Meaningful Mondays - Arrows Out

Decide to Try

"...One of the central elements of the word charACTer is A, C, T.  How one acts reveals in a powerful way his or her true character." 

Civility at an NFL Game?

“Gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant."
- Gordon B. Hinckley

"Genuine tolerance does not mean ignoring differences as if differences made no difference. Genuine tolerance means engaging differences within a bond of civility and respect."
- Richard John Neuhaus

Profit or ?

“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue..."
- Victor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning."

Me to We... Vision

What holds the "We" in your family and/or Business?
- A Common Vision... of what your trying to achieve and how your going to achieve it.

"And, if not!"- a tribute to Carolyn Thompson

"Life is about the journey- not the destination. Live the journey right and the destination takes care of itself."
- Lee Brower

Tribute to Joe

“Instead of life dictating its terms, you are choosing what is remembered, what matters, and what will be attainable to future generations.”
- The Brower Quadrant, pg. 55

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity… Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."
—Melodie Beattie

Wacky Culture

"The culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behavior the leaders are willing to tolerate."
- Gruenter & Whitaker

Compete: To work alongside; to strive together.

Maturity

"The world today is so full of information which tries to not only inform, but sometimes to misinform us. Just as the capacity to defer gratification is a sign of real maturity, likewise is the willingness to wait for deferred explanation is the sign of real faith and trust."
- Neal A. Maxwell

Bruce Linger and Courage

"Never postpone or ignore a virtuous prompting." Thomas S. Monson

Twenty Five Years?

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."
- Henry Ford
"I have no idea when I might graduate to the next life. All I know is that when I do, go, I don't want it to be my fault"
- Lee Brower