Don't Negotiate with Terrorists

Endurance athlete David Dack on running (and life):

"No one tells you running is 10 percent cardio and 90 percent negotiating with the voice begging you to quit."

Note: substitute any good thing you do for "running".

Proof of Learning

I haven't really learned something unless what I've learned changes me.

-Sr Bednarek 

Put Something Down

"The problem with keeping your options open is that every option requires energy to hold. And a shelf full of maybes is often heavier than a hand holding one yes. Put something down."

-James Clear 

Murmuring

"Your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord."

Exodus 16:8

He's never trying to hurt me, and doesn't deserve murmuring 

Power of Prayer

"Prayer transforms the quality of our action"

-Lisa Wang

It's Not Part of Me Until I Make It Part of Me

"You don't have to claim everything you feel."

-James Clear 

Actual Change

"If your goal is to actually change someone’s mind... then you should be operating in the conversation as if you’re talking to the hero of the story, who is basically good but has been misled."

-Useful Fictions

This probably also applies when I'm talking to myself.

"You can make someone feel as if you’re not a villain mocking them, but rather, a sympathetic helper who can bring them new information."

"Entering into this perspective of non-superiority, briefly, is what allows us to actually be better, to temporarily see the ways we could really be kinder, more curious, more humble. It’s what empowers us to think daring thoughts like “maybe I’m the problem in this relationship.”"

Hopefulness v Cynicism

"Hopefulness is not a neutral position. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. Each redemptive or loving act, as small as you like... keeps the devil down in the hole. It says the world and its inhabitants have value and are worth defending. It says the world is worth believing in. In time, we come to find that it is so."

The Feeling Stays

People won't remember what you said. They will remember how you made them feel.

-Maya Angelou (paraphrased)

I Want to See How It Turns Out

If you appeal to curiosity, it pulls you forward. The irresistible desire to know more propels you.

-Ingrid Fetell Lee

Blessed in All Things

From Brook P Hales October 2024 "Mortality Works!"

"...they are blessed in all things..."

ALL things

Glory in My Infirmaties

From Brook P Hales October 2024 "Mortality Works!"

"...[I will] glory in my infirmities..."

An infirmity can transform me if I let it.

Kinder

From Brook P Hales October 2024 "Mortality Works!"

"I sincerely hope that as a result of my life's experiences - good and bad - I am kinder to others, treat others as the Savior would, and have greater understanding for the sinner..."

Joy

From Russell M. Nelson's October 2016 "Joy and Spiritual Survival":

"...The joy we feel has littls to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives."

Still

From L. Todd. Budge's October 2024 "Seek Him With All Your Heart":

"Being still, however, requires more than just making time for the Lord - it requires letting go of our doubtful and fearful thoughts and focusing our hearts and minds on Him."

I need to have a still place inside of me that I can enter even amidst external chaos. A center of peace. A Holy of Holies that can't be touched.

Love Them, Let Them Know

From N. Eldon Tanner's October 1978 "The Blessing of Church Interviews":

"...realize that they are spirit children of God, and that we love them and let them know that we love them..."

I need to find a way to love. I can look at someone and think of one thing I honestly like about them.

Who I Can Be

From Brad Wilcox's October 2024 "O Youth of the Noble Birthright":

"He sees you as you really are - flaws, weaknesses, regrets, and all. Because He is full of grace, He sees you as you really can be. He meets you where you are and helps you repent and improve, overcome, and become."

Greater Measure of Grace

From Brad Wilcox's October 2024 "O Youth of the Noble Birthright":

"Your covenant relationship with God and Jesus Christ is a relationship of love and trust in which you have a greater measure of their grace - their divine assistance, endowment of strength, and enabling power."

Have v. Become

From Brad Wilcox's October 2024 "O Youth of the Noble Birthright":

"It would be easy for Heavenly Father to simply give you all that He has. His desire is to help you become all that He is"

Believe, Act, Try Again

From David A. Bednar's October 2024 "In the Space of Not Many Years":

"...believing the teachings in the holy scriptures and of the prophets, exercising faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repenting of their sins, and experiencing a mighty change of heart."

Anchoring empowering beliefs, acting on those beliefs, trying again after acting short-sightedly on emotion instead of an empowering belief.