Sign in with Facebook
The Miracle Morning for College Students: The Not-So-Obvious Secrets to Success in College and Life
by
As a child, I lived in a small town in Arizona where no one ever left, and no one around me had big dreams. But I did. I dreamed of far-off places, exotic lands, exploring new cultures. I dreamed of seeing the world.
I was that kid.
“I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
―
―
“I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.”
―
―
“The person in life that you will always be with the most, is yourself. Because even when you are with others, you are still with yourself, too! When you wake up in the morning, you are with yourself, laying in bed at night you are with yourself, walking down the street in the sunlight you are with yourself.What kind of person do you want to walk down the street with? What kind of person do you want to wake up in the morning with? What kind of person do you want to see at the end of the day before you fall asleep? Because that person is yourself, and it's your responsibility to be that person you want to be with. I know I want to spend my life with a person who knows how to let things go, who's not full of hate, who's able to smile and be carefree. So that's who I have to be.”
―
―
“You can't make footprints in the sands of time by sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?”
―
―
“I have realized; it is during the times I am far outside my element that I experience myself the most. That I see and feel who I really am, the most! I think that's what a comet is like, you see, a comet is born in the outer realms of the universe! But it's only when it ventures too close to our sun or to other stars that it releases the blazing "tail" behind it and shoots brazen through the heavens! And meteors become sucked into our atmosphere before they burst like firecrackers and realize that they're shooting stars! That's why I enjoy taking myself out of my own element, my own comfort zone, and hurling myself out into the unknown. Because it's during those scary moments, those unsure steps taken, that I am able to see that I'm like a comet hitting a new atmosphere: suddenly I illuminate magnificently and fire dusts begin to fall off of me! I discover a smile I didn't know I had, I uncover a feeling that I didn't know existed in me... I see myself. I'm a shooting star. A meteor shower. But I'm not going to die out. I guess I'm more like a comet then. I'm just going to keep on coming back.”
―
―
The Reading Challenge Group-2018
— 16 members
— last activity Apr 04, 2020 07:17AM
Our group is a forum where readers can come together and talk about books and the reading experience. We will do reading challenges, group reads, and ...more
yiya’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at yiya’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
608 books
|
418 friends
175 books
|
311 friends
10 books
|
43 friends
128 books
|
50 friends
13 books
|
40 friends
1 book
|
17 friends
1 book
|
56 friends
1 book
|
3 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by yiya
Lists liked by yiya
