CHUNK IT DOWN
And here’s one more list of positive quotes. Be your own cheerleader. Print it out, hang it up and read everyday.
Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! ~ Jane Austen
The first step in solving a problem is to tell someone about it. ~ John Peter Flynn
The difficult must become habit; The habit must become easy, And the easy will become beautiful. ~ Prince Sergei Volkons
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. ~ Henry Ford
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. ~ Colette
Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is? ~ Frank Scully
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. ~ James B. Conant
Today is yesterday’s tomorrow. ~ Michael Makowsky
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for 
failure—try to please everybody. ~ Herbert Bayard Swope
I think I’d like to meet Prince Sergei Volkons! When I started work at Washington School 30+ years ago, I was basically on my own trying to figure out office routines and responsibilities in the world of education, of which I had never been a part. The principal I worked with glanced at me pondering over massive budget books and invoices, and quietly commented: “It will all become routine”, as he breezed past my desk. He was a task-master of few words, but I have never forgotten this comment and try to keep it in mind whenever faced with a new challenge. (Do any of his comments resonate with you, Ethel? How fortunate were we to work with this learned man.)
The Prince’s quote has been on one office wall or another as I moved from my Verona, NJ office to home office and here to Tucson AZ. And it still resonates. Dr. G. did have a can-do attitude. I don’t think I ever saw him ‘ruffled’ not even on his first day of work. And the seasoned teachers at Washington School could be quite a formidable group. It was a privilege and great learning experience for me to spend the 28 years of my teaching career at Washington School with some extraordinary colleagues. Yes, we were fortunate indeed.