The Joy Trip Project

"When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that they will do as they choose, in the confidence that no one will know their vagaries; and at the utmost only that they are willing to act contrary to the opinion of the majorities because they are supported by the approval of their neighbors. It’s not difficult to be unconventional in the eyes of the world when your unconventionality is but the convention of...

“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.” Will Rogers ~ Cherokee-American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor (1879-1935) Photo by James Edward Mills ...

“Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat and worry with laughter at your predicaments, thus freeing your mind to think clearly toward the solution that is certain to come. Never take yourself too seriously.” Augustine "Og" Mandino II ~ "sales guru" and the author of the bestselling book The Greatest Salesman in the...

“Vision looks inward and becomes duty. Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration. Vision looks upward and becomes faith.” Stephen S. Wise ~Austro-Hungarian-born U.S. Reform rabbi and Zionist leader. (1874 -1949)...