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Ah, Oscar Wilde! He says the things that seem so witty and funny, but the more I think about them, the more I realize that they are the truth laughing right along with me.

He’s right. I CAN survive everything except death. If I’m still alive, I’m going to be fighting it and going strong, even if I’m paraplegic, I’m going to be there just like Christopher Reeve. I’ll keep going until death slips its icy fingers around my throat. You can’t stop me.

“Live down everything except a good reputation.”

That idea is what I thought was the joke, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that he was telling the truth. Once you’ve worked so hard to earn a good reputation, it IS difficult to live it down. You can make a lot of mistakes and still have a good reputation. It takes gross incompetency to live down a good reputation and even then, people will still believe in you.

So, when you’re making those important decisions in your life like whether you should do a little overtime at work or not, go with the choice that builds up your good reputation. Once you earn one, it will be hard to live it down.

I had a heartbreaking comment on Starling Fitness the other day:

i would like to know what jessica simpson did to look so good for the dukes of hazzard. i love her body. can you help me out

I don’t know if my response to her was the best. I told her that the article I was commenting on had said to eat less and exercise more, but more importantly she shouldn’t be so interested in trying to be a cheap Jessica Simpson rip off. I should have sent her these quotes instead.

I used to believe that bigger is better. A bigger house is better than a small house. I believed it so fully that I couldn’t fathom any other idea. The idea that a smaller house might be better for some people didn’t even cross my mind.

That’s why I grieved so much when we had to sell our 3500 square foot house.

After three or four months living in our new 873 square foot house, I was shocked to realize that I no longer felt grief. I felt relieved. The burden of cleaning and maintaining that huge house was suddenly off my shoulders. I could easily mow the lawn. I could easily clean this new tiny house. I could even hear my husband no matter where he was in the house when he called me. There was no need for an intercom, he was never more than a few feet away.

I couldn’t believe how easier life had become for me because I was forced to live in a smaller home. I have recently decided to see what else could make my life more blissful and I started by finding The Simple Living Guide at a used bookstore. I have found that bigger is not necessarily better and I’m eager to find out what else I believe might not be true.

For other quotations about Simplicity, click here:

• Simplicity Quotes – The Quotations Page

It’s the middle of January. If your New Year’s Resolution was to exercise more, then you’re probably hurting right now. You might even be considering throwing in the towel. Exercise is one of the most vivid examples of painful experiences that are good for us.

Of course, there are other things that are painful that in the end are good for us: divorce, death, moving, having children, sickness, and the list goes on. It’s hard to look at them like that, but the truth of the matter is we come away from those experiences stronger and better people. If we are strong enough to survive that list of pain, then we are better people for it.

If you are dealing with muscle aches right now, focus on your desired outcome. Imagine what your life will be like when you reach your goals. Vividly envision what you will look like and how it will feel when you cross that finish line. You are worth it.

If you are dealing with pain of a more serious kind, my advice is the same. Focus on your desired outcome. Imagine what your life will be like when you survive this difficult time. Vividly envision your new future after you have surmounted this barrier. You are worth it, so you will survive it.

I don’t want to believe this quote. I refuse to consider myself the prisoner of my own experiences. I control what I think. I can change my thoughts about my prejudices. I refuse to give the responsibility of my beliefs over to the vagrancies of my mind.

Poor Edward R. Murrow. This quote tells me so much about him and it makes me sad for him. He lived his life with such morality that I’m surprised by this quotation. I believe that we can escape our prejudices and we are not prisoners of our minds and experiences. It grieves me that such a great man believed the opposite.

Here are a couple of biographies about Edward R. Murrow:

• Edward R. Murrow – Biography

• Edward R. Murrow – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For all of the Edward R. Murrow quotations, click here:

Edward R. Murrow Quotes – The Quotations Page