultimate hope of humanity. Let the spirit of love begin to take hold on the national soul, so that groups of people (different races, ethnicities) begin to think of the other before themselves and fully embrace virtue of love: to ‘do unto others what you would have them do unto you.’ (Matthew 7:12)

Trust in the Lord and do good, dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture (Ps 37:3)

Work hard doing one’s very best

then

LET GO, LET GOD, LET GOOD.
*

Now onto the controversial concept (in Jesus’s time and today) of

ENEMY LOVE:

Abraham Lincoln: “The only way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend.”

When Christ said: “Forgive your enemies”, it is not only for the sake of the enemy, but for one’s own sake, ‘ because love is more beautiful than hate’. Hatred, like rust, eats into the soul of the individual and then an entire nation.
Jomo Kenyatta at Kenya’s independence said: “Unless we build our nation on forgiveness, we will lose the day.”

Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven’ (Matthew 5:43-45).

“Do not be overcome with evil; but overcome evil with good.”
(Rom 12: 14-21)

Enemy love needs to become part of a new vision, a new style of thinking and part of a moral ‘about face’, which so many of the world’s societies desperately need.

It worked for Gandhi in India, Martin Luther King in America, between black and white in South Africa!

Enemy love and the ‘politics of forgiveness’ will attempt its utmost to see the plight and real humanity of the enemy. Not “our cause is noble and theirs is evil.”

Enemy love and the politics of forgiveness require us to hate conditions, situations and policies; not individuals, who are never as evil as the social and political situations in which they are involved, and which they symbolise.

Forgiveness implies a willingness to seek to reshape the future in the light of the wrong, in the most creative way possible.

As Martin Luther King said at the height of the Civil Rights struggle:
“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies…
Forgiveness is not just an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.”

Each ONE of us can be a facilitator and mediator in this process.

William Wilberforce believed that submission to Christ was a man’s most important political, as well as religious decision. Define one’s political ideals in terms of freedom and equality…the highest good.
Mutual care, concern, unselfishness, conscience, worth, political vigilence and insight all form part of the ‘politics of love’.

My prayer is that all leaders of the world may find ‘the mind of Christ’. If all converged on that ‘mind’, allthe problems of the world would be solved.

The politics of love means working for structural reconciliation.
On this path lies the answer for South Africa. Inspire the planet with a new vision of hope. The golden rule is what life is all about. Jesus meant love to be the way in every area of life, including the political, because it is the BEST way….and the only way which works ALL of the time.

For these principles to work, it requires every person of good will, from the lowest to the highest to say: “I want to be part of the solution. What the ‘ordinary’ person does is critical here. For change will assuredly come from the grassroots of society… when enough people really want it and are prepared to be part of the process and press their leaders to bring in a new day. As Martin Luther King said:

“When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love. Where evil men seek to perpetrate an unjust ‘status quo’, good men must seek to bring into being a real order of justice.”

Coretta Scott King: The Words of Martin Luther King (London Collins Found, 1985 – Pg 51)

South Africa can and WILL encourage, inspire and bless the world.

We are to make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God.”
– Isiah 40:3

My prayer is that all leaders of the world may find ‘the mind of Christ’. If all converged on that ‘mind’, all the problems of the world would be solved.

Nothing is impossible and absolutely anything is possible with God.

Dream the impossible dream.

Michael Cassidy (from ‘The Passing Summer’, written in the darkest days of 1989)

About the author:
* Michael Cassidy is the author of ‘Burning the Wineskins’, ‘Chasing the Wind’ and ‘A Witness Forever’. He is the founder of African Enterprise, a continent wide evangelic association.

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Submitted by Craig Lock (Eagle Productions)

and this is for you my good friends, Donovan and Lynda

“Let’s see things not as they are…
but what they can one day be.”

“When people’s hearts are filled with love, the world is full of hope”
– craig

These writings may be freely published electronically or in print (with acknowledgment to Michael Cassidy, please).
PPS

To end off, lets reflect on the words of a leader who stood steadfastly for the values and for the causes of justice and freedom for all…

“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

– Dr Martin Luther King, Jr

“Together, one mind, one heart at a time, let’s march into a bright new tomorrow.”

Author’s Bio:

About the Submitter

In his various writings Craig attempts in some small way to advance the cause of peace. He is currently “working” on his latest manuscript – a “novel”, yet a true story of transformation … from hatred to love in the cauldron of the Middle East titled ‘From Seeds of Hate to the Bonds of Love’.

The various books that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at

http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html

http://creativekiwis.com/index.php/books/74-craigs-books http://goo.gl/vTpjk andhttp://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/craiglock

Craig’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at

www.buildbridgesofunity.wordpress.com www.buildbridgesofunderstanding.wordpress.com

www.breakdownwalls.wordpress.com

http://religiousunity.wordpress.com

www.peacepursuit.wordpress.com http://craigsblogs.wordpress.com + so many others I can’t keep track (obsessive or WHAT!)

“Together, one mind, one heart at a time, let’s march into a bright new tomorrow.”

“Instead of the limits of borders (of countries and of our minds) let us and our leaders expand our sense of possibility… and together let’s look at building bridges to distant horizons, far and great. Lord, help us all lift our eyes a little higher.”

– craig

‘The God Memorandum’ (from ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’ by Og Mandino)

Submitter’s Note:

I‘ve been reading this most uplifting and empowering book by Og Mandino; so am sharing this “review” in the spirit of passing on excerpts of the content, in the form of thoughts, quotations, concepts and principles (like the Laws of the Universe). And as I share, I learn too! In this piece I’m sharing what I feel is the central message of Mr Mandino’s highly inspiring book (first published by Frederick Fell Publishers Inc in 1975). ISBN 0-553-27972-6

To properly understand my “highlighted” notes, you need to read the book fully …to put them in their proper context.

Where the pronoun “his” is used in this article, please substitute “her” if appropriate.

Thank you, Mr Mandino and Frederick Fell Publishers, Inc.

About the Author and the Book:

“This book is a celebration of a unique vision – a vision which reaches out and shines, touching with magic the drama of life across all it’s limitless horizons.”

“Ingenious and enjoyable, it is penned by an author groping in the darkness of the past for clues to the puzzles of the present and the future.”
*

‘THE GOD MEMORANDUM’ (from Chapter Nine of ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’ by Og Mandino)

“I love you and am with you through these words…

Light your own candle

YOU are my greatest miracle.

YOU are the greatest miracle in the world

You were given the secret even of moving mountains, of performing the impossible.

If you are feeling down, count one blessing in your life.

Love:

Your brain is the most complex structure in the universe. Within its three pounds are thirteen billion nerve cells that make your DNA, you unique. YOU are my finest creation.

Know then the first secret to happiness and success – that you possess, even now, every blessing necessary to achieve great glory. They are your treasure, your tools with which to build, starting today, the foundation for a new and better life.

MAKORORIfirst light — First Light Makorori, Gisborne, NZ by Dawn Furmage
(Credit: http://www.aa.co.nz)
The dream, God’s dream lives on…

Life is God’s novel; so let Ultimate Source write it, as it unfolds….

Web sites: http://www.ragpicker.org/ and http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at at http://ogmandinobooks.wordpress.com www.sharefaith.wordpress.com and http://craigsblogs.wordpress.

“We share what we know, so that we all may grow.”
#

Submitter’s Note:

I‘ve been reading this most uplifting and empowering book by Og Mandino; so am sharing this “review” in the spirit of passing on excerpts of the content, in the form of thoughts, quotations, concepts and principles (like the Laws of the Universe). And as I share, I learn too! In this piece I’m sharing what I feel is the central message of Mr Mandino’s highly inspiring book (first published by Frederick Fell Publishers Inc in 1975). ISBN 0-553-27972-6

To properly understand my “highlighted” notes, you need to read the book fully …to put them in their proper context.

Where the pronoun “his” is used in this article, please substitute “her” if appropriate.

Thank you, Mr Mandino and Frederick Fell Publishers, Inc.

About the Author and the Book:

“This book is a celebration of a unique vision – a vision which reaches out and shines, touching with magic the drama of life across all it’s limitless horizons.”

“Ingenious and enjoyable, it is penned by an author groping in the darkness of the past for clues to the puzzles of the present and the future.”
*

‘THE GOD MEMORANDUM’ (from Chapter Nine of ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’ by Og Mandino)

“I love you and am with you through these words…

Light your own candle

YOU are my greatest miracle.

YOU are the greatest miracle in the world

You were given the secret even of moving mountains, of performing the impossible.

If you are feeling down, count one blessing in your life.

Love:

Your brain is the most complex structure in the universe. Within its three pounds are thirteen billion nerve cells that make your DNA, you unique. YOU are my finest creation.

The return of humanity from living death

For he is not poor who has little; only he that desires much… and true security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.

What are the handicaps that produced your failure? They existed only in your mind.

1. Count your blessings.

You are the most valuable treasure on the face of the earth.

You are the rarest thing in the world.
Imitate no one. Be yourself Show your rarity to the world and it will shower you with gold.

2. Proclaim your rarity. Celebrate your uniqueness (there is no one else precisely like you in the world)

You have no handicaps. You are NOT mediocre.

3. The third law: Go the extra mile (for others)
In a word, serve. The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be. This is a habit followed by all successful people since the beginning of time. The surest way to doom yourself to mediocrity is to perform only the work for which you are paid.

You cannot command success, you can only deserve it.

Be patient with your progress.

Be proud. You were made with a purpose.

You need me… and I need you.

We are both miracles and now we have each other.

I gave you the power to think…

to love

to will

to laugh

to imagine

to create

to plan

to speak

to pray

‘I gave you the power to choose. I gave you complete control over your destiny, in accordance with your own free will.’

Use wisely your power of choice.

Choose to love… rather than hate.

Choose to laugh…rather than cry.

Choose to create…rather than destroy.

Choose to persevere… rather than quit,

Choose to praise…rather than gossip.

Choose to heal…rather than heal.

Choose to give…rather than steal.

Choose to act… rather than procrastinate.

Choose to grow… rather than rot (or stagnate).

Choose to care about others

“Where there’s care, there’s hope.”

“Hope is the anchor of the soul.”

“The spring of hope is universal, eternal and will never run dry.” – craig

Choose to forgive those who have hurt you, rather than hating

“Forgiveness is not an occasional act – it is an attitude of mind.”
– Dr Martin Luther King

“When you forgive (another person or country), you empty your mind of negative thoughts (perhaps even thoughts as strong as hate). Then the infinite Spirit of God makes a fresh space in our hearts to allow new positive feelings to take their place.. to pour into our hearts. The ‘freed’ person then moves forward with a new spirit…which takes root in people’s minds, hearts, spirits and even in the deepest recesses of their souls.”

– craig

Choose to pray (for strength and for others)… rather than curse.

Choose to LIVE, rather than die.

This world has provided me with everything a man could desire. It is time I began to repay my debt by doing all I can to help make a better life for all mankind.

You are more than a human being; you are a human becoming.

You are capable of great wonders. Your potential is unlimited.

YOU can be a shining example of how much IS possible to accomplish with one’s life despite obstacles and handicaps …by releasing the champion within.

Never hide your talents from this day hence!

The choice is YOURS:

Remember, then, the four laws of happiness and success.

Count your blessings.
Proclaim your rarity
Go that extra mile
Use wisely your power of choice.

To fulfil the other four.

Do all things with love . . . love for yourself, love for all others, and love for me. Never, ever forget . . .

As a member of the human race, the greatest miracle in the world is YOU!

Shine YOUR bright light on humanity”

Shared by craig (“information and inspiration distributer, incorrigible encourager and people-builder”)

“The untapped potential in every human being is limitless: we are perfectly capable of producing, all by ourselves, true magic.”
– Clyde Brolin writing in his great book ‘Overdrive; Formula One in the Zone’ (web site www.overdrivef1.com)

“Death is not a foe, but an invisible adventure”

“Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.”

“Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.”
– Thomas More

“Together, one mind, one heart, one life at a time, let’s plant the seeds of a better future.”

– craig

Craig is currently “working” on ‘Endless Possibilities, Far and Great Horizons’ – true inspiring stories of the human condition in overcoming seemingly impossible odds. The various books that Craig ‘felt inspired to write’ are available at : http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html ` http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/craiglock and www.lulu.com/craiglock

“The world’s smallest and most exclusive bookstore”

“A book is small enough to hold in your hand; but when you read it, the walls fall away and you’re in a room as big as the world.”

“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.”
– Chinese proverb

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
– Groucho Marx

“Together, one mind, one soul at a time, let’s see how many people we can impact, empower, encourage and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials. Change YOUR world and you help change THE world… for the better”

PPS: Always remember…
YOU ARE THE GREATEST MIRACLE IN THE WORLD

Check out: http://www.ragpicker.org/

“Together, one mind, one heart, one life at a time, let’s plant the seeds, the hope of a better and brighter future.”

“Life is God’s novel; so let Ultimate Source write it, as it unfolds…”

– me (as inspired by the words of Isaac Bashevis Singer)

A “Review” of The Book ‘The Greatest Salesman in the World’ (by Og Mandino)

A “REVIEW” OF ‘THE GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD’ by Og Mandino

“No other trade or profession has more opportunity for one to rise from poverty to great wealth than that of salesman.”

# Form good Habits: Good habits are the key to all success in life

# Develop good Discipline

# Try to add value to your product and/or service

Failure will never overtake you, if your determination to succeed is strong enough…through “blood, sweat and tears”. Say, “I will persist until I succeed”…

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
– basketballer, Michael Jordan

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Gisborne sunset by Liam Clayton — Gisborne NZ sunset (magnificent) by Liam Clayton

Article Title: A “Review” of The Book ‘The Greatest Salesman in the World’ (by Og Mandino)
Submitted by:Craig Lock
Category/Key words: ‘The Greatest Salesman in the World’, Og Mandino, book “reviews”, selling skills, sales skills, inspirational books, good books, empowerment, words of upliftment, empowerment and inspiration (enough there now, craig)

Web sites: https://www.createspace.com/3779691/ http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html and http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://ogmandinobooks.wordpress.com and http://craigsblogs.wordpress.com

Publishing Guidelines:
If published, please acknowledge the writer and source. All my other articles and extracts from my various writings may be freely published, electronically or in print.

“We share what we know, so that we all may grow.”

Article Summary:
This is Og Mandino’s first book. It is not only one of the best books on selling ever written, this is one of the best books on LIVING ever written. This is the gripping tale set in ancient Palestine of a little camel boy, Hafid, who becomes the greatest salesman in the world through following the ten scrolls of success.
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A “REVIEW” OF ‘THE GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD’ by Og Mandino

Submitter’s Note:

I ‘ve been reading this most uplifting book by Og Mandino; so am sharing this short “review” in the spirit of passing on “bits” of the content, in the form of thoughts, quotations, concepts and principles (like the Laws of the Universe). As well as sharing what I feel is the central message of Mr Mandino’s highly inspiring book (first published by Frederick Fell Publishers Inc, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc in 1968).
ISBN 0-553-27757-X

To properly understand my “highlighted” notes, you need to read the book fully …to put them in their proper context.

(Where the pronoun “his” is used in this article, please substitute “her” if appropriate)

Thank you, Mr Mandino and Frederick Fell Publishers, Inc.

Just sharing a few thoughts from Og Mandino’s most uplifting book (and as I share I learn too)…

A “REVIEW” OF ‘THE GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD’ by Og Mandino

“No other trade or profession has more opportunity for one to rise from poverty to great wealth than that of salesman.”

# Form good Habits: Good habits are the key to all success in life

# Develop good Discipline

# Try to add value to your product and/or service

Failure will never overtake you, if your determination to succeed is strong enough…through “blood, sweat and tears”. Say, “I will persist until I succeed”…

Theodore Roosevelt
“Citizenship in a Republic,”
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

# Visualise: Hold the picture of success firmly in your thoughts, picture it as already being yours, and amazing things will happen.

# NB: Think positively at all times. “The secret of the ages: Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions, strong is he who who forces his actions tc control his mind. Control your emotions. Man’s potential to uplift his life through the proper use of the tools, the gifts he has received from his Creator.”

Always remember,

# Success is a state of mind.

# Count your blessings and live with an “Attitude of Gratitude” with what you already have. GIVE THANKS!

# Proclaim your rarity, your uniqueness

YOU are the greatest miracle in the world!

Shared by Craig Lock (“Information and Inspiration Distributer, Incorrigible Encourager and People-builder”)

“True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.”

To dearest dad, ‘RC’, “the greatest salesman in the world”.

“Death is not a foe, but an invisible adventure”

“Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.”

“Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.”
– Thomas More

“Success. It is open to each individual to choose the goal and go after it – growth and human essence known as character. Perhaps the ultimate purpose of life itself is the testing of the human spirit, to develop out of it something better, more nearly perfect. For after the sands and the dust of the human body has been buried, only the human spirit is left to go on. Each individual in his or her lifetime is entrusted with a fragment of that human essence, to be a spark of his own existence from birth to death.
Rich? Has he or she enriched the life spirit, which was given to them?
Successful?
Has he or she made the spark glow more brightly.”

– Howard Whitman in Og Mandino’s ‘University of Success’.

“Only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.”
– Dag Hammarskjold (Swedish former Secretary General of the United Nations, tragically killed in an air-crash)

“If I can throw a single ray of light across the darkened pathway of another;
if I can aid some soul to clearer sight of life and duty, and thus bless my brother;
if I can wipe from any human cheek a tear,
I shall not have lived my life in vain while here.

If I can guide some erring one to truth, inspire within his heart a sense of duty;
if I can plant within my soul of rosy youth a sense of right, a love of truth and beauty;
if I can teach one man that God and heaven are near,
I shall not then have lived in vain while here.

If from my mind I banish doubt and fear, and keep my life attuned to love and kindness;
if I can scatter light and hope and cheer, and help remove the curse of mental blindness;
if I can make more joy, more hope, less pain,
I shall not have lived and loved in vain.

If by life’s roadside I can plant a tree, beneath whose shade some wearied head may rest,
though I may never share its beauty, I shall yet be truly blest –
though no one knows my name, nor drops a flower upon my grave,
I shall not have lived in vain while here.”

– anonymous

About the Submitter:

Craig believes in (and loves) sharing information and insights to try to make some difference in this world: to help and especially encourage people along life’s magical journey to live their dreams and be all they can be… and that brings him the greatest joy. He truly believes in the great potential of people to be all they can be an become. Craig is currently “working” on ‘Endless Possibilities, Far and Great Horizons’ – true inspiring stories of the human condition in overcoming seemingly impossible odds.

Craig’s new book ‘I’ll Do It My Way’: My Story, My Life, My Dream is now available at https://www.createspace.com/3779691

The various books that Craig ‘felt inspired to write’ are available at : http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 and http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://ogmandinobooks.wordpress.com and http://craigsblogs.wordpress.com

“The world’s smallest and most exclusive bookstore”

“A book is small enough to hold in your hand; but when you read it, the walls fall away and you’re in a room as big as the world.”

“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.”
– Chinese proverb

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
– Groucho Marx

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PPS:

“Success is doing the best you can, in as many ways as you can. It is being just and honest and true – not in a few things,
but in everything you do.

Always look ahead and never look back,
believe you can make all your dreams come true.
Always believe in the best you can be
and have faith in the things that you do.

Forget about the mistakes you’ve made yesterday,
the lessons you learn will prove valuable for today…
Never give up and think that you’re through…
for there’s always tomorrow and a chance to begin brand new.

It is in dreaming the greatest dreams…
and seeking the highest goals…
that we build the brightest tomorrows.

There is no limit to the goals you can attain,
or the success you can achieve…
your possibilities are as endless as your dreams.

Whatever it is that you seek in life,
whatever your dreams and what you hope to achieve,
whatever you try to reach – whatever you plan…
can all be yours – if you only believe you can!”
– Larry S. Chengges

“Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow. “

– Langston Hughes

A “Review” of ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’ by Og Mandino

The leading inspirational author of our time, Og Mandino was once a down-and-out alcoholic who contemplated suicide. In this best-selling book, Og Mandino shares his personal story and reveals the process that turned a derelict into a millionaire and a happy man in ten years.. One of Og Mandino’s best stories.

“Our mind is the greatest creation on earth and it can generate the most sublime happiness for its owner–or it can destroy him. Yet although we have been given the secret of how to control it, for our happiness and benefit, we still function completely ignorant of its potential . . . ”

“I gave you the power to choose. I gave you complete control over your destiny… in accordance with your own free will. ”

The most difficult tasks are consummated, not by a single explosive burst of energy or effort, but by consistent and determined daily application of the best you have within you.

‘The God Memorandum’ is only your ticket to a new life. It will do nothing for you unless you open your mind and your heart to receive it.

As a member of mankind, You are my greatest miracle

To receive love it must be given with no thought of its return.

Know then the first secret of happiness and success — that you possess, even now, every blessing necessary to achieve great glory.

The first law:

1. Count your blessings and know that you are already my greatest creation. . . .

True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.

2, The second law is: Proclaim your rarity.

Never, until the end of time, will there be another such as you.

3.This then is the third law . . . Go another mile!

Be patient . . .

Be proud . . .

You were made with purpose.

Picture: Gisborne NZ sunset

Article Title: A “Review” of ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’ by Og Mandino
Submitted by: Craig Lock
Key words: ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’, Og Mandino, book “reviews”, good books, inspirational books

Web sites: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 https://www.createspace.com/3779691/ and http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://ogmandinobooks.wordpress.com and http://craigsblogs.wordpress.com

Article Summary:
The Greatest Miracle in the World” by Og Mandino is an inspirational book (self help), which tells the story of Simon Potter, a ragpicker who delivers an inspiring “memorandum from God” to make the difference between success or disaster in YOUR life. The book reveals that an individual should not consider himself or herself a failure …and we must not let ourselves lose hope, confidence and trust. Never, ever! “Our mind is the greatest creation on earth and it can generate the most sublime happiness for its owner–or it can destroy him. Yet although we have been given the secret of how to control it, for our happiness and benefit, we still function completely ignorant of its potential . . . ”

In short, a heart-warming story of hope and inspiration . Publishing Guidelines:

If published, please acknowledge the writer and source. All my other articles and extracts from my various writings may be freely published, electronically or in print.

“We share what we know, so that we all may grow.”

A “REVIEW” OF ‘THE GREATEST MIRACLE IN THE WORLD’ by Og Mandino (Part Two)

Submitter’s Note:

I ‘ve been reading a most uplifting book by Og Mandino; so am sharing this “review” in the spirit of passing on “bits” of the content, in the form of thoughts, quotations, concepts and principles (like the Laws of the Universe). As well as sharing what I feel is the central message of Mr Mandino’s highly inspiring book (first published by Frederick Fell Publishers Inc in 1975). ISBN 0-553-27972-6

To properly understand my “highlighted” notes, you need to read the book fully …to put them in their proper context.

Where the pronoun “his” is used in this article, please substitute “her” if appropriate.

Thank you, Mr Mandino and Frederick Fell Publishers, Inc.

A “REVIEW” OF ‘THE GREATEST MIRACLE IN THE WORLD’ by Og Mandino

About the Author:

“I gave you the power to choose. I gave you complete control over your destiny… in accordance with your own free will. ”

The most difficult tasks are consummated, not by a single explosive burst of energy or effort, but by consistent and determined daily application of the best you have within you.

‘The God Memorandum’ is only your ticket to a new life. It will do nothing for you unless you open your mind and your heart to receive it.

As a member of mankind, You are my greatest miracle

To receive love it must be given with no thought of its return.

Know then the first secret of happiness and success — that you possess, even now, every blessing necessary to achieve great glory.

The first law:

1. Count your blessings and know that you are already my greatest creation. . . .

True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.

2, The second law is: Proclaim your rarity.

Never, until the end of time, will there be another such as you.

3.This then is the third law . . . Go another mile!

Be patient . . .

Be proud . . .

You were made with purpose.

4. The fourth great law of happiness and success . . . Use your power of choice wisely.

Choose to laugh (especially at yourself)

Choose to plan

Choose to will. You can even will good things into being!

Choose to imagine. Napoleon said that “imagination is more important than knowledge”… and even capital (me)!

Choose to create

Choose to persevere

Choose to praise

Choose to heal

Choose to give

Choose to ACT

Choose to grow . You are more than a human being, you are a human becoming. You are capable of great wonders – your potential is unlimited.

Choose to speak

Choose to keep silent (sometimes when deeply hurt)

Choose to pray

Choose to LIVE

and finally … and most importantly…

Choose to LOVE: Love can tear down walls of suspicion and hate; it has the power to turn strangers into friends

Remember, then, the four laws of happiness and success.

# Count your blessings
# Proclaim your rarity
# Go that extra mile
# Use wisely your power of choice.
“I gave you the power to choose. I gave you complete control over your destiny… in accordance with your own free will. ”

To fulfil the other four.

Do all things with love . . . love for yourself, love for all others, and love for GOD. (“Grand Organizational Design/Designer”). YOU can be a shining example of how much IS possible to accomplish with one’s life despite obstacles and handicaps.

This world has provided me with everything a man could desire. It is time I began to repay my debt by doing all I can to help make a better life for all mankind.

Never, ever forget . . .

The greatest miracle in the world is YOU!”

Shared by Craig Lock (“Information and Inspiration Distributer, Incorrigible Encourager and People-builder”)

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.”

“Since I can never see your face,
And never shake you by the hand,
I send my soul through time and space
To greet you. You will understand.”
– James Elroy Flecker

“Only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.”
– Dag Hammarskjold, former Swedish Secretary General of the United Nations (tragically killed in an air crash)

“Death is not a foe, but an invisible adventure”

“Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.”

“Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.”
– Thomas More

NB: Remember (always)
YOU are the Greatest Miracle in The World

About the Submitter:
Craig believes in (loves) sharing information and insights to try to make some difference in this world: to help and especially encourage people along life’s magical journey to live their dreams and be all they can be… and that brings him the greatest joy. He truly believes in the great potential of people to be all they can be and become.

The various books that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 https://www.createspace.com/3779691/ and http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html

Craig’s book ‘I’ll Do It My Way’: My Story, My Life, My Dream is now available at https://www.createspace.com/3779691The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://craigsblogs.wordpress.com

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://ogmandinobooks.wordpress.com and http://craigsblogs.wordpress.com

“The world’s smallest and most exclusive bookstore”

THIS ARTICLE MAY BE FREELY PUBLISHED

“A book is small enough to hold in your hand; but when you read it, the walls fall away and you’re in a room as big as the world.”

“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.”
– Chinese proverb

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
– Groucho Marx

‘The God Memorandum’ (from ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’ by Og Mandino)

You are more than a human being; you are a human becoming.

You are capable of great wonders. Your potential is unlimited.

YOU can be a shining example of how much IS possible to accomplish with one’s life despite obstacles and handicaps …by releasing the champion within.

Never hide your talents from this day hence!

The choice is YOURS:

Remember, then, the four laws of happiness and success.

Count your blessings.
Proclaim your rarity
Go that extra mile
Use wisely your power of choice.

To fulfil the other four.

Do all things with love . . . love for yourself, love for all others, and love for me. Never, ever forget . . .

As a member of the human race, the greatest miracle in the world is YOU!

Article Title: ‘The God Memorandum’ (from ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’ by Og Mandino)
Submitted by: Craig Lock
Category/Key words: Inspiration, ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’, Og Mandino, book “reviews”, inspirational books, good books, spiritual, spiritual growth

Web sites: http://www.ragpicker.org/ and http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at at http://ogmandinobooks.wordpress.comhttp://www.sharefaith.wordpress.com andhttp://craigsblogs.wordpress.

“We share what we know, so that we all may grow.”
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Submitter’s Note:

To properly understand my “highlighted” notes, you need to read the book fully …to put them in their proper context.

Where the pronoun “his” is used in this article, please substitute “her” if appropriate.

Thank you, Mr Mandino and Frederick Fell Publishers, Inc.

About the Author and the Book:

“This book is a celebration of a unique vision – a vision which reaches out and shines, touching with magic the drama of life across all it’s limitless horizons.”

“Ingenious and enjoyable, it is penned by an author groping in the darkness of the past for clues to the puzzles of the present and the future.”
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‘THE GOD MEMORANDUM’ (from Chapter Nine of ‘The Greatest Miracle in the World’ by Og Mandino)

“I love you and am with you through these words…

Light your own candle

YOU are my greatest miracle.

YOU are the greatest miracle in the world

You were given the secret even of moving mountains, of performing the impossible.

If you are feeling down, count one blessing in your life.

Love:

Your brain is the most complex structure in the universe. Within its three pounds are thirteen billion nerve cells that make your DNA, you unique. YOU are my finest creation.

The return of humanity from living death

For he is not poor who has little; only he that desires much… and true security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.

What are the handicaps that produced your failure? They existed only in your mind.

1. Count your blessings.

You are the most valuable treasure on the face of the earth.

You are the rarest thing in the world.
Imitate no one. Be yourself Show your rarity to the world and it will shower you with gold.

2. Proclaim your rarity. Celebrate your uniqueness

You have no handicaps. You are NOT mediocre.

You cannot command success, you can only deserve it.

Be patient with your progress.

Be proud. You were made with a purpose.

You need me… and I need you.

We are both miracles and now we have each other.

I gave you the power to think…

to love

to will

to laugh

to imagine

to create

to plan

to speak

to pray

‘I gave you the power to choose. I gave you complete control over your destiny, in accordance with your own free will.’

Use wisely your power of choice.

Choose to love… rather than hate.

Choose to laugh…rather than cry.

Choose to create…rather than destroy.

Choose to persevere… rather than quit,

Choose to praise…rather than gossip.

Choose to heal…rather than heal.

Choose to give…rather than steal.

Choose to act… rather than procrastinate.

Choose to grow… rather than rot (or stagnate).

Choose to care about others

“Where there’s care, there’s hope.”

“Hope is the anchor of the soul.”

“The spring of hope is universal, eternal and will never run dry.” – craig

Choose to forgive those who have hurt you, rather than hating

– craig

Choose to pray (for strength and for others)… rather than curse.

Choose to LIVE, rather than die.

This world has provided me with everything a man could desire. It is time I began to repay my debt by doing all I can to help make a better life for all mankind.

You are more than a human being; you are a human becoming.

You are capable of great wonders. Your potential is unlimited.

YOU can be a shining example of how much IS possible to accomplish with one’s life despite obstacles and handicaps …by releasing the champion within.

Never hide your talents from this day hence!

The choice is YOURS:

Remember, then, the four laws of happiness and success.

Count your blessings.
Proclaim your rarity
Go that extra mile
Use wisely your power of choice.

To fulfil the other four.

Do all things with love . . . love for yourself, love for all others, and love for me. Never, ever forget . . .

As a member of the human race, the greatest miracle in the world is YOU!

Shine YOUR bright light on humanity”

Shared by craig (“information and inspiration distributer, incorrigible encourager and people-builder”)

“Death is not a foe, but an invisible adventure”

“Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.”

“Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.”
– Thomas More

“Together, one mind, one heart, one life at a time, let’s plant the seeds of a better future.”

– craig

Craig is currently “working” on ‘Endless Possibilities, Far and Great Horizons’ – true inspiring stories of the human condition in overcoming seemingly impossible odds. The various books that Craig ‘felt inspired to write’ are available at : http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 http://www.creativekiwis.com/` http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/craiglock and www.lulu.com/craiglock

“The world’s smallest and most exclusive bookstore”

“A book is small enough to hold in your hand; but when you read it, the walls fall away and you’re in a room as big as the world.”

“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.”
– Chinese proverb

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
– Groucho Marx

PPS: Always remember…
YOU ARE THE GREATEST MIRACLE IN THE WORLD

Check out: http://www.ragpicker.org/

“Together, one mind, one heart, one life at a time, let’s plant the seeds, the hope of a better and brighter future.”

A “Review” of ‘The Choice’ by Og Mandino

Just sharing a few thoughts from Og Mandino’s most uplifting book…one to rekindle the flame of hope in every reader

How to “conquer” life. How to get anything you want in life: A better way of living.

“I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. I am in the house and I have the key.”
– Charles Fletcher Hummis

“Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation…”
– James Allen

Words, thoughts, ideas and especially imagination have the power to create.

“Your only limit is your own imagination”

Happiness is nothing to do with getting (ie. material possessions).

Count your blessings living with an “attitude of Gratitude”.

My achievements will never rise higher than my faith in myself.

1. Count your blessings
2. Proclaim your rarity
3. Go another mile
4. The power of choice
5. Do all things with love.

The greatest miracle in the world is YOU!

Article Title: A “Review” of ‘The Choice’ by Og Mandino
Submitted by: Craig Lock
Category/Key words: ‘

Web sites: https://www.createspace.com/3779691/ and http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://ogmandinobooks.wordpress.com and http://craigsblogs.wordpress.com

Publishing Guidelines:

This piece (as with all my articles) may be freely published, electronically or in print. .

Article Summary:
We do not simply react to our surroundings, we have a choice. We can choose our response, we can choose our attitude, we can choose our actions, and, therefore, we can choose our own future.

“We share what we know, so that we all may grow.”

A “REVIEW” OF ‘THE CHOICE’ by Og Mandino

The Special Person You Were Meant to Be

“If you can value truth above approval, and friendship over power,
wealth, or fame,
If you can share your gifts wisely, leaving someone better off than
when you came,
If you find happiness, simple pleasures, and see the rainbow,
not the falling rain ,
If you have faith to keep on believing in miracles that no one
can explain,
If you live every day to your potential and find the goal in everything
you see,
Then you’ll be, not just happy and successful, but the person only you
were meant to be.”

Submitter’s Note:

I ‘ve been reading this most uplifting book by Og Mandino; so am sharing this short “review” in the spirit of passing on “bits” of the content, in the form of thoughts, quotations, concepts and principles (like the Laws of the Universe). And as I share, I learn too! In this piece I’m sharing what I feel is the central message of Mr Mandino’s highly inspiring book (first published by Bantam Books, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc in 1984). ISBN 0-553-24576-7

To properly understand my “highlighted” notes, you need to read the book fully …to put them in their proper context. (Where the pronoun “his” is used in this article, please substitute “her” if appropriate)
Thank you, Mr Mandino and Bantam Books.

A “REVIEW” OF ‘THE CHOICE’ by Og Mandino

Just sharing a few thoughts from Og Mandino’s most uplifting book…one to rekindle the flame of hope in every reader

How to “conquer” life. How to get anything you want in life: A better way of living.

“I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. I am in the house and I have the key.”
– Charles Fletcher Hummis

Words, thoughts, ideas and especially imagination have the power to create.

“Your only limit is your own imagination”

Happiness is nothing to do with getting (ie. material possessions).

Count your blessings living with an “attitude of Gratitude“.

My achievements will never rise higher than my faith in myself.

1. Count your blessings
2. Proclaim your rarity
3. Go another mile
4. The power of choice
5. Do all things with love.

The greatest miracle in the world is YOU!

Man’s potential to uplift his life through the proper use of the tools, the gifts he has received from his Creator.

You are more than a human being, you are a human becoming. You are capable of great wonders – your potential is unlimited.

YOU can be a shining example of how much was possible to accomplish with one’s life despite obstacles and handicaps.

This world has provided me with everything a man could desire. It is time I began to repay my debt by doing all I can to help make a better life for all mankind.

So long as I have something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for, I shall be happy.

You have discovered the missing key. CHOOSE to use it.

HOW you want to live your life, to map our own way, to write our own Book of Life in any manner that we choose. The CHOICE is up to YOU!”

Be happy

Shared by Craig Lock (“Information and Inspiration Distributer, Incorrigible Encourager and People-builder”)

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.”

“Only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.”

– Dag Hammarskjold (Swedish former Secretary General of the United Nations, tragically killed in an air-crash)

About the Submitter:

Craig believes in (and loves) sharing information and insights to try to make some difference in this world: to help and especially encourage people along life’s magical journey to live their dreams and be all they can be… and that brings him the greatest joy. He truly believes in the great potential of people to be all they can be an become. Craig is currently “working” on ‘Endless Possibilities, Far and Great Horizons’ – true inspiring stories of the human condition in overcoming seemingly impossible odds.

In his life mission Craig hopes to encourage, motivate and inspire people to be their best through realising their full potentials and live their very best lives. Craig believes in the great potential of every human being in the journey of life and loves to encourage people to share their individual (and guiding) spirits, so that they become all that they are CAPABLE of being.

The various books that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/craiglock http://www.creativekiwis.com/books.html www.lulu.com/craiglock and www.craigsbooks.wordpress.com

Craig’s new book ‘I’ll Do It My Way’: My Story, My Life, My Dream is now available at https://www.createspace.com/3779691

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://ogmandinobooks.wordpress.com and http://craigsblogs.wordpress.com

“The world’s smallest and most exclusive bookstore”

“A book is small enough to hold in your hand; but when you read it, the walls fall away and you’re in a room as big as the world.”

“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.”

– Chinese proverb

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”

– Groucho Marx

These thoughts may be freely published

PPS

“He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it. Dream lofty dreams and as you dream so shall you become.”
– James Allen

“No vision and you perish; No Ideal, and you’re lost; Your heart must ever cherish Some faith at any cost. Some hope, some dream to cling to, Some rainbow in the sky, Some melody to sing to, Some service that is high.”
– Harriet Du Autermont

“Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the sea-faring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides and following them, you reach your destiny.”
– Carl Schurz (US General and politician (born in Germany 1829,
d 1906)

“Since I can never see your face,
And never shake you by the hand,
I send my soul through time and space
To greet you. You will understand.”
– James Elroy Flecker

“Together, one mind, one heart, one life at a time, let’s plant the seeds of a better and brighter future.”

A List of Famous Og Mandino Quotes

Love

Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future. You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity, and the sour sound of whining will certainly frighten away any opportunity for success. Never again. There is a better way.

Og Mandino

Present

Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it because it gives any challenge or any occupation, no mater how frightening or difficult, a new meaning. Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it you can accomplish miracles.

Og Mandino

Enthusiasm

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

Og Mandino

Failure

I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek rest. I will act now for now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.

Og Mandino

Action

I will greet this day with love in my heart. For this is the greatest secret of success in all ventures. Muscles can split a shield and even destroy life itself but only the unseen power of love can open the hearts of man. And until I master this act I will remain no more than a peddler in the marketplace. I will make love my greatest weapon and none on who I call can defend upon its force… my love will melt all hearts liken to the sun whose rays soften the coldest day.

Article Title: A List of Famous Og Mandino Quotes
Shared by: Craig Lock
Key words (tags): Inspiration, Og Mandino, Og Mandino quotes, words of encouragement, empowerment, upliftment and inspiration, inspirational books, good books, spiritual, spiritual growth

Web sites: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 and http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://ogmandinobooks.wordpress.com and http://craigsblogs.wordpress.

We share what we know, so that we all may grow.”

A List of Famous Og Mandino Quotes

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A list of quotes from Og Mandino. Here are the best Og Mandino quotes on various subjects. The Og Mandino quotations list is alphabetical but can be sorted by any column. Enjoy these sayings coined by Og Mandino. You may want to copy this fact-based list to build your own just like it, re-rank it to fit your opinions, then publish it to share it on Facebook, Twitter or any other social sites you frequent.

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Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Og Mandino

Excellence

Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

Og Mandino

Extra Mile

Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that your children need models, not critics, and your own progress will hasten when you constantly strive to present your best side to your children. And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success.

Og Mandino

Rewards

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

Og Mandino

Adversity

Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your progress. Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that you are a creature of God and have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your thoughts. You can fly when you decide that you can. Never consider yourself defeated again. Let the vision in your heart be in your life’s blueprint. Smile!

Og Mandino

Thoughts and Thinking

Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.

Og Mandino

Appreciation

Deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be half won when you learn the secret of putting out more than is expected in all that you do. Make yourself so valuable in your work that eventually you will become indispensable.

Og Mandino

Excellence

Do all things with love.

Og Mandino

Heart

If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will think of past success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be the master of my emotions.

Og Mandino

Emotion

It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.

Og Mandino

Concentration

Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat and worry with laughter at your predicaments, thus freeing your mind to think clearly toward the solution that is certain to come. Never take yourself too seriously.

Og Mandino

Laughter

Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.

Og Mandino

Action

Live this day as if it will be your last. Remember that you will only find tomorrow on the calendars of fools. Forget yesterday’s defeats and ignore the problems of tomorrow. This is it. Doomsday. All you have. Make it the best day of your year. The saddest words you can ever utter are, If I had my life to live over again. Take the baton, now. Run with it! This is your day! Beginning today, treat everyone you meet, friend or foe, loved one or stranger, as if they were going to be dead at midnight. Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

Og Mandino

Life and Living

Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along. This applies to play as well as work. A day merely survived is no cause for celebration. You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine. No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not tomorrow!

Og Mandino

Progress

Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy. Guard your fragile life carefully. Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.

Og Mandino

Control

Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your trademark, if you are cutting corners and shirking responsibilities. You are special. Act it. Never neglect the little things.

Og Mandino

Things and Little Things

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better or quit. Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.

Og Mandino

Obstacles

One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one’s ability. There is a special sense of satisfaction, a pride in surveying such a work, a work which is rounded, full, exact, complete in its parts, which the superficial person who leaves his or her work in a slovenly, slipshod, half-finished condition, can never know. It is this conscientious completeness which turns any work into art. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement.

Og Mandino

Excellence

Opportunities, many times, are so small that we glimpse them not and yet they are often the seeds of great enterprises. Opportunities are also everywhere and so you must always let your hook be hanging. When you least expect it, a great fish will swim by.

Og Mandino

Opportunity

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

Og Mandino

Happiness

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Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valleys you must traverse. Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it and prosper.

Og Mandino

Adversity

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Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is… the highway to success.

Og Mandino

Character

· 28

Take the attitude of a student, Never be to big to ask questions, Never know to much to learn something new.

Og Mandino

Attitude

· 29

The great difference between those who succeed and those who fail does not consist in the amount of work done by each but in the amount of intelligent work. Many of those who fail most ignominiously do enough to achieve grand success but they labor haphazardly at whatever they are assigned, building up with one hand to tear down with the other. They do not grasp circumstances and change them into opportunities. They have no faculty for turning honest defeats into telling victories. With ability enough and ample time, the major ingredients of success, they are forever throwing back and forth an empty shuttle and the real web of their life is never woven.

Og Mandino

Concentration

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The master of a single trade can support a family. The master of seven trades cannot support himself. The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound.

Og Mandino

Concentration

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The only certain means of is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

Og Mandino

Success

· 32

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.

Og Mandino

Excellence

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The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams.

Og Mandino

Success

· 34

The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything. Drops of water, by continually falling, hone their passage through the hardest of rocks but the hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar and leaves no trace behind.

Og Mandino

Concentration

· 35

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

Og Mandino

Adversity

· 36

To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you’re dead.

Og Mandino

Procrastination

· 37

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

Og Mandino

Courage

· 38

Today, and every day, deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be half won when you learn the secret of putting out more than is expected in all that you do. Make yourself so valuable in your work that eventually you will become indispensable. Exercise your privilege to go the extra mile, and enjoy all the rewards you receive. You deserve them!

Og Mandino

Excellence

· 39

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished.

Og Mandino

Love

· 40

Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.

Og Mandino

Smile

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Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don’t look back at it too long. Mistakes are life’s way of teaching you. Your capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from your capacity to reach your goals. No one wins them all, and your failures, when they happen, are just part of your growth. Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come.

Og Mandino

Mistakes

· 42

Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!

Og Mandino

Service

· 43

You will achieve grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day — not long and difficult projects, but chores that will take you, step by step, toward your rainbow. Write them down, if you must, but limit your list so that you won’t have to drag today’s undone matters into tomorrow. Remember that you cannot build your pyramid in twenty-four hours. Be patient. Never allow your day to become so cluttered that you neglect your most important goal — to do the best you can, enjoy this day, and rest satisfied with what you have accomplished.

Og Mandino

Dream

From http://www.ranker.com/list/a-list-of-famous-og-mandino-quotes/reference

Success is not to be pursued. It is attracted by the person you become.”

Shared by Craig Lock (“Information and Inspiration Distributer”, Incorrigible Encourager and People-builder”)

“Man is mind
and evermore he takes the tool of thought…
and shaping what he wills,
brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills.
He thinks in secret
and it comes to pass –
environment is but his looking glass.”
– author unknown

(Thanks so much for sharing with me, dad!)

“It is not as important to succeed, but to persist.”
– inspiring words that greatly encourage me from great South African writer and humanitarian, Alan Paton (author of ‘Cry the Beloved Country’)

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
– Colette

“One person with a dream can accomplish more than 100 others without one. If you have a burning desire, you can accomplish anything. The biographies of great men and women are full of stories of how they did seemingly impossible things because they had a dream.”
– author unknown

” Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Oh man! There is no planet sun or star could hold you, if you but knew what you are.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

” I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have.”
– Abraham Lincoln

” He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his
heart, will one day realize it. Dream lofty dreams and as
you dream so shall you become.”
– James Allen

“No vision and you perish; No Ideal, and you’re lost; Your heart must
ever cherish Some faith at any cost. Some hope, some dream to cling to, Some rainbow in the sky, Some melody to sing to, Some service that is high.”
– Harriet Du Autermont

About the Submitter:
Craig believes in (and loves) sharing information and insights to make a difference in this world: to help and especially encourage people along life’s magical journey … and that brings him the greatest joy.
www.craiglockbooks.com

The various books that Craig “felt inspired to write” (including ‘The Winning Mind’ and ‘Endless Possibilities, Far and Great Horizons’, as well as his latest “work” ‘The Champion”) are available at: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 and http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html

Also www.creativekiwis.com/index.php/books/74-craigs-books http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/craiglock+www.lulu.com/craiglock

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://ogmandinobooks.wordpress.com and http://craigsblogs.wordpress.com

“Together, one mind, one life at a time, let’s see how many people we can impact, empower, uplift and encourage to reach their fullest potentials.
Change YOUR world and you help change THE world…for the better. “

PPS

Success is not to be pursued. It is attracted by the person you become.”

Sharing Some More Famous Og Mandino Quotes

Article Title: Sharing Some More Famous Og Mandino Quotes

Shared by: Craig Lock
Key words (tags): Inspiration, Og Mandino, Og Mandino quotes, words of encouragement, empowerment, upliftment and inspiration, inspirational books, good books, spiritual, spiritual growth

Web sites: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 and http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://ogmandinobooks.wordpress.com and http://craigsblogs.wordpress.

We share what we know, so that we all may grow.”

From http://www.ranker.com/list/a-list-of-famous-og-mandino-quotes/reference

Success is not to be pursued. It is attracted by the person you become.”

Shared by Craig Lock (“Information and Inspiration Distributer”, Incorrigible Encourager and People-builder”)

(Thanks so much for sharing with me, dad!)

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
– Colette

” Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Oh man! There is no planet sun or star could hold you, if you but knew what you are.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

” I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have.”
– Abraham Lincoln

” He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his
heart, will one day realize it. Dream lofty dreams and as
you dream so shall you become.”
– James Allen

“No vision and you perish; No Ideal, and you’re lost; Your heart must
ever cherish Some faith at any cost. Some hope, some dream to cling to, Some rainbow in the sky, Some melody to sing to, Some service that is high.”
– Harriet Du Autermont

Also www.creativekiwis.com/index.php/books/74-craigs-books http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/craiglock+www.lulu.com/craiglock

The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at http://craigsblogs.wordpress.com

PPS

Success is not to be pursued. It is attracted by the person you become.”

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