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11-28-09

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.  ~George Elliot

11-27-09

Thank God for dirty dishes,

They have a tale to tell:

While others may go hungry

 We’ve eaten very well,

With home, health and happiness

I shouldn’t want to fuss,

By the stack of evidence

God’s been very good to us.

11-26-09

 He who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart.
~J.A. Shedd

11-25-09

If you scatter thorns don’t go barefoot.

11-24-09

 

“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.” Thomas Edward Lawrence

11-23-09

“With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin. With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.” Chinese Proverb

11-22-09

11-21-09

Giving and forgiving make life worth living.

11-20-09

Tolerance is a virtue. But toleration of wrong is a crime.

11-19-09

Aspirations can cure headaches.

11-18-09

You are not responsible for your heritage, but you are responsible for your future.

11-17-09

Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal and not the storms of life.

11-16-09

Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours.  ~Swedish Proverb

11-15-09

Goodbyes are not forever.
Goodbyes are not the end.
They simply mean I’ll miss you
Until we meet again!
~Author Unknown

11-14-09

Ideas won’t work unless you do.

11-13-09

I’ve learned..
That the Lord didn’t 
Do it all in one day 
What makes me 

Think I can?

11-12-09

Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak and the deaf can understand.

11-11-09

Faults are thick when love is thin.

11-10-09

We lose the peace of years when we hunt after the rapture of moments.

11-9-09

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

11-8-09

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear … “

~1 John 4:18~

11-7-09

Man who live in glass house should dress in the basement.

11-6-09

“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”Bob Dylan

11-5-09

 A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory..

11-4-09

The early bird may get the worm…but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.

11-3-09

A day without sunshine is like night.

11-2-09

In labors of love every day is payday.

11-1-09

10-31-09

Halloween wraps fear in innocence,
As though it were a slightly sour sweet.
Let terror, then, be turned into a treat…

10-30-09

Take a tip from nature. Man’s ears weren’t made to shut…his mouth is.

10-29-09

Long journeys start with small steps.

My own thought..

10-28-09

No brain is stronger than the weakest think.

10-27-09

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plants.

10-26-09

“A House-Raising Party In A Small Village Enlists The Neighbors’ Cooperation”

10-25-09

Be truely glad. There is wonderful joy ahead!

1 Peter 1:6

10-24-09

Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
So love the people who treat you right.
Love the ones who don’t just because you can.
Believe everything happens for a reason.
If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.
If it changes your life, let it.
Kiss slowly.
Forgive quickly.
God never said life would be easy.
He just promised it would be worth it..

10-23-09

I wish you enough sun  to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray  the day may appear .

I  wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even  more .

I wish you enough happiness  to keep your spirit alive and  everlasting .

I wish you enough pain  so that even the smallest of joys in life may  appear bigger .

I wish you enough  gain to satisfy your wanting .
I wish  you enough loss to appreciate all that you  possess .

I wish you enough hellos  to get you through the final good-  bye .

10-22-09

Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.
Brian Tracy

10-21-09

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

10-20-09

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

10-19-09

Contentment consists not in great wealth but in few wants.

10-18-09

Proverbs 3:5-6

 

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

10-17-09

There are a lot of things that I will never understand. One is why sick people have to walk to the back of the store to get a prescription and healthy people can buy cigarettes at the counter at the front of the store?

10-16-09

Try not to become a man of success, but become a man of value.

10-15-09

Doubt who you will…but, never yourself.

10-14-09

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today. — Anonymous 

10-13-09

Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang the best.

10-12-09

“We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.”
David Bailey

10-11-09

Native American Ten Commandments

Treat the Earth and all that dwell thereon with respect.
Remain close to the Great Spirit.
Show great respect for your fellow beings.
Work together for the benefit of all Mankind.
Give assistance and kindness wherever needed.
Do what you know to be right.
Look after the well being of mind and body.
Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good.
Be truthful and honest at all times.
Take full responsibility for your actions

10-10-09

The man who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated.

10-9-09

Remember when life’s path is steep to keep your mind even.

10-8-09

“The time is always right to do what is right.” Martin Luther King Jr.

10-7-09

Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

10-6-09

“Dreams are the eraser dust I blow off my page.
They fade into the emptiness, another dark gray day.
Dreams are only memories of the plans I had back then.
Dreams are eraser dust and now I use a pen.
Edgar Allan Poe

10-5-09

Find an aim in your life before you run out of ammunition.

10-4-09

Proverbs 6:6-8

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!

7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,

8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.

10-3-09

For Dawn:

How To Plant Your Garden

First, you  Come to the garden alone,
                         while the dew is still on the roses….FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING,
           PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:1. Peace of mind
                 2. Peace of heart
                                  3.. Peace of  soul

PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:

1. Squash gossip
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash grumbling
4. Squash selfishness

PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE: 1. Lettuce be faithful
2. Lettuce be kind
3. Lettuce be patient
4. Lettuce really love one another

NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS:

 1. Turnip for meetings
                    2. Turnip for service
                                3. Turnip to help one another

TO CONCLUDE OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE THYME: 1. Thyme for each other
                    2.. Thyme for family
                                3. Thyme for friends
 
 
WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE..   THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU  SOW.

10-2-09

STONE
        
  TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING
THROUGH THE DESERT .
DURING SOME POINT OF THE
JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN
ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND
SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE
IN THE FACE    
THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED
WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT
SAYING ANYTHING,
WROTE IN THE SAND ,
TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE ..

THEY KEPT ON WALKING,
UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS,
WHERE THEY DECIDED
TO TAKE A BATH .

THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN
SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE
MIRE AND STARTED DROWNING,
BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.

AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM
THE NEAR DROWNING,
HE WROTE ON A STONE:

‘TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SAVED MY LIFE’

THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED
AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND
ASKED HIM, ‘AFTER I HURT YOU,
YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW,
YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?’

THE FRIEND REPLIED
‘WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US
WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN
IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF
FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY.

BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES
SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,
WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE
WHERE NO WIND
CAN EVER ERASE IT’

LEARN TO WRITE
YOUR HURTS IN
THE SAND AND TO
CARVE YOUR
BENEFITS IN STONE.

THEY SAY IT TAKES A
MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL
PERSON,  
 AN HOUR TO
APPRECIATE THEM,  
 A DAY
TO LOVE THEM,
  BUT THEN,

AN ENTIRE LIFE
TO FORGET THEM..

10-1-09

Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.

9-30-09

“Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” Thomas Jefferson

9-29-09

If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.

9-28-09

Nothing Girl

by Christelle Duvenage

Maybe I wear baggies and white socks with flip-flops, maybe I don’t like listening to rave and I’m not on the social mountaintops, maybe I don’t care about the things that make your worlds twirl, maybe you look at me and think: Gee, what a nothing girl.Maybe I like giving smiles which seems to be a sin today, and maybe I allow my imagination to sometimes run away, maybe you don’t understand this and that’s why you cannot see, if this make me a nothing girl, hey, that’s ok with me!The world makes you believe your personality mustn’t be detected, your face must be picture perfect and wear cloths just the best, to be accepted. Maybe I look at you and feel sorry that you’re blind, robots you have became, yourself you’ll never find.God made you, as well as me, this means I am something, the world is a liar and if I must be a nothing for you to see it, then so be it!

9-27-09

Kings take pleasure in honest lips: they value a man who speaks the truth.

Proverbs 16:13

9-26-09

Wild Seagulls Fly

by Munda

A lonely seagull flies the winds Majestic… soaring…gliding wings A single screech sounds from the sky Come fly with me… come here and flyMy spirit floats to be a part I feel the beating of its heart My soul, one with this bird of sea Now knows the meaning to fly freeI feel the winds caress my soul And soar the streams without a goal My being trembles of delight A treasure I received tonight The seagull’s flight of soaring high The gift of what it means to fly

9-25-09

9-24-09

If you really do put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise the price.

9-23-09

“I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!” Woodrow T. Wilson

9-22-09

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

Confucius

9-21-09

The world has weary hearts that we may bless and cheer,

And a smile for every day makes sunshine all the year.

9-20-09

…Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.

Luke 12:15

9-19-09

Never give up. Believe…

9-18-09

He that will not command his thoughts will soon lose command of his actions.

9-17-09

If you want to preserve your secret wrap it in frankness.

9-16-09

Good, better, best: Never let it rest till your good is better and your better is best.

9-15-09

Nothing we wear can make as much difference as the expression on our faces.

9-14-09

“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” Napoleon Hill

9-13-09

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

9-12-09

Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.

9-11-09

Have regard for your name since it will remain with you longer than a great store of gold.

 

09-10-09

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.  ~Ancient Persian Saying

09-09-09

A hug is a great gift. One size fits all. It can be given for any occasion. And it’s great to exchange.

9-8-09

The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.  ~Mohammed

9-7-09

God give me work, till my life shall end
And life, till my work is done.
~Epitaph of Winifred Holtby~

9-6-09

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Phillippians 2:3-4 NIV

9-5-09

I need this inspiration…Grrr I wanna always play…

When you play, play hard; When you work, don’t play at all.

9-4-09

Trouble is usually produced by those who produce nothing else.

9-3-09

Thought we all needed a good laugh today…

 

 

On Tesco’s Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom) — “Do not turn upside down.”
(well…duh, a bit late, huh)!

On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding — “Product will be hot after heating.”
(…and you thought????…)

On packaging for a Rowena iron — “Do not iron clothes on body.”
(but wouldn’t this save me more time)?

On Boot’s Children Cough Medicine — “Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication.”
(We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we could just get those 5-year-olds with head-colds off those forklifts.)

On Nytol Sleep Aid — “Warning: May cause drowsiness.”
(and…I’m taking this because???….)

On most brands of Christmas lights — “For indoor or outdoor use only.”
(as opposed to…what)?

On a Japanese food processor — “Not to be used for the other use.”
(now, somebody out there, help me on this. I’m a bit curious)

On Sainsbury’s peanuts — “Warning: contains nuts.”
(talk about a news flash)

On an American Airlines packet of nuts — “Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts.”
(Step 3: maybe, ooh…fly Delta?)

On a child’s Superman costume — “Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly.”
(I don’t blame the company. I blame the parents for this one.)

On a Swedish chainsaw — “Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals.”
(Oh my ..was there a lot of this happening somewhere?)

Now that you’ve smiled at least once, it’s your turn to spread the stupidity.

 

 

 

 

 

9-2-09

“Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh, be swift to love, make haste to be kind.”
Henri Frédéric Amiel

9-1-09

Those who won’t mind their own business soon have no business to mind.

8-31-09

The size of your troubles generally depends on whether they are coming or going.

8-30-09

A wise man will hear and increase in learning and a man of understanding will aquire wise counsel.

Proverbs 1:5

8-29-09

We flatter those we scarcely know,

And please our fleeting guest,

But render many a heartless blow,

To those we love the best.

 

8-28-09

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

8-27-09

If we appreciate what we have it always becomes more. If we belittle what we have it always becomes less.

8-26-09

If you are not willing to risk the unusual,you will have to settle for the ordinary.
Jim Rohn

8-25-09

Where hope grows, miracles blossom.
                                                                             – Elna Rae

8-24-09

The next time you think you’re perfect, try walking on water.

8-23-09

Encourage each other daily, while it is still called today. 
Hebrews 3:13

8-22-09

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She
 hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always
there for her. She told her boyfriend, ‘If I could only see
 the world, I will marry you.’
One day,
someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages
>came off, she was able to see everything, including her
boyfriend.
 He asked
 her,’Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?’ The
girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The
 sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn’t expected
that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life
 led her to refuse to marry him.
 Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her
 saying: ‘Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before
 they were yours, they were mine.’

This is
 how the human brain often works when our status changes.
 Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who
was always by their side in the most painful situations. Life Is a
Gift
 Today
before you say an unkind word – Think of someone who can’t
speak.

8-21-09

If you can laugh at your troubles, you will never run out of something to laugh about.

8-20-09

A quiet tongue shows a wise head.

8-19-09

A Sailor’s Prayer

Though my sails be torn and tattered,

and my mast be turned about,

let the night wind chill me to my very soul,

thought the salt spray might sting my eyes,

and the stars no light provide,

just let me another morning light behold.

From: Still Summer  By: Jacquelyn Mitchard

8-18-09

Kids don’t lack capacity,only teachers.
Jim Rohn

8-17-09

A pint of example is worth a gallon of advice.

8-16-09

 

8-15-09

8-14-09

 

Remember The Dream
by James Ingram

You have a choice
Your heart will know
You gotta look back sometime
To know where to go

You have a voice
Long as you live
It’s never too small
Whatever you got to give

When your life is low (hold on)
And you want to let go (be strong – hold on)

Remember the dream we had
When there was nothing else
Remember the light that shines
And find it in yourself
Remember the dream is yours
So let it guide your way
And keep it alive with you each day

Don’t ever say
You just don’t care
the chances you take
Will take you as far as you dare

Don’t be afraid
Hold your head high
There’s strength in your soul
You never know till you try

When your life is low (hold on)
And you want to let go (be strong — hold on)

You’re not alone .. somebody cares
(Hold on …be strong)
When you’re walkin’ the road
With those who been there
(You’re not alone)

Remember the dream is yours
So let it guide your way
And keep it alive with you each day.

8-13-09

Be humble for you are made of earth.
Be noble for you are made of stars.

— Serbian proverb

8-12-09

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

8-11-09

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got.

8-10-09

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas A. Edison

8-9-09

Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.

Romans 12:10 NRSV

8-8-09

What is the city but the people?  ~William Shakespeare

8-7-09

The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway.  ~Henry Boye

8-6-09

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.  Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.  ~Mark Twain<!–, The Innocents Abroad, or, The New Pilgrims Progress, “Conclusion,” 1869; CTO–>

8-5-09

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.  ~St. Augustine

8-4-09

The Heights Within You

By Jack Williams

You have often felt tied down

And dreamed of being free,

Of fulfilling the potential

Of who you want to be.

Now you’ve finally earned your wings,

It’s time for you to soar

And reach the heights within you,

That’s what wings are for.

8-3-09

 

8-2-09

Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 3:3 NRSV

8-1-09

The surest way to go broke is to sit around waiting for a break.

7-31-09

There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile is spoken in all of them. Keep smilin!

7-30-09

“The only thing you can do that has never been done before is to be yourself”

7-29-09

We must risk going too far: to discover just how far we can go.

7-28-09

You can’t turn the clock back, but you can wind it up again.

7-27-09

Youth is not a time of life,

It is a state of mind.

Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years:

People grow old by deserting their ideals.

7-26-09

Angels are Always With Us

A story of Barbara’s Angels

Above the Tree Top

In 2007 I got breast cancer and I was extremely upset. In December, I woke one morning and saw two girls, my guardian angels, standing next to my bed. I had such a peaceful feeling. Afterwards, I always wished to see them again. In fall 2008 (about 10 months after I saw my guardian angels), I was upset and I asked my angels to give me a sign that they were still with me. A couple of hours later, when letting my dogs out in the backyard, something told me to look up. There was the angel cloud. Of course, that was the confirmation I was looking for.

Barbara Sussman
Ho Ho Kus, NJ

7-25-09

Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials. Hold on, hold fast, holdout. Patience is genius.

7-24-09

About the only thing that comes without effort is old age.

7-23-09

“You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures.”
Charles C. Noble

7-22-09

Just remember… if the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off.

7-21-09

If you’re alone, I’ll be your shadow.  If you want to cry, I’ll be your shoulder.  If you want a hug, I’ll be your pillow.  If you need to be happy, I’ll be your smile.  But anytime you need a friend, I’ll just be me.  ~Author Unknown

7-20-09

To be loved is to live forever in someone’s heart.

7-19-09

The way some people find fault, you’d think there was a reward.

7-18-09

Never mind yesterday, life is today!

Never mind yesterday, lay it away!

Never mind anything over and done,

Here is a new moment, lit with new sun.

7-17-09

It is always commendable to get in and dig, but be careful where you throw the dirt.

7-16-09

One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time.

7-15-09

The heaviest thing you can carry is a grudge.

7-14-09

The best vitamin for making friends….. B1.

7-13-09

If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn’t oversleep.

7-12-09

Obstacles are the things we see when we take our eyes off our goals

7-11-09

“Armies are just groups of innocent people”

7-10-09

One person caring about another repesents life’s greatest value.
Jim Rohn

7-9-09

He who guards his mouth and his tongue
keeps himself from calamity.
Proverbs 21:23 NIV

7-8-09

There’s always going to be an easier way to do anything!

7-7-09

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions ~ the little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heart-felt compliment.

7-6-09

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.  ~Cicero

7-5-09

Freedom is never free.  ~Author Unknown

7-4-09

This day must be remembered

The stars and stripes unfurled;

Ours is a glorious heritage.

So bless the whole wide world!

7-3-09

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.  ~Elmer Davis

7-2-09

“It takes a little courage, and a little self-control. And some grim determination, If you want to reach the goal. It takes a great deal of striving, and a firm and stern-set chin. No matter what the battle, if you really want to win, there’s no easy path to glory. There is no road to fame. Life, however we may view it, Is no simple parlor game; But its prizes call for fighting, For endurance and for grit; For a rugged disposition that will not quit.”

7-1-09

“Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

“Ralph Waldo Emerson

6-30-09

“We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.”
David Bailey

6-29-09

“Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.”
Ray Knight

6-28-09

Worry is like a rocking chair it gives you something to do, but, it won’t get you anywhere.

6-27-09

Plant a seed of friendship. Reap a bouquet of happiness.

Lois L. Kaufman

6-26-09

People who deal in sunshine

Are the ones who draw the crowds.

They always do more business

Than those who peddle clouds.

6-25-09

Oh, the Things That We Feel

Oh, the things that we feel as we walk through our years

As we look back and swim in the lakes of our tears

Oh, the things that we learn as we walk through our youth

As we lose our first love, as we lose our first tooth

Oh, we walk through our days with our heads in the sand

How we look up and find we are holding a hand

Oh, the things that we see as we look to the past

How we always assumed that forever would last

We question decisions and analyze words

Of a time that is gone, that flew south with the birds

We remember advice from a time so far back

And we see it’s a gift, it is not an attack

We envision the faces of people we knew

Wondering what with their lives did they do

We look at old pictures, hear songs we once sung

We discover the beauty we missed being young

How we never were happy and never at ease

As we plunged into waters as deep as we pleased

To discover that beauty is not what we’d thought

It was there all along, it was not what we sought.

And we view our parents in a whole different light

Though we always knew deep down inside they were right

Oh, how they prepared us for oceans and streams

How they taught us to swim and to follow our dreams

We look up from the water to see that we’re there

And we open our doors to the people who care

As we look back and swim in the lakes of our tears

Oh, the things that we feel as we walk through the years

Danielle Rosenblatt

6-24-09

Love does not consist of looking at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

6-23-09

6-22-09

If you turn green with envy, you’re getting ripe for trouble.

6-21-09

Only a dad, but he gives his all

To smooth way for his children small.

These are the lines that for him I pen:

Only a dad, but the best of men.

6-20-09

“Though beauty may be in the eyes of the beholder, life itself certainly must be in the thoughts of the enlightened”

6-19-09

“When your heart is in your dreams, no request is too extreme.” Jiminy Cricket

6-18-09

The three great essentials of happiness are: Something to do, Someone to love, and Something to hope for.

6-17-09

6-16-09

Life is like a ladder, every step we take is either up or down.

6-15-09

Best Friends are the siblings that God forgot to give us.

6-14-09

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, But in rising everytime we fall.

Confucius

6-13-09

Many a man who is offered the chance of a lifetime for a song can’t sing.

6-12-09

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

6-11-09

6-10-09

If you get to thinkin’ that you’re a person with some influence, try ordering someone elses dog around.

6-9-09

6-8-09

Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in.

6-7-09

…and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.

Micah 6:8

6-6-09

Every path has a few puddles.

6-5-09

Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

6-4-09

A heart full of joy and gladness will always banish sadness and strife, so always look for the silver lining and try to find the sunny side of life.

Jerome Kern

6-3-09

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.  ~Victor Hugo

6-2-09

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

6-01-09

Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Helen Keller

5-31-09

A moments insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

5-30-09

A song with very inspiring lyrics!

5-29-09

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

5-28-09

Could we read the final chapter of our life, then we would see great advantages and blessings come from our adversity.

5-27-09

You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.  ~William D. Tammeus

5-26-09

Don’t wait for something to turn up. Get a spade and dig for it.

5-25-09

“Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.” Adlai Stevenson

5-24-09

Great Opportunities come to those that make the most of small ones.

5-23-09

Real character is measured by what we do when nobody is looking.

5-22-09

Label This!

You don’t have to listen

To the rumors and hype

Or let others brand you

With a steriotype.

Youdon’t need the clothes,

Or the shoes, or the car

Just believe in yourself and be who you are.

You can try hard in school

Without being a geek,

Causethere’s way more to life

Than the popular clique.

Joining the band doesn’t make you uncool.

It’s those who say otherwise who are the fools.

Join a team, or a club, or try out for the play

Don’t wait any longer, go for it today.

You don’t have to be great, just get out there and start

And whatever you do, let it come from the heart

Be it music, or writing, or drama, or sports,

Don’t let anyone else make you think you fall short.

Oh, the things you can do,

If you be who you are,

Just be true to yourself, and you will go far.

Oh, the people you’ll meet

Of all different kinds

Just forget about labels

And open your mind.

Oh, the things you will learn

And the worlds you will see

If you say to yourself

“I’m glad to be me!”

By Emily Adams

Taken from Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul IV

5-21-09

People may forget what you said. But they won’t forget how you made them feel.

5-20-09

Friendship is a horizon- which expands whenever we approach it.

E. R. Hazlip

 

5-19-09

“Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson

5-18-09

When you bury the hatchet, don’t leave the handle sticking out.

5-17-09

If you are being run out of town, get in front of the crowd and make it look like a parade.

5-16-09

“In a mad world, only the mad are sane.” Akiro Kirosawa

5-15-09

If you see a tall fellow ahead of a crowd,

A leader of men, marching fearless and proud.

And you know of a tale whose mere telling aloud

Would cause his proud head in aunguish be bowed,

It’s a pretty good plan to forget it.

If you know of a skeleton hidden away

In a closet, and guarded, and kept from the day

In the dark, and whose showing, whose sudden display

Would cause grief and sorrow and pain and dismay

It’s a pretty good plan to forget it.

If you know of a tale that will darken the joy

Of a man or a woman, a girl or a boy.

That will wipe out a smile or the least bit annoy

A fellow, or cause any gladness to cloy,

It’s a pretty good plan to forget it.

Judd Mortimer Lewis

5-14-09

“I would rather lose in a cause that will someday win, than win in a cause that will someday lose.”  ~ Woodrow T. Wilson

5-13-09

Even though it’s not Halloween, everybody wears a mask. You must look beyond the mask to see the person.

5-12-09

How did it get so late so soon?
It’s night before it’s afternoon.
December is here before it’s June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
~Dr. Seuss

5-11-09

Wind to thy wings. Light to thy path. Dreams to thy heart.

5-10-09

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.  ~Oprah Winfrey

5-9-09

STONE

TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING
THROUGH THE DESERT.

DURING SOME POINT OF THE
JOURNEY THEY HAD AN
ARGUMENT AND ONE FRIEND
SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE
IN THE FACE.

THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED
WAS HURT BUT WITHOUT
SAYING ANYTHING WROTE IN THE SAND.

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND

SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.

THEY KEPT ON WALKING,
UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS
WHERE THEY DECIDED
TO TAKE A BATH

THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN
SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE
MIRE AND STARTED DROWNING,
BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.
AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM
THE NEAR DROWNING HE WROTE ON A STONE

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE

THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED
AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND
ASKED HIM; AFTER I HURT YOU,
YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW

YOU WRITE ON A STONE…. WHY?’

THE FRIEND REPLIED
WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US
WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN
IN SAND WHERE WINDS OF
FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY.

BUT WHEN SOMEONE DOES
SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,

WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE
WHERE NO WIND CAN EVER ERASE IT.

LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS
IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR
BENEFITS IN STONE.

THEY SAY IT TAKES A
MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON.
AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM,

A DAY TO LOVE THEM,

BUT AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM

5-8-09

Remember not only t say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

5-7-09

The world is full of Kings and Queesn, who blind your eyes, and steal your dreams.

5-6-09

A true friend thinks you’re a good egg even if you’re half cracked.

5-5-09

Never give up on something that you can not go a day without thinking about.

5-4-09

If you have built castles in the air, your work not be lost: that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

5-3-09

Help thy brother’s boat across the river, and lo! Thine own has reached the shore.

5-2-09

It is easy to tolerate the principles of others if you have none of your own.

5-1-09

Will power is to the man like a strong blind man that carries on his shoulders a lame man that can see.

Arthur Schopenhauer