"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..."

{pablo neruda: carnal apple, woman filled, burning moon,}

oh pablo, you just gave me all kinds of life.

One thing only I know,
and that is that I know nothing.


~Socrates

"The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval, we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness, we are practicing harshness. The more we do it, the stronger these qualities become. How sad it is that we become so expert at causing harm to ourselves and others. The trick then is to practice gentleness and letting go. We can learn to meet whatever arises with curiosity and not make it such a big deal."

{Pema Chodron}

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

Leaders are like eagles. They don't flock, you find one at a time. - Unknown

"Never mistake motion for action.” -Ernest Hemingway

One day your life is going to flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching. - Unknown


Conflict is simple. You have to face the music, or stop dancing. -Unknown


Background circumstances may influence who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. -Unknown

" In Life, as much as it is easier to Talk the Walk than to Walk the Talk, the most important word in the Word 'Communication' is Action. Strive to live in accordance with your Teachings and you'll be the Best Teacher ever."-Gideon Solomon

My mantra, my words...

"I am wholly me, the person I am meant to be." ~Stoney

Life is a journey not a destination... Enjoy the trip...

"Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do, and nobody calls her disabled." ~Aimee Mullins

Faith isn't faith until it's all you're holding on to. -Unknown


The future. (some assembly required) -Unknown


Never wear muddy shoes in the house of love. -Unknown

!!..ʍǝıʌ ɟo ʇuıod ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp ɐ ɯoɹɟ ǝɟıן ʇɐ ʞooן oʇ pǝǝu n sǝɯıʇǝɯoS

And sometimes you really don't. lol

“The days passed in a dream. I pictured our reunion again and again, played it out in my mind over and over until I’d almost worn a groove in my thoughts, so deep that it seemed the only thing I could think of was our reunion. Anticipation is a gift. Perhaps there is none greater. Anticipation is born of hope. Indeed it is hope’s finest expression.”

― Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

The road to success has many tempting parking places. -Steve Potter




More people die from falling airplane parts each year than from shark attacks.-
John Ruscio, Skeptical Inquirer


Don't be content with being average. Average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top. -Unknown

"I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents. Because if you're the kind of person who senses there's something out there for you beyond whatever it is you're expected to do-if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary, you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you're not extraordinary. Instead you will probably become as ordinary as they expect you to be."



"When you're the most happening person at the party, it's time to leave."


~Kelly Cutrone

Rather to fail with honor than to succeed with fraud. -Sophocles

It is not what you give your children that spoils them; it's what you give them to avoid confrontation. -Unknown

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.-Eden Philpotts

Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Shel Silverstein

Hope...
 

If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose? ~Robert Brault

Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness, of captivity, would, without this comfort, be insupportable. ~Samuel Johnson

Hope is patience with the lamp lit. ~Tertullian

Mississippi mud pie is genius, it's chocolate covered in chocolate, i mean, come on, that person should be president.

Don't mistake comfort for happiness.-Unknown

Intelligence isn't about what you know, it's about what you do. -Unknown

Shame on you who would cheat a friend, shame on you who boldly lie to a trusting soul, shame on you who mislead with arrogance, shame on you because you have no shame.-Unknown

Great restaurants are, of course, nothing but mouth-brothels. There is no point in going to them if one intends to keep one’s belt buckled

I wish I could be your tear drops,
for what more could anyone ask for then to be conceived in your heart,
born in your eyes,
live on your cheeks,
and die upon your lips.

If you enter this world knowing you are loved, and leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with. Michael Jackson.

"Pretty words are not always true and true words are not always pretty."

Don't take yourself too seriously. You'll miss out on the most enjoyable person you'll ever meet. -Dale Schmitz


If you think you love 2 people at once then you don't love either enough.-
Micaela Logan



Never ruin an apology with an excuse. -B. Dahyalal

"Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it." -Swedish Proverb

“One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”

― Michael J. Fox

Wonderful quote, Fancy. :rrose:



Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you.
But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly upon your shoulder.

Ok mine are silly and just for fun.....

Life gem #1: Your body is like a car...it needs fuel.
Life gem #2: When in doubt..dump it out.
Life gem #3: Your best defence is a good offence.

**Please note # 2 & 3 are more sports-related advice...however, they can apply to everyday life as well.**


Carry on....