Here are some words of encouragement I found at live bold and bloom. with 50 quotes to lift your spirits and brighten your day:

1. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ~Arthur Ashe

3. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~Anne Frank

4. “When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” ~Alexander Graham Bell

5. “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”~Helen Keller

6. “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” ~Harriet Beecher Stowe

7. “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt

8. “If you don’t pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.” ~David Allen

9. “I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.” ~Dalai Lama

10. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” ~Helen Keller

11. “It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” ~Joseph Campbell

12. “In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.” ~Tony Robbins

13. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ~Thomas A. Edison

14. “You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” ~C.S. Lewis

15. “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” ~Victor Kiam

16. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” ~Wayne Dyer

17. “Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.” ~Denis Waitley

18. “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” ~Thomas Jefferson

19. “The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.” ~Epictetus

20. “Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.” ~Miguel Angel Ruiz

21. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ~William James

22. “Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.” ~Jim Rohn

23. “I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.” ~Robert H. Schuller

24. “If it is bread that you seek, you will have bread. If it is the soul you seek, you will find the soul. If you understand this secret, you know you are that which you seek.” ~Rumi

25. “Always say ‘yes’ to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say ‘yes’ to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.” ~Eckhart Tolle

26. “Perhaps everything terrible is in its being something that needs our love.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke

27. “Hold on to what is good, even if it’s a handful of earth.” ~Hopi prayer

28. “Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.” ~Walt Whitman

29. “If you are going through hell, keep going.” ~Winston Churchill

30. “Tell you heart that the fear of suffering is worse than suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.” ~Paulo Coelho

31. “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future . . . but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.” ~Buddha

32. “In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.” ~Deepak Chopra

33. “Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keep friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.” ~Greenville Kleisser

34. “What you thought before has led to every choice you have made, and this adds up to you at this moment. If you want to change who you are physically, mentally, and spiritually, you will have to change what you think.” ~Dr. Patrick Gentempo

35. “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ~Leo Buscaglia

36. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” ~Japanese Proverb

37. “Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” ~Robert Schuller

38. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” ~Kenji Miyazawa

39. “By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands — your own.” ~Mark Victor Hansen

40. “Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” ~Stephen Covey

41. “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success.” ~Thomas J. Watson

42. “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” ~Maria Robinson

43. “If we did all the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.” ~Thomas Edison

44. “Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. ~Albert Einstein

45. “If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents — start charging for it.” ~Kim Garst

46. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” ~John D. Rockefeller

47. “Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ~Lolly Daskal

48. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” ~Michael John Bobak

49. “When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” ~Audre Lorde

50. “A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.” ~Vince Lombardi

On local News - Keeping people informed

From  press release last summer.

GNAT’s Executive Director, Tammie Reilly states, “the local focus that we need to be informed and engaged citizens. This is an immense project for our small organization, but now is the time to move forward to play a role in meeting our communities’ local information needs. “

I could not agree more. I have been telling my husband this for years. The loss of print journalism is a shame. With the internet and social media , the real important local info is not getting out there. 

Recently I e mailed my town clerk about a few issues and she couldn’t be bothered to answer with at least a sentence. Her reply just stated the select board member  I should contact and his e mail address. She couldn’t even forward it to him?  Basically it was ignored and I had to then send it to him. 

There is a big problem brewing. People just pass the virtual buck around and one cannot get an answer. Too much information, too much poor information, too much apathy.  One has to spend more time on line to go to all the local news sites. When you finally find the link you want many times it gives you the big 404 denial. 

The Bennington Banner, The Rutland Heralds, Brattleboro Reformer, The Burlington Free Press , The New York Times, most want to limit the amount of articles you can read per month or you have to pay. This disenfranchises the low income, budget minded, poor, the children. 

I miss newspapers. One cannot flip through a paper while waiting at the dentist. Employees do not bring them to work and share info at break time. Comics, crosswords.  Reading to the elderly.  With the loss of a real paper, the on line “ papers”  now have an opposite effect. Once connected by papers and coffee shops, conversations are now Tweets and Snaps and  has become being connected with a cell phone.  Now many people , all across the country are in the dark about their region and County goings on. 

 I believe this to be a very serious matter. Not only are people mis informed, they are NOT informed. We are in the dark,  (unless one can, is able, or wants to spend 6 hrs a day on line reading a screen) and this could have serious consequences to humanity.

 As all the small local papers  have either gone under, print half the pages they used to, they all have even a smaller staff now that has to try to get the issue to the printer and distribute it and keep the on line version updated. Both need ad revenue

My question then, is revenue from ad space non existent  ? Is there room  and income to re - grow a paper after it has all but ceased printing and succumbed to the internet?  Publications are in between trying to print and up load.  A lot of the on line papers have poor links, out dated articles, disorganized..just terrible layout in general. 

ok that’s my rant.

I am unemployed. Perhaps I should find my press hat.

Sincerely,

Diane Denby