My friend Debbie Ford sent this as a reminder from Goethe that we are in charge of our lives, and that we alone decide what the outcomes of our lives will turn out to be – today, or for the rest of our lives.

Reflect on these words today – they may change the way you approach the world.  Thanks Debbie.

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I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.”    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832