Circumstances or Attitude?
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life. — John Miller
Petty Annoyances
…it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life. — Evelyn Underhill
Getting Through Life….
There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking. — Alfred Korzybski
What Makes a Life?
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. — Winston Churchill
Ray Charles on Living Right
Live every day like it’s going to be your last, because one day you’re going to be right. — Ray Charles
What Is the Opposite of Love?
The opposite of love is not hate; it is indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy; it is indifference. And the opposite of life is not death; it is indifference. Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies. — Elie Wiesel
On Dreaming
It does not do … to dwell on dreams and forget to live. — Professor Dumbledore, in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Lee Marvin, Captain Kangaroo, and Mr.Rogers
Quite a few of us grew up with Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Rogers, as you or your children probably did. I knew nothing of their backgrounds, only that their shows were both entertaining, educational, and as kids, we looked forward to them with great anticipation. Lee Marvin was a genuine hero. He won the Navy […]
On Life’s Changes
How do you pick up the threads of an old life left behind? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand that there is no going back? That there are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep … that have taken hold. — spoken by […]
Are You Coming in With Skid Marks?
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safe in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming, “Wow! What a ride!” — Anonymous…this was posted in my local coffee shop