Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely. ~ Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart In case you’re wondering about the image, one of my favorite ways to relax is blowing […]
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The quote today is the Free Dictionary’s definition of the phrase “one’s way out of a wet paper bag”: A phrase used to emphasize that one is particularly dimwitted, unintelligent, incompetent, or unable to do something basic, simple, or straightforward. It’s me. I can’t find my way out of anywhere I have to say I take exception to the above definition since I get lost quite easily. Perhaps I could, in fact, find my way
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What lasts forever? It’s not our worries that last. After all, one worry will be displaced by another worry and another and another. There is no end to them. That devilish cycle. But being silent in God’s presence. That’s the chance of a lifetime. And lasts your whole life long. As you do it, again and
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It’s weird how the mind remembers the silly details. I still can’t remember the colour of my wife’s eyes, but I can remember that we were arguing about mayonnaise. ~ Matthew Munson, Shoal: A Thanet Writers Anthology Survey results Clearly, I am some sort of masochist. I know this, since I once again sought to confirm my
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Things that are too perfect for us don’t attract us. They are like a slippery floor having no friction at all. We desire some friction… some flaws… something to work upon.~ Shunya Some of us avoid people and things that are too perfect. As a society, we only seem to actively pursue stellar when there’s
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The past beats inside me like a second heart. ~ John Banville, The Sea Heads up: I’m raising a question here that isn’t easily answered and I’m just talking through my thought process. Manage your expectations. The first memory I recall is from an age of about three. I was standing in my grandmother’s kitchen, looking out
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Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands;The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands,And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. Excerpt from The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I recognize that I have not begun to plumb the depths of my ignorance on commonplace topics. This is
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So many sounds do come close to our ears each moment. What we allow into our mind and how we interpret what we listen to is what propels our thought and actions”― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, The Untapped Wonderer In You: dare to do the undone How often have you sat back into your theater seat (or your
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Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose As I lay me down to sleep, I always give thanks for a safe, warm, dry place to sleep. I think of those I love and I appreciate their well-being. During
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If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t. Emerson M. Pugh For as long as I can remember, I have drawn correlations. Some relate to how much an acquaintance–or family member–looks like an actor I watched the night before. Robert Duvall always reminds
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