Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[MarquisdeShey]

There are a lot of words meaning thanks.
Some you can only whisper.
Others you can only sing.
The pewee whistles instead.
The snake turns in circles,
the beaver slaps his tail
on the surface of the pond.
The deer in the pinewood stamps his hoof.
Goldfinches shine as they float through the air.
A person, sometimes, will hum a little Mahler.
Or put arms around old oak tree.
Or take out lovely pencil and notebook to find a few
touching, kissing words.

[MarquisdeShey]

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life’s betrayals
or have become shriveled and closed
from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless

and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,

“Yes.”

It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.

It doesn’t interest me who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.

It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep

in the empty moments.

[Bèsame*]

.....there is nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it is sent away....

[Kobi]

Each day, awakening, are we asked to paint the sky blue? Need we coax the sun to rise or flowers to bloom? Need we teach birds to sing, or children to laugh, or lovers to kiss? No, though we think the world imperfect, it surrounds us each day with its perfections. We are asked only to appreciate them, and to show appreciation by living in peaceful harmony amidst them. The Creator does not ask that we create a perfect world; He asks that we celebrate it.

~Robert Brault

[Boots13]

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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'll
eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and some times
good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

[Talon]

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 Beynon Ray

[Bèsame*]

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.....

[ahk]

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. --Thomas Huxley

[JAGG]

“The most depressed people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand. Without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.”― Nicholas Sparks


"Sometimes you don't need a goal , you don't need to know the big picture. You just need to know what you're going to do next!”― Sophie Kinsella

" Life is too short to live it badly." Unknown

[MarquisdeShey]

Rous r red
vilets r blue
Ms. Shey is nic
and I lik blue, two.

Made my day

[JAGG]

Originally Posted by MarquisdeShey

Rous r red
vilets r blue
Ms. Shey is nic
and I lik blue, two.

Made my day

That sounds like a sweet poem from the pure heart of a child.

[StrongButch]

1) Kind words are the music of the world. 2) The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook. 3) Happiness depends upon ourselves.

[Katniss]

Katniss~~(still January but ready for Spring)

[Talon]

For the most part..real love, whether between friends, lovers, family members, or spouses..wants to keep on loving. It can't help itself.
When we're in a state of pure love...one that exists on a higher plane than our own petty human emotions...we are in a *Divine* state.


~K. Cutrone

[JAGG]

Originally Posted by Talon

For the most part..real love, whether between friends, lovers, family members, or spouses..wants to keep on loving. It can't help itself.
When we're in a state of pure love...one that exists on a higher plane than our own petty human emotions...we are in a *Divine* state.


~K. Cutrone

This is so true. And a rare beautiful thing.

[Talon]

Originally Posted by JAGG

This is so true. And a rare beautiful thing.

Yes....it is.

[Parker]

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.
~ Thomas Merton

[MissItalianDiva]

We attract into our lives that which we focus upon with the strongest intent. Unfortunately, most of us do not monitor our thoughts, and therefore have no idea of what we are thinking.

~~Iyanla Vanzant

It is very easy to get so wrapped up in doing what you feel needs to be done that you forget to be grateful for the ability to do. To walk. To breathe. To think. These are gifts. To see. To hear. To feel. These are invaluable gifts.

~~Iyanla Vanzant

[VintageFemme]

Of all the love poems you wrote for me

my favorite is the imprint of your foot
upon my ass

-Jonathan Penton, Last Chap

[JAGG]

“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.”
― James Baldwin

“Time has no meaning,
Love will endure..”
― Jude Deveraux

“This is what I know. Don't settle for 40, 50, or even 80 percent. A relationship-it shouldn't be too small or too tight or even a little scratchy. It shouldn't take up space in your closet out of guilty conscience or convenience or a moment of bad judgement. Do you hear me? It should be perfect for you. It should be lasting. Wait. Wait for 100 percent.”
― Deb Caletti