I Want a Wide Life

I don't want to get to the end of my life
and find that I just lived the length of it.
I want to have lived the width of it
as well.

~Diane Ackerman

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

~Martin Luther King, Jr., hero

A Debt I Can Never Repay

Today we remember those who gave all they had for us.

Not for our "government,"

but for "We the People!"

Thank you.

You are not forgotten,

you are not scorned,

and your sacrifice for my freedom

will forever be a debt

I can never

repay.

~Thelma Dade

A Daily Dose

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

~Zig Ziglar

Remembering Rosa

I would like to be remembered

as a person who wanted to be free...

so other people

would be also free.

~Rosa Parks

We remember you, Rosa.

Today marks the day that Rosa Parks was born. If you are enjoying your freedom, or celebrating the freedom of others, thank Rosa, and all of the brave souls who took a stand against segregation and racism.

Through the Master's Eyes...

“What the caterpillar

calls the end of the world,

the Master

calls a butterfly.”

~Richard Bach

In honor of my friends, family, and all who are in the midst of courageous battles. May you find hope, recovery, and your own, miraculous butterfly soon.

Good Ol' Charles

A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match.

~ Charles Dickens

Hmmm.... sounds like we need Charles Dickens in government!

Shine

Beauty is how you feel inside,

and it reflects in your eyes.

It is not something physical.

~ Sophia Loren

That's easy for her to say! ;)

I do agree though. Let your beauty shine, from the inside out!

Pay Attention!

If I'm not

happy

in this time,

in this place...

I'm not paying attention.

~Jodi Hills

This rings true for me. If I'm not happy right where I am at, I am not paying attention to the things that truly matter. I find that I pay too much attention to the things that annoy me, such as dirty dishes in the sink, messy kids' rooms, dirty toilets AGAIN, and my thunder thighs. I need to pay more attention to giggles, hugs, teenage humor, sunshine, great wine, good food, and fantastic conversation. I must admit that I usually do cherish these gifts, but still, I do give too much attention to the things that bug me. So ladies and gentlemen, lets put our rose colored glasses on and enjoy the moment and the beauty that surrounds us.

Hope

Hope

is a

waking

dream.

Aristotle

Greek Philosopher

384-322 BC

Keep your hope alive... every moment.

Today is Lou Gehrig's Birthday... let us never forget him.

Lou Gehrig's Farewll Speech

"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans.

"Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky.

"When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift - that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies - that's something. When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know. "So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for."

Wise Words from Einstein

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

~Albert Einstein

German Physicist

Today marks the day of his birth, March 14, 1879-April 18, 1955

Educating Girls

"If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight high rates of infant mortality, the answer is to educate girls."

~Greg Mortenson, director of the Central Asia Institute, former mountaineer and military veteran, who spends several months each year building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan

(Taken from Three Cups of Tea One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin)

The Best Age for a Woman

But I think it's a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. That's when we hit our peak and become this ripe fruit.

~Juliette Binoche, French Actress, 1964-

Since I will be turning 40 this month, I tend to like this quote.... a lot.... I think I'll move to Europe.

Open Doors

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

~Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor, March 3, 1887-August 2, 1922

Words of the Wise...

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

~Saint Thomas Aquinas

No Excuses!

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. ~ George Washington Carver

I dare you to stop making excuses... take responsibility for making your dreams come true!

Dropping Faults

Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for
what is
good and strong, and try to imitate
it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time
comes.

.

~John Ruskin, English Writer, 1819-1900

Never Give Up

I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.

~Og Mandino

Wise Words

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

~Mark Twain