Excursions in my Mind Quotes

“Be controlled from the inside of you. Be controlled by your standards. Be motivated by your decisions. Have high standards of behaviour that ride over the negative noise of others. Laugh with those who laugh, mourn with those who mourn, but don’t mourn when you don’t want to, and laugh at those who laugh at you if you want to. Determine not to be a photo-sensor that brightens the lights only when people are nice to you.”
― Nana Awere Damoah, Excursions in my Mind

“Loss taught me the strength of faith. Faith in a God who understands. Faith in a Saviour who gave His all. Faith in a Comforter who walked by my side.”
― Nana Awere Damoah, Excursions in my Mind

“Many of us don’t dream; more dangerously, many of us don’t spend quality time thinking. We worry, yes, but we do not think. We don’t project ourselves into the future. We don’t utilize imagination. For many who do dream, what is lacking is the translation of the dream into reality and the tenacity to hold on to the dream when the going gets tough.”
― Nana Awere Damoah, Excursions in my Mind

“Many of us are reactive, not proactive. We react. We hit back. We are ‘an eye for an eye’ practitioners. We attack when we are attacked, with good measure. Our barometer reads from the environment and makes us act accordingly. We are mirrors who reflect the anger in others, the bad attitude in the other person, the negative comments of others. Let me show you a higher level of living.”
― Nana Awere Damoah, Excursions in my Mind

“Our beliefs about our abilities and the capabilities we have are usually the limiting reactants in the chain reaction of our lives.”
― Nana Awere Damoah, Excursions in my Mind

“When you have defined yourself, circumstances don’t define you – they only refine you.”
― Nana Awere Damoah, Excursions in my Mind

“Loss taught me the value of tears. Just as the rains come down to wash away debris and dust, tears unleashed can bring relief.”
― Nana Awere Damoah, Excursions in my Mind

“Loss taught me about the frailty and transient nature of man. It taught me humility. It taught me about the urgency of service, of touching lives, of mentoring, of legacy. Of making hay while there is still sunshine and life.”
― Nana Awere Damoah, Excursions in my Mind

“Loss taught me the priceless value of friends. I would have lost it but for my friends.”
― Nana Awere Damoah, Excursions in my Mind

“Loss taught me. It taught me that I won’t have people around me forever. The good I need to do to someone today, I may not have the opportunity to do tomorrow.”
― Nana Awere Damoah, Excursions in my Mind

“Loss taught me. Loss taught me that death comes to both the old and the young.”
― Nana Awere Damoah, Excursions in my Mind