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69. 
Be More than Your Moods 
For much of my life, I believed my thoughts were beyond my control. They just entered my mind automatically 
and did whatever they wished to do. Even worse, I believed that I was my thoughts. Thankfully, I discovered 
that nothing could be further from the truth. We are not our thoughts. Instead, we are the thinkers of our 
thoughts. We are the creators of the thoughts that flow through our minds and, given this fact, we can change 
our thoughts if we choose to do so. 
This seemingly obvious insight was an epiphany for me. I soon became far more aware of the thoughts I 
allowed into my mind and the inner dialogue that takes place within every one of us every waking hour of every 
living day. I began to pay complete attention to the quality of my thoughts. This awareness was the first step to 
changing them. Over a matter of months, I trained my mind to focus only on positive, inspiring and 
enlightening thoughts. And in doing so, I saw the outer circumstances of my life change. 
Just as you are not your thoughts, you are not your moods. You are the creator of the moods your 
experience, moods that you can change in a single instant. If you choose to do so, you can feel peace in a 
moment of stress, joy in a time of sadness and energy during a time of fatigue. 

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70. 
Savor the Simple Stuff  
No one gets to take his possessions with him when he dies. I have yet to see a moving van following a hearse to 
a funeral. At the end of the day, the only thing we can take with us are our memories of all those great life 
experience that add meaning to our lives. Given this, I would rather spend my days doing things that will leave 
me happy memories than collecting possessions. 
I have discovered that my best memories come from life’s simplest things. The day my daughter Bianca 
learned to walk, my son Colby’s first Christmas concert (where he spent more time waving to his proud dad in 
the audience than singing the assigned song), the day our family played soccer in the rain and the evening we 
barbequed hot dogs under the full harvest moon.
Dale Carnegie wrote, “One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to 
put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses 
that are blooming outside our windows today.” Have the wisdom to savor the simple things. The wonderful 
memories that they bring will add more value to your life than any of the material toys we spend so much life 
energy pursuing. As Emma Goldman noted, “I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.” 

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