Comments on: GoodTherapy.org Weekly Inspirational Thoughts

By: Keli

Keli — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:15:18 +0000

I love it when you can find inspiration from someone you may not always expect to get that kind of wisdom and inspiration from. Americans have probably always thought that GB was a great comedian but not necessarily the philosopher du jour. I think that the words posted here is something that we can all take something positive away from. Who wants to waste their lives doing something that they hate? Life is too short to spend so much time doing something that they hate? Not me.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:04:35 +0000

Have given this very thing a lot of thought over the past few months. I want to leave my job because I hate it and it is nothing like the things that I really enjoy doing. But then I have this fear because I have to support my family right? And I am good at what I do but I swear it’s making me miserable. I think about all of the people who have been hit by unemployment over the past few years and how many of them would kill for a job that pays like mine, but it makes me want to throw up sometimes to think about having to go back. I am so torn, and my wife has threatened me that I better not quit because this is how we live. But I am just not sure how much more of it I can take.

By: Dolly

Dolly — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:06:36 +0000

Sounds like George Burns had more insight than he was given credit for
No wonder he and Gracie stayed married for so long!

By: jess ryder

jess ryder — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:31:55 +0000

while its not easy to love everything we do and not all of us are capable of doing that,we can all be happy doing something we love..and chances are that the pursuit will be a success because there is no limit to how much we work towards the goal when we are in love with what were doing..

By: martin

martin — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:02:00 +0000

rightly said by George Burns.there is just so much satisfaction in doing something you love as opposed to something you have to do,irrespective of the result.I think the very feeling of doing what you love is far more precious than the feeling of success in something that you don’t really like.

By: joye

joye — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:04:47 +0000

Is it too much to ask to want to be a success at something that I love? Why is this something that seems to elude us?

By: konacoffee

konacoffee — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:04:11 +0000

In some ways I can relate to this because I like doing the things that I love too.

But I also strongly feel that there are those people, lots of them in fact, who thrive far more at feeling like they are successful at something that just because they love it. We all tend to get fairly discouraged when even though ypu like something you continuously can’t get it right and fail. Feeling like a failure over and over again is not good for anyone’s self esteem!

By: alice

alice — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:08:00 +0000

I love coming across something unexpected like this. Here is a man who was known for being so comical and rarely serious, yet here he is telling us one of the greatest truths that any of us could ever embrace. Do what you love and not necessarily what you are good at, because what you are good at will only get you so far, but doing what you really love is what will allow you to shine.

By: Brett James

Brett James — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:41:47 +0000

Well said George!!

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:04:22 +0000

This could be the best lesson that we ever learn, so let’s all start making this a message to every young and impressionable mind that we encounter- the world does not revolve around us. We are an integral part of this world, but so are the other billion souls on this earth we live with. No one of us is more important than another. Love encompasses us all, was created for us all, and we, in our own little spaces, are a part that makes this world complete.

By: John

John — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:25:50 +0000

The Beatles had it right, eh?
All you need is love

By: laura

laura — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 02:08:22 +0000

Loved the inspirational thoughts.Especially the ones from Dr.Seuss and Christopher Columbus, really thought provoking and these can give that little push that can take us a long way.

By: Ronnie B

Ronnie B — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:24:35 +0000

It’s hard for us to understand once we have found love in our lives that this is not necessarily the missing piece. It could be just one of the pieces that has been missing from our lives but in no way will this one thing alone make you complete. It has to be that along with all of the other parts that will finally help you bring that picture to completion.

By: ALEC

ALEC — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:27:38 +0000

Love is such a binding force.It can move mountains and can achieve what a million people cannot individually.All it needs is the connect the binding and it will flow and enrich all those who join in.

By: Georgeanna

Georgeanna — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:43:01 +0000

Realizing that we are only a small piece of the puzzle is such an important and humbling lesson in life. We grow up thinking that we are the EVERYTHING to everyone in our lives. Funny how that hits you kind of hard when you finally have that AHA moment that tells you pretty quickly that no you are only a small, miniscule piece of the whole pie.

By: Welch

Welch — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:43:08 +0000

Lovely thought- too bad we forget that all too often

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:53:33 +0000

kind of goes along with that old life lesson to set something free if you really love something and if it’s meant to be then it will come back to you. sometimes you just have to wait and let nature take it’s own course and stop trying so hard to make things happen.

By: b legett

b legett — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:09:41 +0000

elusive, yes it can be
but as in most cases well worth the wait

By: Sammi

Sammi — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:42:15 +0000

You know what’s a shame? We were probably all give a little Thoreau to read in high school, when there was no way at tat age that we could get any meaning from what he was saying or meant beyond what our teachers told us. I am so glad to have now stumbled across these words as an adult, because it is at this time of life that you can really appreciate the gifts that we have been given by all of these writers to whom we gave no love or appreciation for when we were younger.

By: alice

alice — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:28:31 +0000

things never seem to fall into place when i’m trying so hard.i turn away a little and they just get fixed and work out!i don’t know why but this always seems to happen to me.

By: JARED

JARED — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:25:25 +0000

Inspiring thoughts are always a boost when I’m down in the dumbs. Glad to see so many here. Thanks!

By: bennie

bennie — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:21:27 +0000

I read this quote quite a few times before deciding to post a comment about it.

There have been so many times in my own life that I have tried to force things to happen, but then was ultimately disappointed when it did not turn out the way that I had planned.

This is another time that we have to remember that sometimes, we have to let it go. Let go of that burning desire to always be in control, let go of a little of that drive, because there is something greater in our lives that is in control and which will give us what we need at exactly the time that we need it.

By: Andre

Andre — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:57:58 +0000

A very valuable message from Henry David Thoreau..Just so many of us are trying to CHASE happiness…Happiness cannot be chased and attained it can only be created by doing good.

By: K.D

K.D — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:49:54 +0000

The pursuit of happiness-something that nobody wants to give up, while ignoring the fact that it is right within us.We just need to be mindfully present and it will require no chasing!

By: Frannie

Frannie — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:41:04 +0000

I haven’t read words so beautiful and so true in a very long time. Thank you for making me smile.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:23:42 +0000

With school getting ready to begin again for children all across the nation this sort of encouragement is something that every parent and teacher should strive to give to the kids.
Children will try so hard to live up to the expectations which are set for them- why not set the bar super high this year and just watch how high they will climb to be a success both for you and for themselves!

By: vera

vera — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:10:49 +0000

so intimidating! great advice but yet how do you always find the words?

By: H.K

H.K — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:10:46 +0000

There is nothing we have more control over than on our own lives and our own selves. Problem is, most of us do not realize that!

By: cole

cole — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:49:20 +0000

This quote came at exactly the right time for me.

I have been wanting to do something new in life, something that will chanllenge me, maybe even get me back to school. But I have been too scared, too focused on the negatives of the what ifs instead of looking at the positives that those same what ifs could actually bring. I am convinced after reading this and finding it by chance that this has to be that sign that I have been looking for to tell me that I am doing the right thing, that I will never know what a difference this could make unless I try.

By: caleb

caleb — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:01:33 +0000

words that endure even today, centuries later, and can apply to so many elements of our lives

By: greta

greta — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:29:35 +0000

It’s that whole letting go of your fears in order to make some forward progress. If you are continually allowing those feras to hold you back then you will never be able to advance in life. That would be kind of sad if you always let those irrational keep you from being your very best and living up to your potential.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:13:48 +0000

Kind of funny that we are looking to Christopher Columbus for words of inspiration when in actuality his actions helped to start the process of displacing Native Americans and causing them to lose the land that had been theirs for thousands of years.

By: pamela

pamela — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:45:15 +0000

excellent words by Christopher Columbus.Its so true.If he had not dared to go to the sea then we wouldnt have discovered America.What a difference some courage can make…!

By: nicole

nicole — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:54:02 +0000

That’s the problem!
We lack the courage to do the things today that our forefathers had so much of. They weren’t quite as afraid of failing like we are now, and maybe it’s because some of them (okay most) of them were doing it for the wrong reasons like famae and fortune, but the point is they did it. They overcame those fears and went out seeking something better, either for themselves or for their countries, and without that courage who knows where we would be today!

By: Laney

Laney — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:30:53 +0000

What words of courage from so long ago but are still so relevant in today’s world.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:43:18 +0000

haha..so true..people are gonna criticize anyway.at least what I do should be what I want to.

By: monique

monique — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:43:46 +0000

What a wonderful opinion, but I fear that too many of us go through life deathly afraid of that criticism from others. We are afraid that someone will tell us that we are wrong, that we are making a mistake instead of standing up for what we really believe and doing what feels right for us. Think about the freedom that you could feel if we all just did what felt good to us and not what was right for someone else.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:21:51 +0000

And don’t worry about what others may say about you.
Believe in yourself, feel your beliefs strongly, and go out in the world and do your best. I think that Eleanor Roosevelt would be proud of that.

By: honest abe

honest abe — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:00:37 +0000

True dat Eleanor! Might as well go ahead and do what feels right to you, cuz that’s all that matters in the end.

By: Apples n Oranges

Apples n Oranges — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:51:17 +0000

Good sayings here by some great people..will definitely inspire a lot of readers.

By: IRv

IRv — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:49:30 +0000

Go with what the brain tells you
get hurt less that way

By: andrea

andrea — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:46:52 +0000

what your mind says could be wrong but the heart is never wrong.it is the one that is closest to our inner selves and the heart will always show the way.

By: Townshend

Townshend — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:11:14 +0000

Many times we pay attention to what the head is saying but we totally ignore what our hearts are telling us to do. We would be a much more caring and empatheic society if we did spend more time listening to that which is in our hearts. We should wish to be that compassionate being that the heart wants us to be but that our minds so frequently disallow.

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:22:26 +0000

Awesome quote!

By: emily

emily — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:11:33 +0000

couldn’t agree more with Judith Campbell..so many times when the mind is not clear and I am unable to make a decision,just following what my heart says often leads to a positive ending..maybe its something like sixth sense or maybe it is just something we believe to be true but whatever it is it really works..so listen to your heart folks, its hardly if ever wrong.

By: laurel shephard

laurel shephard — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:16:29 +0000

I have to admit that the Julia Child movie that came out a few years ago was what inspired me to go back to school and become a chef.
I had thought for years that this was something that I would want to do, but seeing that film gave me the strength to actually get out and register for classes!

By: Bryce

Bryce — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:04:58 +0000

But how do you keep interested for so long in one thing? I am a little more scattered than that.

By: NNG

NNG — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:10:06 +0000

Its always nice to follow your passion than something for monetary or other benefits…gives a lot of satisfaction that no amount of money can replace.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:16:06 +0000

When you discover an interest like that then it literally can nourish you, keep you strong and sane, give you something to embrace when it may feel like there is nothing else. Such words of wisdom from one of the greatest and most prolific chefs we have ever known.

By: Dane

Dane — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:18:43 +0000

If she discovered cooking late in life and fell in love with it then I suppose there’s still hope for me too!