With the New Year’s upon us it’s that time of year where we need to go inside, dig deep, and contemplate our lives. It’s odd that we use the calendar year to do so since it is quite arbitrary, but since it is widely accepted then we can harness the collective energy to do so. And because so many people around the world begin to slow down and enjoy the “holy” days, it seems to provide us a more peaceful energy in which we can ponder with less distractions.

Some questions you can ask yourself:

– Are you getting what you want from life?

– Are you living your purpose?

– Do you have a sense of inner peace and joy that satisfies you?

These are some of the bigger questions we can be asking ourselves. Of course, there are also the more “superficial” ones such as:

– Do I look the way I want to look?

– Am I making the kind of money I want to be making?

– Is my home environment the way I want it to be?

This is the time to start taking inventory of your life to find out if you are truly moving in the direction you prefer or if you are letting self-doubt or fear muddle your choices.

These days with technology and social media, life is going by at such a tremendous pace that it can be challenging to do this during the year. With work, bills, errands, friends, and the plethora of activities that keep us busy, months can go by before we take time for ourselves.

So with the holidays upon us, here are some inspirational quotes about life that will help stir up your imagination and hopefully get you thinking about whether or not you are truly getting what you want. And if you aren’t, hopefully they will motivate you to take action in 2018!

1. It’s OK to not be OK, as long as you don’t stay that way. — Anonymous

2. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. – Helen Keller

3. If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. – Rick Riordan

4. There are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born and the day we discover why. – William Barclay

5. A man must find time for himself. Time is what we spend our lives with. If we are not careful we find others spending it for us. . . . It is necessary now and then for a man to go away by himself and experience loneliness; to sit on a rock in the forest and to ask of himself, ‘Who am I, and where have I been, and where am I going?’ . . . If one is not careful, one allows diversions to take up one’s time—the stuff of life. ― Carl Sandburg

6. I find it sad that too many do not understand themselves, or their potential. They don’t even take the time to get to know their  unconsciousness. You can truly learn so much, by simply getting to know the “you” that is behind the reality of yourself. ― Lionel Suggs

7. Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others. ― Roy T. Bennett

8. The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has been before. — Albert Einstein

9. Ask yourself if what you’re doing today will get you closer to where you want to be tomorrow. — Anonymous

10. Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best. – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

11. I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. – Bob Marley

12. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. – Steve Jobs

13. When you arise in the morning think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. – Marcus Aurelius

14. In every success story, you will find someone who has made a courageous decision. – Peter F. Drucker

15. Challenges, failures, defeats and ultimately, progress, are what make your life worthwhile. – Maxime Lagacé

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