Here is a little page that gives you the sage advice and profound words from various people. Think about it!

“Sometimes you just have to take the leap and build your wings on the way down.” -Kobi Yamada

My Two Cents:

I am a person and teacher who just loves and cares about others. I am compassionate, giving, real, humorous and I believe I have 100% control of how I react and respond to the events or words that come to me and how I go after my life and its many challenges. I believe that attitude is everything. What we put out, brings the same energy back. I believe that learning does happen in school, but we all need to get out and live and experience through our travels, adventures, relationships, and the knowledge that seems trite from every day experiences. I believe we must find time for ourselves each day to just breathe, relish in life's simple moments, listen to our feelings, feel our emotions, and not put too many expectations on life and just enjoy the present moment. I believe in thriving from life's adversities and seeking to find purpose and passion in all I do. I believe that I can be better, hence I can help you to be better. I am here to be the teacher you need and to help foster your own sense of self. I want you to be excited about the journey in front of you and don't shy away from the lessons, good and bad, that will teach you to become the person you want and need to be! I am here for you; remember that always!

Here is some life advice and quotes that have helped my growth:

"I am responsible.

Although I may not be able to prevent the worse from happening,

I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.

Bad things happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.

I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure of the most precious gift I have-life itself."-Walter Anderson

"Become aware that there are no accidents in our intelligent universe. Realize that everything that shows up in your life has something to teach you. Appreciate everyone and everything in your life."-Wayne Dyer

"In the midst of movement and chaos keep stillness inside you."-Deepak Chopra

"'I haven't got a brain...only straw'

'How come you talk if you haven't got a brain?'

'I don't know...But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking...don't they?'"

-Wizard of Oz; between Dorothy and Scarecrow

"Be yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already there. there is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just be."-Thich Nhat Hanh

"Of all the people you will know in your lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave or lose. To the question of your life, YOU ARE THE ONLY ANSWER. To the problems of your life, YOU ARE THE ONLY SOLUTION."-Jo Coudert

"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting."-e.e. cummings

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are"-e.e.cummings

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment."-Eckhart Tolle

"Once you have started seeing the beauty of life, ugliness starts disappearing. If you start looking at life with joy, sadness starts disappearing. you cannot have heaven and hell together, you can only have one. It is your choice."-Osho

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."-Kahlil Gibran

"If we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in awhile that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently."-Anthony Robbins

"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens."-Carl Jung

"It's important that people should know what you stand for. It's equally important that they know what you won't stand for."-Mary H. Waldrip

"If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye and say, I will be be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.' Then repeat to yourself the most comforting words of all: This Too Will Pass."-Ann Landers

"I was thinking today that we're all gonna die one day. And I was thinking of all the things I take for granted. And sometimes I forget how blessed I am. And I just wanted to say if, you're ever feeling down, just take a moment out of your day to think of everything that you cherish. Go make a friend with someone completely random. Hold the door open for someone, and if they don't even acknowledge you, just smile. Never stop smiling. And if you're ever feeling lost, take a chance. Dance and sing like no one's watching. If you like someone, tell them. Laugh at the stupid jokes only you and your best friend find funny. Laugh until your stomach hurts. And if you've ever been mean to anyone, and never got the chance to say you're sorry, apologize. Life is too short to waste your time being a jerk. Be yourself, cause nobody else can be. And if you want to cry, cry. Let it out. The best thing to do is just to stop thinking, and let things happen. And just because today may have been a terrible day, that doesn't mean that tomorrow won't be the best day of your entire life. You never know what's gonna happen, and that's the thing about life. Never look back, and never regret.

Always stay happy." <3

- Dakota Wint