<?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/mariaki"><title>Quote of the day - Blogit</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/</link><description>Daily inspirational quotes to help you on your way....</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/mariaki/635512" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/635347" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/634469" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/634355" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/634244" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/633447" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/632964" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/632761" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/632455" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/632002" /></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/635512"><title>Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/635512</link><description>all boundaries - Sister Corita Kent Just Five More Minutes By: Author Unknown While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. "That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide. "He's a fine...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/635347"><title>Imagination decides everything ~ Blaise Pascal</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/635347</link><description>Miracles happen every day and people need to know this…they can look for miracles in their lives. The Good News is—there still is good news in our lives. Mary Ellen What are the good things in your life? Write down all of the life choices or gifts that you are grateful for and want to celebrate...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/634469"><title>Your treasure is deep within you:it holds all you need - Hui-Hai</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/634469</link><description>One of your greatest challenges is realizing that the hurdles of Time and Space are simply reflections of imagined hurdles. See no problems. From Mike Dooley's Notes From the Universe - Volume I If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear … as it is, infinite. William Blake...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/634355"><title>If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/634355</link><description>John Maxwell Refuse to let your present results influence your thinking. Keep reminding yourself that you have a power within you that is superior to any condition or circumstance you may encounter en route to your goal. Bob Proctor Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules,...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/634244"><title>Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so - Jacopo Sannazaro</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/634244</link><description>"Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. " ~Samuel Johnson It just seems clear to me that as long as we are all here, it's pretty clear that the struggle is to share the...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/633447"><title>Honesty is the first chapter in the book of Wisdom -- Thomas Jefferson</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/633447</link><description>With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose. Wayne Dyer Want to make this world a better place? Smile at someone who...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/632964"><title>You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/632964</link><description>it will be too late -- Ralph Waldo Emerson It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive. Henry David Thoreau Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/632761"><title>Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/632761</link><description>happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. Brian Tracy Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/632455"><title>We choose our joys &amp; sorrows long before we experience them - Kahlil Gibran</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/632455</link><description>Whether it's issues concerning health, relationships, or some other heartache... letting go is the central theme of this life; we can either agree with its great lesson and learn to release our resistance to unwanted moments... or cling and cry, and continue serving a suffering that changes...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/632002"><title>Nothing is Impossible the word itself says, 'I'm Possible' - Audrey Hepburn</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mariaki/632002</link><description>This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love. Peace Pilgrim Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there. Dr. Norman Vincent...</description></item></rdf:RDF>