If you almost always have a book with you, you probably treasure a good bookmark.  They can be a really enjoyable part of your whole reading experience.

I started making bookmarks as gifts.  I wanted to share my favorite quotes.  Most of the short quotes I love become mantras, well, short-term mantras.  I repeat them over and over because they seem to apply to every situation in my life.

For example: ” You only see what you’re looking for and you only look for what you know.””  It’s amazing to me how many ways that applies to every facet of my life.  Then, I get a new one.  Recently, it’s:  “It takes ten times longer to put yourself together than it does to fall apart.”

One of my long time mantras is “Stand on your own two feet” akin to Napoleon Hill’s admonition, “Do your own thinking on all occasions.  The fact that the human beings are given complete control over nothing save the power to think their own thoughts is laden with significance.”  A little too long to be one of my mantras.  But I love reading it often because it’s on one of my bookmarks.

I am typically into DIY projects.  The first time I read Napoleon Hill’s words:  “It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project”, I laughed out loud.  I couldn’t help myself.  It’s so obvious when you think about it.

Consider the possibilities.  Make your own bookmarks and share them with me.  I need some thought provoking new ideas.