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Herman’s Hermits – years may come, years may go

Mind Music / 1970 / Pop Rock / 3:37 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Church time, Santorini Greece / LoadingBookmark

Our choice is to create new memories in the present or keep old memories prolonged. How many old memories are your repeating and how many are you creating?

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Edward Everett Hale – only one

Mind Quote / Boston, USA / 1822 - 1909 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Jacaranda bloom, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.”

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Andy Puddicombe – all it takes is 10 mindful minutes

Mind Education Link / 2012 / Talk / 9.17 min / Photographer - Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Blue dragonfly pausing, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

In this TED talk Andy Puddicombe takes us through the thought process and importance of mindfulness. Puddicombe is a mindfulness and meditation expert who has trained as a Buddhist monk. In the talk he uses very simple ways to explain how we get caught up in our thoughts and the effects of this…

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Unknown – gain better

Mind Quote / Earth / unknown / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Berridale Rocks Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Don’t be afraid of change. You may lose something good, but you will gain something better.”

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Mahatma Gandhi – indomitable will

Mind Quote / Porbandar, India / 1869 - 1948 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Bridge, Japanese Gardens, Auburn Australia / LoadingBookmark

” Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”

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African Proverb – go far

Mind Quote / Africa / unknown / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Tulips Bowral Australia / LoadingBookmark

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

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Marcel Proust – voyage

Mind Quote / Paris, France / 1871- 1922 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Lizard sunbaking, Coogee Australia / LoadingBookmark

“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”

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Unknown – life goes on

Mind Quote / Earth / unknown / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Mt Diavolezza climbers, Italy / LoadingBookmark

You have to take the good with the bad, smile when you’re sad, love what you’ve got and remember what you had. Always forgive but never forget, learn from your mistakes but never regret, people change, things go wrong, just remember, life goes on.

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Confucius – tools

Mind Quote / Zou, Lu state, Ancient China / 551 BC – 479 BC / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Stonehenge close up, Amesbury, England / LoadingBookmark

“The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”

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Josh Billings – get there

Mind Quote / Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States / 1818 - 1885 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Seaview San Pietro, Portovenere, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.”

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Benjamin Disraeli – nurture your mind

Mind Quote / London, United Kingdom / 1804 - 1881 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – View over Byron Bay, Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Nurture your mind with great thoughts.”

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Pyotr Uspensky – half awake

Mind Quote / Moscow, Russia / 1878 - 1947 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Cockatoo awaits, Leura Australia / LoadingBookmark

“When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.”

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