Day 2: Quote(s) of Inspiration

 Today we're to post quotes that inspires us. For me, there's many quotes for the different aspects in my life - in fact just stumbling along a quote which makes me smile or feel positve is inspiration in itself, and if found on facebook results in a quick click of the 'LIKE' thumbs up! For today though, I have narrowed it down to two.

'Fortune Favours the Brave'

Thanks to Wikipedia, I discovered this quote comes from a Latin proverb referring to the goddess of luck, Fortuna, who is more likely to help those who take risks or action.

I love this quote because I believe it rings true for so many different situations in our everyday lives: health, relationships, family, work and play. Almost daily, we can be faced with situations requiring steps of bravery - albeit in different levels - but at some time in our lives we are all faced with choices: some positive, some negative. Choices which can alter our life path. Choices which can require us to follow the path less travelled, to decided 'right from wrong', make the best of a bad situation, or make the hardest decisions of all. These are the choices which make our stomach flip, sometimes in excitement and anticipation, sometimes in grief or despair. But these are the types of choices that ask us to muster up a bravery and courage that enables us to put our best foot forward, confidence in our stride, strength in our bellies and a smile on our face. We may be stuck between a rock and a hard place, be taking a leap of faith or hunting for change: all of which start with that first step forward.

I can't expect to achieve greatness by standing still.

'You can never be over dressed or over educated'

I saw this written somewhere a few weeks ago and couldn't agree more. My brother and I spent the first few years of our lives dressed in the likes of OshKosh B'Gosh while sitting patiently at high teas and society dinners. So when our lives suddenly turned on their head and we moved to a very small country town - its safe to say we were 'overdressed' with a palette beyond our years. For years I tried, unsuccessfully, not to be the odd one out at 'uniform free' days and weekend trips into town. Even my 'yard' clothes seemed a bit fancy - and until the stains of the deep red mud set in, I certainly looked overdressed for the rolling hills of cows and chooks.

But I felt this because I was marking myself on other peoples yardsticks. Fashion is fantastic and it can be whatever you want it to be: you can be whoever you want to be.

As for over educated - completely impossible. The world is too intricate, too full of stories and mystery to ever stop educating ourselves. To believe in over education is to have a closed mind, and I believe that to have a closed mind, means a life half lived.