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Inspiration for the next chapter of life

My 11 favourite quotes and how they can help direct your life too.

Dale Swackhammer
5 min readDec 29, 2019
Photo by Marc-Olivier Jodoin on Unsplash

I love a good quote. There are so many inspirational motivational speakers out there that simply said it well and have helped me point my life in a better direction. As the year wraps up, these are some of my top favourites.

“Knowledge is being aware of what you can do. Wisdom is knowing when not to do it.”
Finding a balance in life challenges the best of us and just learning when to say no is the best thing you can do. There was just too much info out there with great advice and I wanted to follow it all yesterday. Picking and choosing to stick with one path at a time took sooooo much pressure off to do it all.

“Expectations are resentments waiting to happen” — Brené Brown
This wisdom tidbit is a relationship life saver. I realized I was only hurting myself by silently putting expectations on others. No one is responsible for my happiness and it is not fair to hold others responsible for that job either.

People will disappoint. It is just a part of life and not a reflection of my lovability metre. Setting healthy boundaries and diligently screening who I allowed to be part of my life give me the power not others. As Dr Phil would point…

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Dale Swackhammer
Dale Swackhammer

Written by Dale Swackhammer

Brain Injury survivor, blogger, writer, artist and chocoholic. https://boldbylines.com/my-landing-page

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