Phoebe Featherly

Change Your Mind

“When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.” ~ Viktor E. Frankl More on changing your mind: “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”~ Maya Angelou “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”~Continue reading “Change Your Mind”

Be Positive

“The worst thing that can happen in a democracy – as well as in an individual’s life – is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.” ~ Hillary Clinton More about positivity: “The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.”~ Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel “TheContinue reading “Be Positive”

Hope

“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” ~ MichelleContinue reading “Hope”

Find Your Voice

“I will use my voice to change the world, spreading hope, spreading love, and spreading life, ’cause the world needs that. That’s enough for me.” ~ Victoria Arlen More on finding your voice: “There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It’s always been myContinue reading “Find Your Voice”

Practice

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” ~ Dalai Lama More on practice: “It’s a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you,Continue reading “Practice”

Nourish

“I love to talk about cooking and recipes, but I love as much talking about how food and cooking can change the world.” ~ Jose Andres More on nourishment: “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.~ Mother Teresa “Art was, seriously, the only thing I’d ever wanted to own. It hasContinue reading “Nourish”

Let It Be

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ~ Lao Tzu More on letting it be: “Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do youContinue reading “Let It Be”

Adapt

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. “ ~ Charles Darwin More on adaptation: “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”~ Albert Einstein “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”~ GeorgeContinue reading “Adapt”

Think

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.” The Buddha More about thought: “We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.”~ Santos Kalwar, Quote Me Everyday The soul becomes dyed with the color of itsContinue reading “Think”

Believe

“The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones who do.” ~ John McAfee More on Belief: “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”~ Theodore Roosevelt “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.”~ Maya Angelou “I was taught that to create anything you had toContinue reading “Believe”