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others' thoughts (quite literally)
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Date: 10 May 2010 02:18:56
Dear Wibsite Friends,
Years ago I was given a beautiful blank book. But what to fill it with? Then I decided: quotations.
Either overheard or read somewhere...and to make the most impact, I decided to NOT quote sources.
Recently I blew off the dust & reopened the quote book to find a few words to share with a friend...and I thought you might like to read them, too.
...read slowly - there's a lot here to digest all at once.
If you have some mantras, affirmations, quotes to share...please do!
Oh! and the 1st quote is the reason i blog under "rain" =)
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- Smile when it rains, for any fool may do so when the sun shines.
- I have enough time …to do what needs to be done …today.
- I can do it all - just not all at once.
- I strive for the best …and do the possible.
- Where you’ve been doesn’t matter… it’s where you’re going that matters.
- God speaks to us in our joy…but shouts to us in our pain.
- Sometimes our freedom comes ...in the way we accept things over which we have no control.
- It is a poor mind indeed that cannot think of at least two ways to spell any word.
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- One doesn’t discover great lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
- If you’re gonna make a goal, make it measurable and attainable.
- Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions.
- Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It’s unbridled, it’s unplanned, it’s full of surprises.
- When someone hugs you, let them be the first to let go.
- I am a great person, and gosh darn it, people like me.
- God lives in every expression of love, joy, and kindness.
- God permitted the sacrificial death of Jesus... in order to provide... a way to break the alienation and hostility in the God-man relationship... establishing God’s unconditional love.
- Love is like wildflowers…it’s often found in the most unlikely places.
- Fit in? Nope. I fit “out”. (always have, always will…)
- There is no such thing as a weird human being… it’s just that some people require more understanding than others.
- Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalized.
- It’s alright to let yourself go sometimes…just always remember to get yourself back.
- Joking is undignified…which is why it’s so good for one’s soul.
- Flying: the art of throwing one’s self on the ground…and missing.
- Worry is interest paid in advance for a debt you may never owe.
- You are a wonderful, worthy and lovable person. Appreciate that about yourself. No one has ever been, nor ever will be, quite like you. You are an individual, an original, and all those things that make you uniquely you are deserving of love and praise.
- My friend, if I could give you one thing, I would give you the ability to see yourself as others see you…then you would realize what a truly special person you are…
- Walking in faith doesn’t mean the storm is taken away.
- …look me in the stars / and tell me truly men of earth / if all the soul and body scars / were not too much to pay for birth…
- The brightest sunlight produces the darkest shadows.
- …listening to your heart, finding out who you are is not simple…it takes time for the chatter to quiet down …in the silence of “not doing” we begin to know what we feel…if we listen and hear what is being offered, then anything in life can be our guide… Listen.
- Friendship is the purest illustration of picking one’s propaganda.
- I need to learn how to be really caring about the people I care about… I need to learn how not to be so caring to those I don’t care so much about…or else I won’t have enough left for those whom I cherish...use it carefully…and give a lot to those you care about.
- Madness takes its toll (please have exact change)
- …we are pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed but not in despair; persecuted but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed…
- Don’t turn away from possible futures before you’re certain you don’t have anything to learn from them.
- Argue for your limitations… and sure enough, they’re yours.
- …listen… We are all. Free. To do. Whatever. We want. To do.
- Have faith… HIS hand will seek yours forever.
- Life is not about perfection; it’s about letting go the need to perfect.
- God can handle your anger.
- Perhaps you have to know the darkness ...before you can appreciate the light.
- This is my charge to you – you are a lightbearer. You are to choose the light.
- My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.
- Fairness is not that everyone get the same thing … but that each individual gets what he or she needs.
- You can’t hindsight that way. When something happens, it happens, and you have to accept it and go from there.
- Suffering, in Jewish tradition, confers no privileges. It depends on what one makes of that suffering. It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.
- All beginnings are difficult.
- The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
- Time spent laughing is time spent with God.
- It’s incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busyness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it’s leaning against the wrong wall…
- Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
- You may not be able to change your heritage but you can choose what you will pass on to the next generation.
- I have to let go… Completely. I can’t hold onto it.
- I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle… I just wish HE didn’t trust me so much.
- Expect trouble as a inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself the most comforting words of all: this, too, shall pass.
- Laugh so hard that you go into silent mode, and you come dangerously close to falling out of your chair ...but you don’t.