Mary anne radmacher quotes

Great leadership is not the visit of an unexpected fate but rather a flame which is kept burning in spite of the winds of risk and opposition.

Weariness comes, on some days, from lack of service to self.

Who were you before you put yourself last.

Curiosity takes courage. The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself. Pay Attention. Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.

Take time to play! Ask for what you want. Laugh. Live loudly. Be avid. Learn a new thing. Be Yourself!

Work as smart as you are able.

Speak quietly to yourself and promise there will be better days. Whisper gently to yourself and provide assurance that you really are extending your best effort. Console your bruised and tender spirit with reminders of many other successes. Offer comfort in practical and tangible ways - as if you were encouraging your dearest friend. Recognize that on certain days the greatest grace is that the day is over and you get to close your eyes. Tomorrow comes more brightly.

It takes discipline and compassion to awaken the divine in ourselves long enough to recognize the divine in another.

Our daily decisions create the scrapbook of our life.

The opportunity for greater courage comes in the most ordinary of moments.

RESPONSIBILITY: Fulfill the obligations that the past posts to me. Embrace the opportunity for service based in love.

The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be. Because of all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap.

Your point of view sets you up well in advance for how you view the events as they unfold.

Yes! it takes courage to act upon your dreams.

It is not the easy or convenient life for which I search, but life lived to the edge of all that I may be.

If being good isn't working - try being outrageous.

In your days - things like this happen to you... You get a tap, a nudge, a gentle shake, and life whispers to you, "I know you're tired - but I don't want you to miss this."

Forgiveness is really a gift to yourself - have the compassion to forgive others, and the courage to forgive yourself.

Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.

I think one of the finest gifts I can give my friends in the holiday season is to pause with a long enough quality to actually SEE them. My calm, unhurried presence communicates this gift of a message, "I see you. I recognize you. I remember our times of together and am contributing right now to another quality memory. I value you and honor and take the time, right this moment to pause long enough to truly notice you."

Live boldly. Laugh Loudly. Love Truly. Play as often as you can Work as smart as you are able. Share your heart as deeply as you can reach.

Fate makes us family. choice makes us friends.

In whose wonder do you get to participate today?

Even from the darkest night songs of beauty can be born.

In the midst of the flurry - clarity. In the midst of the storm - calm. In the midst of divided interests - certainty. In the many roads - a certain choice.

The most important promises are the ones we make to ourselves. The promises we makes to ourselves are the things that assure us we have the capacity to keep our promises to others.

I confessed recently to an old friend, "I realized I was looking at you, in your visit, through old glasses. Speaking old words. Telling old stories. I realize that in my life I've made so many physical changes and I need to give my spirit time to catch up." Time for my spirit to look at my friend through the new glasses of current life experiences. Old friends are precious. They become even more treasured when they are wrapped in the currentness of life experiences and not relegated to the past in which they once lived.

Vision stands on the shoulders of what is actual to get a better view of what is possible.

Recognize that on certain days the greatest grace is that the day is over and you get to close your eyes. Tomorrow comes more brightly.

What power there is in our service when our actions line up with our mission, skills and joy.

I appreciate the boldness of gratitude in the quiet, unspoken depths and its ability to buoy another by being articulated.

Do not allow obligation or immediacy to bind you to physical things or specific actions.

I will not be governed by the tyranny of immediacy.

Don't Wait! Start on your dreams, your impulses, your longings, your special occasions today. Because this is your moment.

Wonder what opportunities you pass, unwittingly, because your hands are so busy clasping what you think you have always known.

Judgment and weariness are foes to service and generosity.

Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end.

Consider calling it a challenge rather than calling it a crisis.

Ask today as you consider the many choices in your view - what is the highest and best use of your talents, skills and abilities? When you answer that, seize the opportunity to sharpen those qualities even more sharply by applying your focused effort.

Pick up a stone that feels good to you and is small enough to hold in one hand. Consider how long that stone has been around and what enormous pressure it has experienced. Draw strength from its long history.

Your eyes must not determine what you see. pay attention.

Loving is the most unmitigated and courageous act I perform in a day.

In my own deepening understanding of myself I find my capacity to serve others is deepened as well. The better I am at self-care the more genuinely nurturing of others I am able to be.

Every possibility begins with the courage to imagine.

BUILD UP YOUR CIRCLE.... A mind that perceives What can rationally be. A spirit that sees Innovative possibility. A heart that is open to Both beginnings and ends. A firm hand that fits readily To the reach of a friend.

In the quiet of this day may you know the greatness of your spirit and may your hopes fly on the wings of possibility.

Plant the seeds of your dreams and weed all the objections out.

Manage through the uncertainties. Practice appropriate actions and participate in healthy choices. Value and celebrate the loyalty of the individuals around you: celebrate their competencies and successes, as well as your own. Build up your circle and reinforce it at every opportunity.

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

I offer gentle understanding to myself. I position myself in love, not fear. I look behind me with forgiveness. I look forward with festive anticipation. I embrace this holy moment and assert, "Now. This moment is the moment to love, the moment to serve, the moment to seize the legacy instead of the small. Now. Now I will live large, love boldly, reach to the edges of my unfurled heart and fully enrolled hope."

See beauty in those unexpected places. (she asked herself how people could let Bach be background noise.) See the opportunity in what looks like inconvenience. (she steered clear of the traffic jam and went to the bakery she's been meaning to stop at.) She embraces the undeclared possibility in what seems like just another ordinary day. (her friend is scheduled for cancer surgery and suddenly everything around her seems so very precious.)

In my prayers I never said I needed a home. I said I wanted a sanctuary.

One whispered yes becomes the wind song over an ocean of no's.

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

Making promises to myself, in my personal writing practice, has been important to me all my life. In practical application it is so much easier for me to make promises to others, and keep them, than it is to make promises to myself. "Why is that?" and the answer I gave myself is that in making promises to others I create a model of accountability and reinforcement. I duplicate that in my writing and have grown increasingly better at making and keeping promises to myself.

Persevere. Plan. Strategize. Focus. Breathe. Write. Let go: relax. Forgive. All this failing: take a nap.

Change the conversation of the world by dwelling on what's gone right.

Nurturing is not complex. It's simply being tuned in to the thing or person before you and offering small gestures toward what it needs at that time.

At first glance it may appear too hard. Look again. Always look again.

Courage doesn't always roar.

May your season shine with delight and surprise.

Be guided by the stars which you place well on the canopy of your night sky.

A Single Generosity Enlarges the World.

I will dance a little. I will move with the wind. I will give my body to my love and celebrate that we have substance beyond the idea of ourselves. We can move. We can touch. This is my physical exclamation point. This is how I can awaken my mind to the possibilities in the day.

We laugh to survive. Then, with joy we thrive.

Be avid. Create apart from perfection. Risk failure. Cover your words with sweat. Run a little Touch excruciatingly. Laugh until you cry. Dance with your eyes closed. Care. Understand you die a little in every moment. Be Enlivened

It is a better thing to weigh and measure priorities in the illuminating light of your own mission than to have your activities formed by the impressions and expectations of others.

Expressing gratitude seems like a cosmic invitation for all kinds of thankfulness and appreciation to pour in.

Begin as if you will finish. Let the story be told that you had the courage to begin.

I am the owner of my choices. I am the source for the perspectives I choose to hold regardless of how aware I am of why or how I come to possess that particular perspective. It takes courage to look into the mirror of our souls, absent excuses. I will look into that mirror little bits at a time. SEE and ACT. SEE what I can bear to see and ACT upon what I am able. This is the heart of a gentle invitation to personal responsibility.

Take a deep breath and do the difficult thing first.

I like to talk about a thing I call a "practiced pause." Just a few moments of pausing allows me to consider a circumstance and take stock of what the best direction might be. Reactions tend to rise from habit and unconsidered action. A Response is considered and thoughtful. My actions are my own and I am, singularly, responsible for what I see, say, feel and exert.

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. Mary

One movement toward light becomes a clear signpost on a long road.

There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.

What if we just acted like everything was easy?

Protect your vision. Prevail over adversity. Persevere in the midst of turmoil. Passionately act upon your convictions. Purposely walk into the day.

At the end of a matter ask, "What will I learn from this to make me better?"

That I was born to this circle - I am blessed. That I choose to stand in this circle - I am proud.

It is (often) the quiet gesture which carries the most significance - the one which suddenly directs the symphony.

We tell the real truth of our life by the stories we repeatedly tell.

Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.

There is no small act of kindness.

Laughter is what spills over the edge of an inspired life.

LOVE LETTERS TO YOURSELF This is taken from a love letter (a gentle reminder) I wrote to myself recently. Live in your joy today. Be authentic. Love yourself. First. Love others from your own abundance. Life Changes. Circumstances change. Sometimes you try to fit your old way of being into new circumstances rather than becoming new yourself. Embrace transformation as an opportunity. And keep on writing love letters to yourself.

Share your heart as deeply as you can reach.

If i had known... i would have lingered over my coffee a little longer.

USE this time of fresh beginnings. Use it as an impetus, the force or energy toward change. Become stronger, a better leader, more focused in your thoughts. Exert more influence over your dreams by bringing them closer to your thoughts, every day.

It is of the small joys and little pleasures that the greatest of our days are built.

Shake structures. School yourself. Look twice at a thing, once upside down. Answer yourself clearly.

Sometimes the things you really want sneak in the back door. Notice.

My key to living an inspired life involves Embracing my history, Understanding the function of expectations and gently learning to have none; Recognizing the power of attentive and conscious choices. In all circumstances I acknowledge this, IN ALL THINGS AND ALL WAYS, I HAVE CHOICE. My choice resides in my perspective. While I certainly do not control climate and markets and roadways and others, I do control myself and my response to all those circumstances. I do indeed.

Stand often in the company of dreamers: they tickle your common sense & believe you can achieve things which are impossible.

Today I offer a prayer of forgiveness: forgive the pettiness of my ingratitude... the absence of profound thankfulness.

I recognize the delivery of grace to my day, even if I cannot identify a specific return address.

Dare to dream of your great success.

Some days are simply meant for playing.

As you awaken, may your dreams greet you by name, and may you answer, "Yes!"

Listen to the compass of your heart. All you need lies within you.

The boldness of endurance is the underline to almost every success.

A bird only flies. It does not turn to another bird and ask, am I doing this right?

Unexpected events can set you back or set you up. It's all a matter of - perspective.

Tonight, late, when I'm still not done with the day but must comply with sleep, I can whisper, "There was done a little good today. Today I changed myself and the world, just a little. And yes, I loved." Most days, that is enough.

Find your balance and stand with it. Find your song and sing it out. Find your cadence and let it appear like a dance. Find the questions that only you know how to ask and The answers that you are content to not know.

May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility.

Pain is a difficult companion. There's no getting around that. But, if pain is to be a companion, searching and discovering your own best ways to travel with that pain will lead you to the joy that you long to have. They are your paths, your ways and while my experience and the experiences of others may inspire you, ultimately it will be the choices you discover and make for yourself that lead you to certain joy in the midst of your challenges.

Extend your hand with the strongest reach.

Healthy choices thread through every aspect of life.

The challenge before us is to savor the unknown and delight in the taste of possibility.

I take every opportunity to articulate to others the ways that they have blessed and influenced me. I hold sweet memories of making the opportunity to thank teachers who have influenced me. I encourage everyone to seize opportunities to tell people who have made a gift of knowledge or influence.

Lean forward into your life. Begin each day as if it were on purpose.

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen Hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh.

Just stop it. Seriously. Whatever it is. Just stop it. If only for an hour, a day, a week. Stop doing it long enough to get a glimpse of what the change would actually look like.

It takes courage to reinvent joys, to reinvent opportunities, to reinvent dreams, to reinvent connections, to reinvent hopes that you have set aside.

Choose the whole of your environment, things and events, based upon the value, meaning and function they hold. Do not allow obligation or immediacy to bind you to physical things or specific actions.

What are the proper grounds for joy? Is it circumstance which will determine the stature of my spirit? Ah, no. It is choice. It is always a choice - in the face of any event - for joy.

Your responsibility is to be an explorer, not a tourist in this adventure that is your life.

Best Friends: we're a parade - even by ourselves!

Lean forward into your life... catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life.

When we have a circle of friends, we have more fun. We get more done, we feel and are stronger, and we really do celebrate the power of our 'us.'

May a thread of comfort be woven through your difficult days.

See stars in the changing season and dance among them, shining.

Discover the tools to build your own vision.

We listen. We listen. We move. We sit. It rains. The sun comes out. (there stands a friend) We listen. We laugh. We share. We sit. We dance. It rains. There stands a friend. We listen. We share. We sit. We dance. The sun comes up. There. I stand, a friend.

Dare to dream of your great success. Become intimate with those things which deeply motivate you and regularly work toward the realization of that mission.