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Jesus tells us to contemplate the flowers and learn from them how to live. The Buddha is said to have given a “silent sermon” once during which he held up a flower and gazed at it.
“It is also the essence of our growth. Through our human endowments of self-awareness and conscience, we become conscious of areas of weakness, areas for improvement, areas of talent that could be developed, areas that need to be changed or eliminated from our lives. Then, as we recognize and use our imagination and independent will to act on that awareness—making promises, setting goals, and being true to them—we build the strength of character, the being, that makes possible every other positive thing in our lives.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
“Proactive people can carry their own weather with them. Whether it rains or shines makes no difference to them. They are value driven; and if their value is to produce good quality work, it isn’t a function of whether the weather is conducive to it or not.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Ross’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ross’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
224 books
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90 friends
274 books
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44 books
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73 friends
173 books
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70 friends
222 books
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131 friends
230 books
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88 friends
370 books
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77 friends
25 books
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87 friends
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