Albert Einstein

"Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it."

- Albert Einstein

Abigail Adams

"When a mind is raised, and animated by the scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman."

- Abigail Adams

Charles Dickens

"Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts."

Charles Dickens

John Muir

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."

- John Muir

Epictetus

"Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak."

- Epictetus 

Khalil Gibran

"The sun teaches to all things that grow their longing for the light.

But it is night that raises them to the stars."

- Khalil Gibran

Amelia Earhart

"Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace."

- Amelia Earhart

Hermann Hesse

"Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go."
- Hermann Hesse

Howard Thurman

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

- Howard Thurman

"Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions."

- Edgar Cayce

Mirror, MIrror

This is from a friend....she says this in the mirror to her image. every morning.

You are wonderful and I love you.
This is one of the best days of your life.
God is working in my favor.
Whatever, I need to know, He will reveal to you.
Whatever, you need comes easily to you.
All is well.
I approve and love myself. 

Then cross your arms and wrap your arms around yourself .....and hug yourself!

Thank you for being such an inspiration to me and I Love you Jennifer!

John Muir

"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves."

- John Muir

Need to share with you.............

I got a couple of strong urges to share with you this morning.

1st, below is my calendar for today.

2^nd, I heard some very good advice this morning.  Please say this out loud to yourself, right now:

I am worthy.

I always deserve what is in my highest greatest good.

Now, have an awesome day!

When you feel the irritation rising within ......

We went to a women’s conference in Minnesota last weekend.  

The gal putting the trip together, our organizer is a retired teacher and I have always been amazed at her calm and happy demeanor. 

She said at her retirement exit conference, the Principal had asked her for some sage advice for incoming teachers, from her experience…..

Her motto is, “Be Amused, Not Annoyed”…..and it served her well all her life.

I used this motto a number of times over the weekend.  It’s hard for that many women, not to get on each other’s nerves.

I hope I don’t need to give her a royalty every time I use it.

May this motto bring more abundant light and love into your life....as it has mine.

John Lennon

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality."

- John Lennon

Robert Louis Stevenson

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

Peter Marshall

"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure."

- Peter Marshall

Maya Angelou

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

- Maya Angelou

"There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward."

- Kahlil Gibran

Mark Twain

"A sound heart is a safer guide than an ill-trained conscience."

- Mark Twain

Just one more Breath…

A friend was telling me a story that her friend had told her…..I thought this was important to share with you.

The father had an advanced case of Alzheimer’s and he was living in a nursing home since his wife could no longer care for him at home.  Even before he was moved to a nursing home, he didn’t know his wife and kids and family.  

He had an accident at the nursing home and his health deteriorated quickly and the family was summoned. 

They all felt that his passing would be bitter sweet…a release for him but painful to each of them, on many levels since they had become strangers to him.

His family was gathered at his bedside.

He took his last breath…all of them knew it and time seemed to stop for them as they realized the moment had come….and grief was starting to set in.

Then he took a rattling, abrupt intake of air.  They were shocked…..at the breath but more so because the man they knew ………had parted the curtain of Alzheimer’s, reached out to them.....he knew them. 

He kissed his wife repeatedly and voiced his love for her and each one of them got to connect to their husband, father…loved one. 

This reprieve lasted 20 minutes and then he passed peacefully.  Each of them had the opportunity to say goodbye to the man they knew and loved......closure.

What a miracle this family experienced!

Doc Childre and Howard Martin

"By using your heart as your compass, you can see more clearly which direction to go to stop self-defeating behavior. If you take just one mental or emotional habit that really bothers or drains you and apply heart intelligence to it, you'll see a noticeable difference in your life."

- Doc Childre and Howard Martin  

Rumi

"Raise your words, not voice. It is rain which grows flowers, not thunder."

- Rumi

Lionel Hampton

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."

- Lionel Hampton

Franklin P. Jones

"Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile."

- Franklin P. Jones

Afraid to live?

As I scanned my closet this morning, trying to figure out what to wear and what fit my mood....I chose my couture, "skull" crop top.  

Now I am trying to figure out the why....and I got the thought....to be afraid to die, is to be afraid to live.....and that change in my belief system has changed my life, in so many ways.

Neale Donald Walsch

"If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best."

- Neale Donald Walsch