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Here are a few little quotes that I really like. These are from the cups at work, part of "The Way I See It" collection.

# 30
The secret of attraction is to love
yourself. Attractive people judge
neither themselves nor others.
They are open to gestures of love.
They think about love, and
express their love in every action.
They know that love is not a mere
sentiment, but the ultimate truth
at the heart of the universe.

-- Deepak Chopra

#24

When I began writing, the words
that inspired me were these:
"A writer is someone who has written
today." If you want to be a writer,
what's stopping you?

-- J.A. Jance

#24 reminded me of something that Lisa (customer/writer) would say or probably has heard. She came in the other day and I meant to give her a cup that had that quote on it. Lisa is pretty encouraging in the writing thing, she points out that it is hard to get your writing out there, like in the sense of being comfortable that people are going to be reading what you have written. And she mentions that I should just set time aside each day to write. Even if it isn't much. She says that she gives herself a block of time to write each day.

And about #30, I really like the part about saying that attractive people judge neither themselves or others. Like I wish so much and try to not be judgemental about things. Like there is this really mean side of me that unfortunately people get to see of me, where I just say mean things. And I know I have the choice of saying it and being not very nice or just keeping it to myself and not letting myself get carried away with saying things that are mean or negative. It doesn't do anyone any good. Cause usually I just feel bad for having said whatever it is that I said and hurting someone in the progress. I really do wish that I could be a nicer person. Like I feel that it is one of the worst qualities about me. I am so not even close in any way of being perfect or being the best at anything and here I am finding myself wanting to knock others down who I feel need to be knocked down, whether it is egos or just certain personalities traits that ppl have that for some reason I am not good at tolerating. What gives me the right to be that way? It seems that everyone is the way they are for a reason, obviously we were all made differently for good reasons...not just created to annoy me in some way...that would be such a selfish way to look at things. But at the same time I get tired of hearing, "well that is just so-and-so for you". I feel like that statement is the lamest excuse for certain behaviors that really are unnacceptable. Behaviors such as plain being rude and/or mean to others. But then again, some ppl really are oblivious to how their actions affect others. Or either they are good at faking it. Oh well. I guess all I really need to be concerned with is trying to be the best person I can be and waking up everyday hoping to be better than I was the day before. Learn from past mistakes and try to make better decisions and help people out where I can and refrain from getting sucked into situations that I know aren't good and that in the end are just going to make me feel bad in any way, big or small.