[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Perspective]] - People: [[Dolly Parton]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1TQ0nUvT-8 --- ## Summary - **Follow your path**. Don't let the thoughts of others dissuade, distract, or dictate where you want to go. - "[[Always be yourself|Just be yourself]]" - "[[Take me or leave me. Like me or not.]]" - "[[I've done something good. I've done plenty bad I'm sure. I just hope that I'll be remembered well.]]" - [[Your past does not define your future]]. - [[You get to choose that which you carry]]. ## Notes - "[[I've done something good. I've done plenty bad I'm sure. I just hope that I'll be remembered well.]]" - **Follow your path**. Don't let the thoughts of others dissuade, distract, or dictate where you want to go. - "[[Take me or leave me. Like me or not.]]" - "[[Always be yourself|Just be yourself]]". - "[[The only attention I was gonna get was what I got for myself]]". - Listen to others. It's up to you to follow. - [[What you do or don't do is ultimately up to you]]. - [[For every opportunity, there is choice]]. - [[Not now is not the same as not ever]]. - Live life for what matters most. - We possess [[Faculty of choice]] - How we choose to respond to things. Our **uniquely human capability.** - [[You get to choose that which you carry]]. Choose to carry that which will lead you to where you wish to go. - [[Your past does not define your future]]. - Choose how you wish to be defined. Choose the attributes you wish to embody. Choose the character you wish to play. - [[Be proud of moments not of things]]. - "[[If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain]]." - "[[I don't often lose my temper, but I often have to use it]]." ## Original ![[Dolly Parton's thoughts on life-1.jpg]]