My favourite Saying Is ?

My favourite Saying is "You can lead a horse to water BUT you can't make it enjoy the view". Cheers.k.

Experience - by design

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills - Minna Antrim.

IT is not by chance but by design that the sorrows we experience throughout our lives are countered by equal servings of joy.  ONE offsets the other.  And we are strengthened by their combination.

OUR longing for only lifes's joys is human-also folly, joy would become insipid if it were our steady diet. Joyful times serve us well as respites from the trying situations that push our growth and development.  ...

Laughter softens the cutting edges of the lessons we seek or are cornered by.  IT offers PERSPECTIVE when the outlook is bleak.  ... The REALITY is that each day will present both occasions for anguish and ones inviting easy laughter.  BOTH are valuable. Neither should dominate.

Joy and Sorrow are analogous to the ebb and flow of the ocean tide. THEY are natural rhythms.  And we are mellowed by their presence when we accept them as necessary to our VERY existence.

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Any pain today guarantees an equal amount of pleasure, if I willingly accept them BOTH.

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K. Casey (Hazelden Meditations)

Difference

WE are created different so we can be different.  It is the choices that we make that matter !  .k.

Indifference

Indifference is how Hitler got to Power (PAUSE and think of that) !  .k.

* "WHAT do you CALL . . ??"

WHAT do you call an Alligator that wears a vest?

An Investigator.

* GREAT Expectations . . ? !

"What a wonderful way to begin a new week, with praise to the Creator!  I am Navajo and live on the reservation in Shiprock, New Mexico.  From my bedroom window and the window of my sewing studio, I can see the huge volcanic remnant rising from the desert floor with its grandeur and stark massiveness.  In the morning, the rising sunlight reveals crevices and fault lines.  Praise comes easily when viewing nature's splendor and beauty.  I find it more difficult to praise if the kids don't have their backpacks ready for school or have nothing to pack for lunches or we're running late and the gas tank is registering empty.

In my culture, the traditional believers rise to meet the morning sun as it lightens the eastern sky and to offer thanks for a new day.  We customarily give thanks for our family, what we have, and where we are.  The sun serves to remind us of when to stop and pray; daybreak, noon, sunset and night.

Monday is a new beginning for the week after several days of refreshment and relaxation for many of us.  What is your attitude as you begin this week?  Is it one of hopeful expectation as you prepare to see what God is doing around you?

The psalmist (in Psalm 106:1-6) offers some reminders of how we can begin our new week, as well as the rewards of deliberate living.  "Who can utter the mighty doings of the Lord, or declare all his praise?"  Finding time to praise God is a challenge in the face of our busy schedules, especially if we think we are pulling more than our share on the job or in a relationship.

Perhaps we can learn from the elders-let the sun remind us to stop and utter praise to the One who created us and this Universe.

Creator of the Universe, help us to stop for a few seconds every day to praise you for your steadfast love and your goodness.  Amen."

Pamela C. Hawkins

* " . . for THE LIGHThearted" !

Top 10 Songs from 1913

  1.  "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" by Chauncey Olcott.
  2.  "When I Lost You" by Henry Burr.
  3.  "Peg o' My Heart" by Charles Harrison.
  4.  "You Made Me Love You" (I Didn't Want to Do It) by Al Jolson.
  5.  "Last Night Was the End of the World" by Henry Burr.
  6.  "When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam" by Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan.
  7.  "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life" by Al Jolson.
  8.  "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral" (That's an Irish Lullaby) by Chauncey Olcott.
  9.  "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" by Henry Burr and Albert Campbell.
10.  "Row! Row! Row!" by Ada Jones.

.. THAT was 101 YEARS Ago !

(source: www.musicvf.com)

GREATer Love !

"Smile at each other.  Smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other-it doesn't matter who it is and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other"- Mother Teresa, Christian missionary and winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

THE True Connoisseur !

CHILDREN are the true connoisseurs.  What's precious to them has no price-only value - Bel Kaufman, author and educator.

SUFFERING

WHEN suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting we have just had one - Mignon McLaughlin, writer.

Quality !

IT is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give, that determines the quality of your friendship - Mary Dixon Thayer, poet and novelist.

"On a roll" !

I am currently relaxing ("hurrah") while typing this blog and am forwarding a vignette of "gems" (depending on what you appreciate/personally like).  THEY are interesting.  ** AS you may have noticed ... "I'm on a roll".  HAVE a good Day!  Cheers.k.

Hairbraned . . huh ?

Question to puzzle:  CHOOSE the correct spelling of this frequently misspelled word:
hairbrained
harebrained
hairbraned
                                              
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Answer to puzzle:  harebrained

* LEAPS of Imagination !

WITHOUT leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities.  Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning - Gloria Steinem, political activist, writer, and editor.

Believing in Ourselves

"We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to" -
Terri Swearingen, eco-activist.

GIFT It with Love

... 1/4 cup honey

50g good dark chocolate, roughly chopped

Icing sugar for dusting

GIFT It ...

The best gifts are from the heart !

* Wrap your "made-up Recipe" with Love in style.  

FINAL touch after wrapping is to tie with ribbon and you have a scrumptious GIFT for that someone special.

ACHIEVEMENT

ACHIEVEMENT

 

"Take a little time to reflect on what you have achieved to date.  It is often easy to forget where you started from and how far you've come.  Honor/honour and be grateful for this extraordinary journey that is your life."

 

T. Salerno

* Friendship *

... I will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.

Jeremiah 13:17 (The Amplified Bible - EXPANDED EDITION).

Friendship is more than "friendliness" - it is trust (Operation Andrew).  Pause and think of that.

Cherub Wings

I have trialled Google+ (June, 19, 2012).  "You are welcome" - to loggon and view it.  It remains posted, and it is listed on Bing (web) ! Cheers.k.

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I (mineself) am in no way affiliated with WikiWorldBook.k.

* A thing of beauty ! *

A thing of beauty is a joy forever - John Keats 1817.

~ Bon Apetit ~

~ Seek and you shall find.~