“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” - Mark Twain
 
How are you preparing yourself for a happy death?

“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” - Malcolm Forbes
 
How has your education led you to an open mind?

“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow, and loses today. You are arranging what lies in fortunes control, and abandoning what lies in yours. The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately.” - Seneca
 
How do you arrange what lies in your control?

What Love Is All About
 
 It was a busy morning, at approximately 8:30 am, when an elderly gentleman, in his 80s arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He stated that he was in a hurry and that he had an appointment at 9:00 am. I took his vital signs, and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound.
 
On exam it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redressed his wound. While taking care of him, we began to engage in conversation. I asked him if he had a doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. I then inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while and was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.
 
As we talked and I finished dressing his wound, I asked if she would be worried if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, and hadn't recognized him in five years. I was surprised, and asked him, "And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?" He smiled and patted my hand and said, "She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is."
 
 
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“Don’t stumble over something behind you.” - Seneca the Younger
 
How do you prevent past events from negatively impacting your current situation?

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” - Mark Twain
 
How do you leave your forgiveness on the life of those who wronged you?

“Wealth consists not in having great possession, but in having few wants.” - Epictetus
 
How do you measure your wealth?

Please take a moment and check the Thrive Global Magazine article below where I was interviewed about the power of resilience in our everyday lives.
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/terry-tucker-of-motivational-check-as-long-as-you-dont-quit%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8ayou-can-never-be-defeated/

“Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued. It must happen.” - Victor Frankl
 
How are you allowing success to happen in your life?

“God has entrusted me with myself. No man is free who is not master of himself. A man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.” - Epictetus
 
How do you prevent external things from defining your happiness?