Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[JakeTulane]

“The earth is what we all have in common.” - Wendell Barry

[JakeTulane]

“Be happy. It's one way of being wise.” - Sidonie Gabrielle

[Ldyluck88]

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is. ~Albert Camus

[always2late]

"The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate." - Joseph Priestley

[Ldyluck88]

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. ~William G. McAdoo

[Ms. Meander]

Once you STOP, then you can START.

~ a good friend

[Butterbean]

I like her because she smiles at me and means it.

~Anonymous










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[adorable]

"the ability to communicate like an adult.

honesty, integrity, open to other ideas besides their own.

And for shit sakes don't try to run the fuck!" ~Mr. Sunshine


Omg! This is so damn funny - I'm still laughing.

[Andrew, Jr.]

"To manifest your heart's desires you must BE what your heart desires." :farmer:

"Your inner knowing is your only true compass." :drummer:

~Joy Page~

[weatherboi]

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[Spirit Dancer]

We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand. . .
and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.

Marie Edith Beynon

[Spirit Dancer]

To see a World in a grain of sand,
And a Heaven in a wild flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour.

William Blake

[Spirit Dancer]

Why do some people always see beautiful skies
and grass and lovely flowers and incredible human beings,
while others are hard-pressed to find anything or any place that is beautiful?

Leo Buscaglia

[moxie]

“The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.” - Viktor Frankl

[Jet]

You honest, are you kidding? You'd use a cork screw for a ruler. —Mae West

[Jerseyboi]

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. ~George Bernard Shaw

[violaine]

i find it very difficult to draw a line between what's sex and what isn't. it can be very, very sexy to drive a car, and completely unsexy to flirt with someone at a bar --

i'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl --

all people have their own way of dealing with everyday problems. some go for walks, others get drunk and some get laid. i write songs--

bjork

[always2late]

"Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it." - Sudie Back

[Ldyluck88]

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. ~G.K. Chesterton

[shadows papa]

"True strength does not lie in physical capacity,it is found in an indomitable will" Mahatma Gandhi

[WolfyOne]

We never really heal from the loss of something we love.
We only learn to bear the sorrow more easily.

Author Unknown

[JakeTulane]

"Mean people suck." - Bumperstickers all over the World.

[Spirit Dancer]

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will
see your parents and all generations of your ancestors.
All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in
your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.
Thich Nhat Hanh

[Spirit Dancer]

I wanted you to see what real courage is,
instead of getting an idea that courage is
a man with a gun in his hand. It's when
you know you're licked before you begin
but you begin anyway and you see it through
no matter what.

Harper Lee

[Spirit Dancer]

I do not ask to walk smooth paths
Nor bear an easy load.
I pray for strength and fortitude
To climb the rock-strewn road.

Give me such courage I can scale
The hardest peaks alone,
And transform every stumbling block
Into a steppingstone.

Gail Brook Burket

[Spirit Dancer]

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them,
more strength to relate to people than to dominate them,
more "manhood" to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex.
Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.

Alex Karras

[moxie]

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” - A.A. Milne

[Sybelle]

“The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be- and when they're not, we cry.”

[always2late]

"We can't think narrowly. We have to think in the biggest possible way." - Alice Waters

[Oiler41]

There are only two things in this world that no one can take away from you:
Knowledge and Integrity. You can choose not to learn and you can choose to compromise your integrity, but no one can ever take either of them away from you. ~ My Dad.

Glynn

[JakeTulane]

“Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together." - Anais Nin

[JakeTulane]

“What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now.” - Author Unknown

[JakeTulane]

“When all is said and done, you are part of me. That's the way it was meant to be. People are brought together for a reason, everything happens for a reason. I believe the reason that you and me were brought together was because we complete one another. We fill in each other's missing spots with love. And if someday God decides to tear us apart, I trust that there is a reason. Cause if there is a reason for love, there is a reason for life beyond it.” - Author Unknown

[JustLovelyJenn]

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
--Auguste Rodin

[JustLovelyJenn]

The only gift is a portion of thyself. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

[JustLovelyJenn]

Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb

[JustLovelyJenn]

I felt it shelter to speak to you. ~Emily Dickinson

[Spirit Dancer]

Some people think a miracle is only a miracle if it happens
instantaneously, but miracles can grow slowly and patience
and faith can compel things to happen that otherwise
never would have come to pass.
Boyd K. Packer

[Spirit Dancer]

To love someone is to always see them as the miracle that they are;
as the miracle that they exist, the miracle that makes your own
simultaneous existence seem fortunately improbable and therefore
defiantly miraculous; is to show them, in your eyes and through
the way in which you look at them, the limitless beauty of their
true miraculous selves; is to say to them in every glance:
"I believe in miracles because I believe in you."
Philip Jason

[Spirit Dancer]

Miracles rest not so much upon healing power coming suddenly
near us from afar, but upon our perceptions being made finer,
so that for the moment our eyes can see and our ears
can hear what has been there around us always.

Willa Cather

[Mister Bent]

“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.” Benjamin Franklin

“To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom." Andre Gide

“Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.” Voltaire

[JustLovelyJenn]

Truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.
--Bob Marley

[violaine]

we travel together, passengers on a little spaceship dependent on its vulnerable supplies of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace, preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work, and I will say the love we give our fragile craft --
— Adlai Stevenson

a friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away --
— George Eliot

[Butterbean]

"Love has no desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving."

~Kahlil Gibran









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[redrose]

The most beautiful view is the one I share with you.
~Author Unknown

[Spirit Dancer]

I no longer feel that life is ordinary. Everyday life is filled with mystery.
The things we know are only a small part of the things we cannot know
but can only glimpse. Yet even the smallest of glimpses can sustain us.
Mystery seems to have the power to comfort, to offer hope, and to lend
meaning in times of loss and pain. In surprising ways it is the mysterious
that strengthens us in such times. I used to try to offer people certainty
in times which were not at all certain and could not be made certain.
I now just offer my companionship and share my sense of mystery,
of the possible, of wonder.

Rachel Naomi Remen

[Spirit Dancer]

Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up
your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination,
but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready
for any seed the winds may bring.

Henri Frederic Amiel

[Spirit Dancer]

The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.
Jim Bishop

[Spirit Dancer]

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Roman Emperor

[Spirit Dancer]

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.
Demosthenes, Third Olynthiac
Greek orator & politician in Athens

[always2late]

"Never let yesterday use up too much of today." - Will Rogers

[JakeTulane]

“The hardest part about growing up is letting go with what you have been accustomed to and moving on with something that you haven't experienced yet." - Author Unknown

[JakeTulane]

“Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested -- for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day.” - Emma Goldman

[JakeTulane]

"Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be moods /moods of the masses and moods of individuals, the latter no less fickle and unreliable than the former /but no opinion.” - Hannah Arendt

[moxie]

“When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.” - Viktor Frankl

[Kobi]

Overdose the senses -get out of your body, absorbing all that you come in contact with

Dance beyond the breakers - In order not to fail in the end, you have to be dependent on yourself and know that you can handle things. Most importantly, bring a little humor into despair. Lightness, imagination, flexibility - these are the things that go into making a new start.

Sponsor yourself -Dont deny yourself to please others. You only lose yourself in the promise.

Share what you know -Be generative. Pass on what you know. In sharing there is real delight. People in every stage depend on other people. Out of connection real growth happens. If there is no reciprocity, nothing ever works.

Play out your experiences - We dont stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.

Reach for satisfaction - Does what you are doing, in work or play, satisfy you? Does it make you sing, laugh? If so, latch onto it.

Always be willing to embrace challenges - A good life is like a weaving. Energy is created in the tension. The struggle, the pull and the tug are everything.

[Butterbean]

"Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away."

~Dinah Craik, A Life for a Life, 1859







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[Lillie]

In my job I love to read to the elderly. They say I have a soothing voice :) umm ok..but I think I just like to hear myself speak! lol

Anyway.. I read this today and wanted to share it with you all!

Embracing Imperfection:

"when I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! yet al my dad did was reach for his toast, smile at my mom and asked me how my ay at school was. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that toast and eat every bite!

When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning his toast. And I 'll never forget what he said "Baby, I love burned toast"

Later that night, I went to kiss daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said "Debbie your momma put in a hard day at work today and she is real tired, and besides a little burnt toast never hurt anyone!. You know, life is full of imperfect things. and imperfect people. Im not the best housekeeper or cook. Dont let a little burnt toast be a deal breaker!


What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's faults - and choosing to celebrate each others differences is the one most important key to creatign a healthy growing and lasting relationship..

The end.

SOOOO of course there is always a wise ass in my group and he stands up and said:::: BULLSHIT..its great sex that keeps ya together..hahah:king:

gotta love dementia!:formalbow::formalbow:

Enjoy
Lillie

[Sybelle]

“We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy” - Walter Anderson

:toypony::firefox:

[Fancy]

Most adults messed up this planet, and now the kids have to live with it.

-my daughter

[Lady Pamela]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a129/pony_girl_/glitters%20and%20pics/a_dream.jpg


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

[Diva]

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

~Gloria Steinem

[Diva]

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

~Bo Bennett

[daisygrrl]

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
- Danny Kaye

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

[Fancy]

Shine with joy and without fear! No one lights a lamp to hide it behind the door.

(Brilla con alegria y sin miedo! No se enciende una lámpara para esconderla detrás de la puerta)

~Paulo Coelho

[Sybelle]

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.
- John Milton, 1608 - 1674

[redrose]

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.
~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

[JakeTulane]

“Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.” - Lord Byron

[JakeTulane]

“Nothing is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life. The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. But the love of the old for the old, that is the beginning of things longer.” - Jerome K. Jerome

[JakeTulane]

“In our lives there is bound to come some pain, surely as there are storms and falling rain; just believe that the one who holds the storms will bring the sun.” - Author Unknown

[shadows papa]

SONNET 23

As an unperfect actor on the stage
Who with his fear is put besides his part,
Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage,
Whose strength's abundance weakens his own heart.
So I, for fear of trust, forget to say
The perfect ceremony of love's rite,
And in mine own love's strength seem to decay,
O'ercharged with burden of mine own love's might.
O, let my books be then the eloquence
And dumb presagers of my speaking breast,
Who plead for love and look for recompense
More than that tongue that more hath more express'd.
O, learn to read what silent love hath writ:
To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit

[Lillie]

What I read to them today:

I was shocked, confused and bewildered as I entered heaven's door,
not by the beauty of it all, nor the lights or its decor
But it was the folks in Heaven who made me sputter and gasp
the thieves, the liars, the sinners the alcoholics and the trash
there stood the kid from seventh grade who swiped my lunch money twice
Next to him was my old neighbor who never said anything nice.
Herb, who I always thought was rotting away in hell, was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
looking incredibly well

I nudged Jesus, "Whats the deal?
I would love to hear your take
How'd all these sinners get up here? God must've made a mistake.
"and why is everyone so quiet, so somber - give me a clue"
"Hush my child" he said, THEY'RE ALL IN SHOCK.
NO ONE THOUGHT THEY'D BE SEEING YOU
JUDGE NOT!

Remember ...just going to churche makes you no more of a saint than going to a garage makes you a mechanic!

Every saint has a PAST and every sinner has a future

P.s. I am not an overley religious person nor do I attend church. But when I am around the generation of elderly struggling with dementia and alzheimers it gives me a faith that is indescribable..in there is where I find the peace I look for. They are heaven for me.and have taught me lessons about judging..they teach me something every day. Yet when my time with them ends each morning its ME they come to thank for the laughs and the stories..when its THEM who should be thanked for paving my path today!
Thanks
Lillie

[femmedyke]

(http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23988.Mary_Oliver) "You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
call to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things."

[Andrew, Jr.]

"Strength lies in differences, not in similarities."

Steve Covey

[Butterbean]

I have died so little today, friend, forgive me.

~Thomas Lux




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[always2late]

"Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success."~ Stephen A. Brennan

[moxie]

"We are all controlled by the world in which we live. The question is this: are we to be controlled by accidents, by tyrants, or by ourselves?" - B.F. Skinner

[Guy]

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

[JakeTulane]

"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now." -
Martin Luther King, Jr.

[JakeTulane]

"Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." - Mother Teresa

[JakeTulane]

"It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come." - Dalai Lama

[Sybelle]

"Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other." - Randy Pausch "The Last Lecture"


:aslpeacelove:

[redrose]

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul. (f)
~Minna Antrim

[always2late]

"As surely as we can take charge of ourselves in the moment, we can take control of the moment in ourselves." - Len Wallick

[Spirit Dancer]

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide
your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother,
the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

Albert Ellis

[Spirit Dancer]

For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed;
the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does
not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born,
and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses
they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other,
and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other,
the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

James Baldwin

[Spirit Dancer]

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian political and spiritual leader

[Spirit Dancer]

Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.
Madame de Stael
French author

[Passionaria]

"When things get rough, especially between you, don't push people away, pull them closer"
~My friend Greta :praying:

[Lillie]

What I read today, hope you enjoy it:


A paster had been on a long flight between church conferences. The first warning of the approaching problems came when the sign on the airplane flashed on "Fasten Your Seat Belts.

Then, after a while, a calm voice said "We shall not be serving the beverages at this time as we are expecting a little turbulence. Please be sure your seat belt is fastened."

As the pastor looked around the aircraft, it became obvious that many of the passengers were becoming apprehensive.

Later, the voice on the intercom said. "We are so sorry that we are unable to serve the meal at this time. The turbulence is still ahead of us."

And then the storm broke...

The ominous cracks of thunder could be heard even above the roar of the engines. Lighting!!!! lit up the darkenening skies, and with in moments that great plane was like a cork tossed around on a celestial ocean. One moment the airplane was lifted on terrificic currents of air, the next, it dropped as if it were about to crash.

The pastor confessed that he shared the discomfort and fear of those around him. he said, "As I looked around the plane, I could see that nearly all the passengers were upset and alarmed. Some were praying. The future seemed ominous and many were wondering if they would make it through the storm.

Then, I suddenly saw a little girl. Apparently the storm meant nothing to her. She had tucked her feet beneath her as she sat on her seat: she was reading a book and everything within her small world was calm and orderly.

Sometimes she closed her eyes, then she would read again, then she would straighten her legs, but worry and fear were not in her world.

When the plane was being buffeted by the terrible storm, when it lurched this way and that, as it rose and fell with frightening severity and while all the adults were scared half to death, this marvelous child was completely composed and unafraid. The paster could hardly believe his eyes.

It was not surprising therefore, that when the plane finally reached its destination and all the passengers were hurrying to disembark, our paster lingered to speak to the girl whom he had watched for such a long time.

Having commented about the storm and the behavior of the plane, he asked why she had not been afraid.

This marvelous child looked up at the paster and simply replied "Cause my daddy's the pilot and he is taking me home!"

There are many kinds of storms that buffet us. Physical, mental, financial, domestic and many other storms can eazily and quiclky darken our skies and throw our plane into apparently uncontrollable movement. We have all known such times and let us be honest and confess it is much easier to be at rest when our feet are on the ground than when we are being tossed about a darkened sky!


How true is that?
Lillie

[Duchess]

If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?(f)

Bette Midler (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=Bette&Author_Last_Name=Midler&Movie=)
American, Actress Quotes

[moxie]

"Never play another person's game. Play your own." - Andrew Salter

[The_Lady_Snow]

"How do you two not have a show on *Bravo*?"

[Mister Bent]

"How do you two not have a show on *Bravo*?"

"You could stand to lose a few, too, Twinkle Toes, ya got hips like a pear."

[moxie]

"How do you two not have a show on *Bravo*?"

"You could stand to lose a few, too, Twinkle Toes, ya got hips like a pear."

"I think my cat is reading my diary." - Brittany

[Mister Bent]

"I think my cat is reading my diary." - Brittany


"So you're free to date and by date I mean have sex with people."

"I tell you what, I'm going to go get myself a bikini wax, and I'll see you tomorrow."
- April Rhodes

[Gemme]

I will no longer be carrying around photo ID. Know why? People should know who I am.

[Lady Pamela]

http://www.redbookmag.com/cm/redbook/images/WS/spirituality-ariane-heart-sunshine-md-new.jpg

Look with yourself!


Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.

[JakeTulane]

"Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated." ~Lamartine

[JakeTulane]

"Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair." ~William Cowper

[JakeTulane]

“Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.” - Voltaire

[redrose]

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
~Leo Buscaglia

[NJFemmie]

"I want to live in a world where a chicken can cross the road without anybody questioning its motives." -- Random Tweet

[shadows papa]

When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

[femmedyke]

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That is how the light gets in.
By Leonard Cohen

[Fancy]

"A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night."

--Marilyn Monroe

[Diva]

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

~George Eliott

[JustBeingMe]

I believe in the sun, even though it may not shine, I believe in Love, even though I may be alone, I believe in God, even though He/She may be silent.

[Andrew, Jr.]

"People first, then money." Suze Orman

"Do all things with love." Og Mandino

"Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life." Leo Buscaglia


:barmartini::toast:

[Butterbean]

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

~Margaret Lee Runbeck

[lyric]

"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more." --Erica Jong

[moxie]

“When nobody will look at you, you can stare a hole in them. Picking out all the little details you'd never stare long enough to get if she'd ever just return your gaze, this, this is your revenge.” - Chuck Palahniuk

[violaine]

music is storming, driving, relentless, devotional, slinky, subtle, heartbreakingly-beautiful sounds that, lyrically, switch from the cynical to the sanguine, the defeated to the defiant, dealing in love, war, beauty, children, romance, rejection, Pethedine, poetry, panties, God, Auden, Johnny Cash, cold potatoes, too-much-money, not enough money, writer’s block, flowers, animals and more flowers. But maybe I’m projecting here --
— Nick Cave

[Diva]

I pass with relief from the tossing sea of cause and theory to the firm ground of result and fact.

~Winston Churchill

[Jet]

"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more." --Erica Jong

she was a sassy soft porn author, jus sayin'

[Jet]

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought
forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty,
and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation,
or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
We are met on a great battle-field of that war.
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field,
as a final resting place for those who here gave their
lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting
and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate --
we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead,
who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power
to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what
we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living,
rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought
here have thus far so nobly advanced.

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us --
that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that
cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion --
that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain
-- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom --
and that government of the people, by the people,
for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

—Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg, November, 1863

[Diva]

Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the care of your destiny to higher powers, be genuinely indifferent as to what becomes of it all and you will find not only that you gain a perfect inward relief, but often also, in addition, the particular goods you sincerely thought you were renouncing.

~William James

[JakeTulane]

"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day." ~Vincent Van Gogh

[JakeTulane]

"Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

[JakeTulane]

“See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...we need silence to be able to touch souls.” - Mother Teresa

[NJFemmie]

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.
~~Grenville Kleiser


Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
~~Joseph Addison


I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. ~~Woody Allen

[NJFemmie]

As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.
~~Mel Brooks

If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
~~Mel Brooks

[femmedyke]

"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it." ~Toni Morrison

[chefjenn]

It's barely dawn outside..I hear the whirring of the fan before I even realize I am awake. The first rays of sunlight creep in our bedroom window and without opening my eyes, I imagine that it has cast a gentle orange-pink light on the wall behind our bed. It's warm on my eyelids. My eyes remain closed when I roll over and lazily reach an arm out to find you..but you are out of my reach. If must have been warm last night because you've managed to work your way to the far side of the bed, just about as close to the fan as you could get.. I open my eyes just slightly.. I giggle quietly. My eyes gaze over you. I love the crazy way your hair starts to curl when you've slept hard. I run my fingers absentmindedly through your hair, and down the back of your neck, noticing every freckle. I've seen them all before, and I feel like I've memorized every one.Your skin is warm and smells faintly like the cologne you put on last night.I trace your freckles down your back, and your skin gets those little goose-bumps that you get when I touch you ever-so-softly...Your body tenses just slightly. I pause, not wanting to wake you. I don't want to ruin this moment. I love watching you sleep. I watch your chest rise and fall from behind you, listen to your slow and even breathing. You are peaceful, and there is nothing that makes me happier than looking at you and knowing that you're sleeping well. I think about our lives together, and what we've been through. It hasn't been an easy road for us. There have been many obstacles, but in the end, like you always had promised me, it was worth it.
I love the way the sunlight hits your skin, making your body look strong and inviting to curl up next to. I kiss your neck, and you moan in approval, essentially unaware that I am there.. I coax you onto your back... I can't help but be taken by how gorgeous you are. I still have to stop and pinch myself to realize that you really are mine, and that I don't have to wish for you to be with me anymore, that you are here. I am content. I have everything I've ever wanted. I know that you are dreaming.. and I.... I am dreaming with my eyes open. <3

[Diva]

Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.

~ David Mustaine

[Diva]

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

~Maya Angelou

[redrose]

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem. (f) :stillheart:
~Robert Bulwer-Lytton

[Butterbean]

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
-Mahatma Gandhi










.

[BestButchBoy]

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” ~Coco Chanel

[Fancy]

"It's not illegal, just frowned upon...like masterbating on an airplane."

[katzietootle]

<------------------------"There cannot be a stressful crisis next week. My schedule is already full.":praying:

[moxie]

"I am what I am. And that's all that I am." - Popeye, the Sailor Man

[Duchess]

Self-acceptance comes from meeting life's challenges vigorously. Don't numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life. You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.(f)

J. Donald Walters (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=J.+Donald&Author_Last_Name=Walters&Movie=)
American Author, Lecturer, Playwright

[Duchess]

Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much.

Buddy Hackett (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=Buddy&Author_Last_Name=Hackett&Movie=)
American, Comedian Quotes

[Pixie]

Death, be not proud (Holy Sonnet 10)
by John Donne

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou'art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy'or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

[Fancy]

Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray, where nature heals and give strength to body and soul alike. --John Muir

[Diva]

I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.

~Antonio Porchia

[Diva]

If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don't have it, no matter what else there is... it's not enough.

~Ann Landers

[JustLovelyJenn]

Cleverness is not wisdom.
Euripides

[JustLovelyJenn]

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
~Sydney J. Harris

[JustLovelyJenn]

Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny.
~Don Sutton

[JustLovelyJenn]

Who leaves the pine-tree, leaves his friend,
Unnerves his strength, invites his end.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Woodnotes"

[tuffboi29]

I love trees!!!!!NEVER LEAVE THE TREES!!!

[JakeTulane]

“The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.” - Tom Bodett

[JakeTulane]

"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning." - Maya Angelou

[JakeTulane]

"The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience." - Gandhi

[always2late]

Don't think about who you are. Don't think at all. ACT. Your actions will define you. Let them. - Unknown

[Ms. Meander]

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
~ Lin Yutang

[robbrt]

the only thing that can save humanity is humanity

[tuffboi29]

To become humble does not mean you have to be humilated.

[Butterbean]

Candle light, moon light, star light,
The brightest glow is from love light.

~Grey Livingston








.

[NJFemmie]

“Tell me what you brag about and I'll tell you what you lack”

Spanish Proverb

[tuffboi29]

this is just a little thought of my own....my screams at PTSD....


'Mending' composed by Tuff

the intoxications will
drive me drunk
the drunkenness of your
toxics take me out
......again....i drag into my lungs

the gills to keep the pressure
off your stressed mind
they vented out the nights
and 'mares of past


I Have Rebuilt You!
glued,taped,and torched
melded,patched,and welded
to spite the World and save my Private Realm!


I Have
I Will
I Am

your intoxications held
me down
the down of your toxics they
strung me out
and again.....i drag into my lungs;
and THEN I EXHALED!!

the screams to release the
stress off your pressure
they vented out the demons
from your dreams of past



I Tore You Down Just
to Build you Up to
Rip you out Again!!
Patched and Mended!
To Spite and Despite Your World?!?!
to Save MY OWN?!




I Have
I Will
I AM

[BestButchBoy]

“The only greatness for man is immortality.” ~James Byron Dean

[powerfm2]

"Do the next right thing." by ME!

[Spirit Dancer]

Coming Awake
by: D. H. Lawrence




WHEN I woke, the lake-lights were quivering on the wall,
The sunshine swam in a shoal across and across,
And a hairy, big bee hung over the primulas
In the window, his body black fur, and the sound of him cross.

There was something I ought to remember: and yet
I did not remember. Why should I? The running lights
And the airy primulas, oblivious
Of the impending bee--they were fair enough sights.

[Spirit Dancer]

The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being. -- Dag Hammarskjold

[Spirit Dancer]

We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand. . .
and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.

Marie Edith Beynon

[Duchess]

A great figure or physique is nice, but it's self-confidence that makes someone really sexy.(f)

Vivica Fox (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=Vivica&Author_Last_Name=Fox&Movie=)
American, Actress Quotes

[moxie]

“A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

[Spirit Dancer]

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you;
they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
Bernice Johnson

[Enchantress]

Carnal apple, Woman filled, burning moon,
dark smell of seaweed, crush of mud and light,
what secret knowledge is clasped between your pillars?
What primal night does Man touch with his senses?
Ay, Love is a journey through waters and stars,
through suffocating air, sharp tempests of grain:
Love is a war of lightning,
and two bodies ruined by a single sweetness.
Kiss by kiss I cover your tiny infinity,
your margins, your rivers, your diminutive villages,
and a genital fire, transformed by delight,
slips through the narrow channels of blood
to precipitate a nocturnal carnation,
to be, and be nothing but light in the dark.


~ Pablo Neruda

[Duchess]

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.(f)

Daphne du Maurier (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=Daphne&Author_Last_Name=du+Maurier&Movie=)
English, Novelist Quotes

[Duchess]

Seeing people as innocent is the greatest gift you can give another human being: the gift of acceptance.(f)

Rhonda Britten (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=Rhonda&Author_Last_Name=Britten&Movie=)
Founder, Fearless Living Institute

[Soon]

I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.


Katherine Mansfield

[redrose]

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne

[Diva]

Laughter is an instant vacation. :piratelaugh:

~Milton Berle

[Diva]

When people are laughing, they're generally not killing each other. :gimmehug:

~Alan Alda

[Diva]

Whoever said "laughter is the best medicine" never had gonorrhea.

~Kat Likkel and John Hoberg, My Name Is Earl, "Robbed a Stoner Blind," original airdate 16 November 2006

[JakeTulane]

"You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself." ~Alan Alda

[JakeTulane]

"The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart." ~Julien Green

[JakeTulane]

All men should strive
to learn before they die
what they are running from, and to, and why.
~James Thurber

[Spirit Dancer]

be humble and you will remain entire.
the sages do not display themselves, therefore they shine.
they do not approve themselves, therefore they are noted.
they do not praise themselves, therefore they have merit.
they do not glory in themselves, therefore they excel.

lao-tzu

[Spirit Dancer]

Minutes are worth more than money.
Spend them wisely.

Thomas P. Murphy

[Spirit Dancer]

How you spend your time is more important
than how you spend your money.
Money mistakes can be corrected,
but time is gone forever.

David Norris

[Glenn]

By certain theatrical effects, great magicians can show their audience the form of anyone floating in the air and talking, and suddenly spirit it away. Is it not possible, then, that the great Cosmic Magician might be showing us true-to-sight, true-to-touch super pictures of everyone and everything in creation? Likewise, the metaphysical master can see everything in creation as a delusive dream within God's cosmic motion picture dream, who knows the truth that things are not always what they seem to the senses.- Paramahansa Yogananda

[Bella~Vita]

If I loved everyone the same ... How could I love anyone special?

~ Native Quote ~

[Butterbean]

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

-Eleanor Roosevelt







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[Duchess]

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.(f)

Alphonse Karr (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=Alphonse&Author_Last_Name=Karr&Movie=)
French, Critic Quotes

[Duchess]

Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends, stoop to the lowest level and in the end inspire only disgust and loathing.

Emma Goldman (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=Emma&Author_Last_Name=Goldman&Movie=)
1869-1940, American Anarchist

[Duchess]

True happiness comes from doing what's right not just doing what makes you feel good.(f)

Source Unknown (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=Source&Author_Last_Name=Unknown&Movie=)

[Billy]

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

[Duchess]

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

~Jim Morrison(f)

[Enchantress]

I like you calm, as if you were absent,
and you hear me far-off, and my voice does not touch you.
It seems that your eyelids have taken to flying:
it seems that a kiss has sealed up your mouth.
Since all these things are filled with my spirit,
you come from things, filled with my spirit.
You appear as my soul, as the butterfly’s dreaming,
and you appear as Sadness’s word.
I like you calm, as if you were distant,
you are a moaning, a butterfly’s cooing.
You hear me far-off, my voice does not reach you.
Let me be calmed, then, calmed by your silence.
Let me commune, then, commune with your silence,
clear as a light, and pure as a ring.
You are like night, calmed, constellated.
Your silence is star-like, as distant, as true.
I like you calm, as if you were absent:
distant and saddened, as if you were dead.
One word at that moment, a smile, is sufficient.
And I thrill, then, I thrill: that it cannot be so.

~ Neruda

[redrose]

Inside of me there is a place...
where my sweetest dreams reside;
where my highest hopes are kept alive;
where my deepest feelings are felt;
and where my favorite memories are tucked away, safe and warm.

And every time i get in touch with the
hopes, feelings and memories in my heart,
I realize how deeply my life
has been touched by you.
(f)

[BestButchBoy]

"One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" was his response. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter.""
-- Lewis Carroll, author

[JakeTulane]

"Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable." - Peter Drucker

[JakeTulane]

"We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once." - Calvin Coolidge

[JakeTulane]

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." - Walt Disney

[Diva]

Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken.

~Isabel Allende

[Diva]

Erotica is pornography I am willing to publicly admit I like.

~Spider Robinson

[Kobi]

Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken.

~Isabel Allende


I read something this morning that eluded to the difference between erotica and pornography was the lighting.

Hm funny the associations we make sometimes.

[Kobi]

The real voyage of discovery lies not in discovering new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.

- Marcel Proust

[katzietootle]

"Love your enemies. It makes them so damned mad..."

[Soon]

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.

[Hack]

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive. -- Robert Louis Stevenson

[Mister Bent]

I came to explore the wreck.
The words are purposes.
The words are maps.
I came to see the damage that was done
and the treasures that prevail.
I stroke the beam of my lamp
slowly along the flank
of something more permanent
than fish or weed

the thing I came for:
the wreck and not the story of the wreck
the thing itself and not the myth
the drowned face always staring
toward the sun
the evidence of damage
worn by salt and away into this threadbare beauty
the ribs of the disaster
curving their assertion
among the tentative haunters.

- from Diving the Wreck, by Adrienne Rich

[Enchantress]

Where The Sidewalk Ends


There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.

~ Shel Silverstein

[Duchess]

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.

Alan Alda (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=Alan&Author_Last_Name=Alda&Movie=)
American, Actor Quotes

[Duchess]

I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that I'm living any kind of a life. I'm actually trying to convince people: I don't want you to know what I'm living, because it's none of your business.

Kevin Spacey (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=Kevin&Author_Last_Name=Spacey&Movie=)
American, Actor Quotes

[JakeTulane]

"No longer is my past an autobiography; it is a reference book to be taken down, open and shared. Today as I report for duty, the most wonderful picture comes through. For - though this day be dark - as some days must be - the stars will shine even brighter later. My witness that they do shine will be called for in the very near future. All my past will this day be a part of me, because it is the key, not the lock." - Author Unknown

[katzietootle]

<----"I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early"

[Kenna]

"Submission is a gift that must be earned through trust, tenderness, respect, passion and compassion; it can be given, but never taken. "

[Fancy]

"When your kids accomplish something it means much more than anything you've done."
— Greg Mortenson

and...

"When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children."
— Greg Mortenson (Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan)

[Soon]

A girl's best friend is her mutter.

:knitgirl:

[femmedyke]

"I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste." - Marcel Duchamp

(http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/25418.Marcel_Duchamp)

[Lady Pamela]

http://www.emtr.com.br/english/DEPRESSION.jpg


Slowly drowning in my sorrow

Wishing things would be better tomorrow

Feeling like I am in an ocean of doubt and despair,

gradually sinking and gasping for air.

Knowing life is not a light switch you can flip on and off

Simply settling and accepting I have to carry on.

Trying to keep my sanity and composure intact

out of fear of how those close to me, might react.

Fears of inadequacy as a human, as a woman, burry themselves deep in my head

As I make a foolish attempt to have a good night's rest in my lumpy bed.

Due to the fact that there are others out there ten times better than I,

makes me afraid and let out defeated sighs.

Since it seems like things will always be this way,

its frustrating because I have to go through it day after day.

Yet, when my quandaries are more than I can bare,

I can at least take comfort in those who really care.

You know who you are, and so do I.

That knowledge keeps me from going over the edge, from giving up and giving in.

::sigh::


By Lourdes Medel

==========================================


Signs and symptoms of depression

Depression varies from person to person, but there are some common signs and symptoms. It’s important to remember that these symptoms can be part of life’s normal lows. But the more symptoms you have, the stronger they are, and the longer they’ve lasted—the more likely it is that you’re dealing with depression. When these symptoms are overwhelming and disabling, that's when it's time to seek help.

Common signs and symptoms of depression

Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. A bleak outlook—nothing will ever get better and there’s nothing you can do to improve your situation.

Loss of interest in daily activities. No interest in former hobbies, pastimes, social activities, or sex. You’ve lost your ability to feel joy and pleasure.

Appetite or weight changes. Significant weight loss or weight gain—a change of more than 5% of body weight in a month.

Sleep changes. Either insomnia, especially waking in the early hours of the morning, or oversleeping (also known as hypersomnia).

Irritability or restlessness. Feeling agitated, restless, or on edge. Your tolerance level is low; everything and everyone gets on your nerves.

Loss of energy. Feeling fatigued, sluggish, and physically drained. Your whole body may feel heavy, and even small tasks are exhausting or take longer to complete.

Self-loathing. Strong feelings of worthlessness or guilt. You harshly criticize yourself for perceived faults and mistakes.

Concentration problems. Trouble focusing, making decisions, or remembering things.

Unexplained aches and pains. An increase in physical complaints such as headaches, back pain, aching muscles, and stomach pain.

[katzietootle]

<----"in life, it's not all about money,it's all about fighting through rejection and defeat and obstacles of sucess"

[redrose]

"You'll always be my best friend, you know too much!"
(f)

[redrose]

"You mean the world to me and I'll never stop loving you 'Cause what you have given me I can never repay And if we meet again somehow, I will love you then as now 'Cause you mean the world to me. (f)
~ David Lamotte

[JakeTulane]

"Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were -- Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big tree." - Beatrix Potter

[Fancy]

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up.

Pearl S. Buck

[JakeTulane]

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire

[Fancy]

May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are
exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the
infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself
and others. May you use the gifts that you have received,
and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be
content with yourself just the way you are. Let this
knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the
freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for
each and every one of us.

[JakeTulane]

"Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken." - Albert Camus

[tazz]

(Robert John Pedrick)

Looks like it's over, you knew I couldn't stay
She's comin' home today
We had a good thing, I'll miss your sweet love
Why must you look at me that way
It's over

Sad eyes, turn the other way
I don't wanna see you cry
Sad eyes, you knew there'd come a day
When we would have to say 'goodbye'

Try to remember the magic that we shared
In time your broken heart will mend
I never used you, you knew I really cared
I hate to see it have to end
But it's over

Sad eyes, turn the other way
I don't wanna see you cry
Sad eyes, you knew there'd come a day
When we would have to say 'goodbye'

Sad eyes, you knew there'd come a day
When we would have to say 'goodbye'
Sad eyes, turn the other way (turn the other way)
I don't wanna see you cry (cry, cry, cry)
Sad eyes, you knew there'd come a day (he-e-e-ey)
When we would have to say 'goodbye'
Sad eyes

[tazz]

Tom Petty

Don't come around here no more
Don't come around here no more
Whatever you're lookin for
Hey don't come around here no more

I've given up stop
I've given up stop
I've given up stop
On waiting any longer
I've given up on
This love getting stronger
Don't come around here no more
Don't come around here no more
Don't come around here no more
Don't come around here no more

I don't feel you anymore
You darken my door
Whatever you're lookin for
Hey don't come around here no more

I've given up stop
I've given up stop
I've given up stop
You tangle my emotions
I've given up honey
Please admit it's over

Don't come around here no more
Don't come around here no more
Don't come around here no more
Don't come around here no more

Stop walking down my street
don't come around here no more
Who do you expect to meet
Don't come around here no more
And whatever you're lookin for
Hey don't come around here no more, hey

Honey please don't come around here no more
Whatever you're lookin for

[Enchantress]

You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed...

~ The Little Prince (Antoine de St. Exupery)

[DamonK]

A mediocre Master tells, a good Master teaches, an excellent Master explains, but a True Master inspires. -- Anonymous

[Butterbean]

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

~Chinese Proverb









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[Just_G]

We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand...and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.
~Marie Ray~

[moxie]

“Friends will keep you sane. Love could fill your heart...a lover can warm your bed, but lonely is the soul without a mate.” - David Pratt

[JakeTulane]

"How strange that Nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!" ~Emily Dickinson

[JakeTulane]

"I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." ~John Muir

[JakeTulane]

"Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are." ~Osho

[always2late]

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched ... but are felt in the heart." ~ Helen Keller

[Diva]

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.

~Jean Cocteau



:rose:

[Diva]

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.

~Dale Carnegie

:rose:

[PinkieLee]

"Think of all the beauty thats still left in and around you and be happy"

Anne Frank

[PinkieLee]

"I can only think of one thing greater than being happy and that is to help another to be happy, too"

Jim Thomson

[Just_G]

Last time is never found again.
~Ben Franklin~

[Duchess]

Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart.

Beverley Mitchell (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=Beverley&Author_Last_Name=Mitchell&Movie=)
American, Actress Quotes

[Duchess]

Jumping to conclusions can be a bad exercise

Source Unknown (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=Source&Author_Last_Name=Unknown&Movie=)

[Butterbean]

What I need to live has been given to me by the earth. Why I need to live has been given to me by you.

~Author Unknown









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[DamonK]

It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
-Gillian Anderson

[Massive]

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world not possibly born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." - Anaïs Nin

[hpychick]

"May the ceiling above never fall in, and the friends below never fall out."

From a bar called Fados in Philly. Great pub with pretty good fare!

[simpleasdirt]

Truth fears no questions. ~Unknown

Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.
Richard Bach

The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. --Stephen Hawking

“False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.” Plato, Dialogues, Phaedo, Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC-347 BC)

“Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire.” Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche


"If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow." --quote from a chinese proverb

A lie may take care of the present, but it has no future. ~Author Unknown

The folks who know the truth aren't talking…. The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up! --Tom Waits

There are two ways to be fooled: One is to believe what isn't so; the other is to refuse to believe what is so. --Soren Kierkegaard

“Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.” Bertrand Russell

[Massive]

"Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye." Matthew 7:5

I'm really not a Christian, but this quote has seen me through many hard times.

[Butterbean]

(((Massive))) What a perfect quote. :goodscore:





"Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye." Matthew 7:5

I'm really not a Christian, but this quote has seen me through many hard times.

[Duchess]

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right. You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.(f)

Marilyn Monroe (http://www.great-quotes.com/cgi-bin/viewquotes.cgi?action=search&Author_First_Name=Marilyn&Author_Last_Name=Monroe&Movie=)

[katzietootle]

"It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.":cracked:

[Diva]

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

~Napoleon Bonaparte

[Diva]

We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls.

~Robert J. McCracken

[Diva]

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

~Author unknown, sometimes attributed to M. Grundler

[Fancy]

"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

[femmedyke]

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. ~Henry David Thoreau

[Tommi]

I saw a glimmer of hope on the horizon and drove toward it.

As the journey took me hill and dale, my strength grew.

Darkness fell and I rested till daybreak. I stayed focused.

Low and behold miracles happened as my excursion took me many places..

Hope is always there as I know the horizon is a constant.


Tommi P.
5/5/2010

[always2late]

"What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are." - Edgar Z. Friedenberg

[Butterbean]

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

~Albert Camus