<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rdf:RDF xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><channel rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/BlogRss.aspx/Marakis_Choices"><title>Maria's Recommendations - Blogit</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/</link><description>Here I will be posting any reading matter which I think may interest or help anyone..........enjoy!!</description><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase><items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618818" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618693" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618582" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618430" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618298" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617872" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617745" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617615" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617464" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617340" /></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618818"><title>We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier.</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618818</link><description>WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR *************************************** "Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing." ~ John Andrew Holmes ********************************* Labels limit us...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618693"><title>The successful man is the average man, focused -- Source Unknown</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618693</link><description>Sir Isaac Newton said... "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." That's what Great Quotes from Great Leaders allows all of us to do...stand on the shoulders of giants. We can read their words of wisdom, and apply them to our everyday lives. This beautiful coffee...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618582"><title>If you don't risk anything you risk even more -- Erica Jong</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618582</link><description>"You can stay at home and be happily introspective, or you can make the choice to step out and be the Butterfly that begins the tempest that changes the world." -Author Unknown The Splashes Of Life By: Author Unknown A Sioux Indian story... My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618430"><title>Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great - Kenny Rogers</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618430</link><description>"For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream." ~ Emmitt Smith Your TQ Training Challenge for Friday, June 12, 2009:...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618298"><title>It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live - J. K. Rowling</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/618298</link><description>Here's a warning: Once you watch this 3 minute movie, it'll be hard to forget! I've probably watched it a hundred times but you know what...it still works. Whenever I need a little "nudge" to remind me about the difference between good and great, I'll watch it again. Don't forget to pay it...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617872"><title>At the core of all anger is a need that is not being fulfilled</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617872</link><description>MARSHALL B ROSENBERG ************************************ On sadness "Our sadness is an energy we discharge in order to heal. …Sadness is painful. We try to avoid it. Actually discharging sadness releases the energy involved in our emotional pain. To hold it in is to freeze the pain within us....</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617745"><title>He not busy being born is busy dying -- Bob Dylan</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617745</link><description>"Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application -- practice. What you practice is what you manifest." ~ Grace Speare Your TQ Training Challenge for Tuesday, June 9, 2009: Stay Connected to The REWARDS Within Your Goals... What Does Victory Look Like To You? Proceed...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617615"><title>Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first -- Ernestine Ulmer</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617615</link><description>In a perfect world we hear something once, record it in our brain, and never need to hear it again! Well, I don't know where you live, but my world is far from perfect. I have doubts, fears and disappointments in my life. I also need sources of inspiration to keep me on the right track, and to...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617464"><title>Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617464</link><description>follow self-honesty -- Vernon Howard *********************************** Be true to yourself "In the final analysis, we count for something only because of the essential we embody, and if we do not embody that, life is wasted." -- C.G. Jung Where are you not being true to yourself? All blocks...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617340"><title>If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Marakis_Choices/617340</link><description>as it is............ infinite -- William Blake *************************************************************** Life Purpose There are three fundamental purposes to everyone’s life. One general purpose is on the personality level. The other is on the soul level. And the third is on the level of...</description></item></rdf:RDF>