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The man of wisdom is never of two minds;
the man of benevolence never worries;
the man of courage is never afraid.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.:

    I look forward confidently to the day when all who work for a living will be one with no thought to their separateness as Negroes, Jews, Italians or any other distinctions. This will be the day when we bring into full realization the American dream -- a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few; a dream of a land where men will not argue that the color of a man's skin determines the content of his character; a dream of a nation where all our gifts and resources are held not for ourselves alone, but as instruments of service for the rest of humanity; the dream of a country where every man will respect the dignity and worth of the human personality.

We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, therefore,
is not an act but a habit.
--Aristotle

There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
Ronald Reagan

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Be not forgetful to cherish the gifts each moment brings.

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It isn't enough to talk about peace, one must believe it.
    And it isn't enough to to believe in it, one must work for it.
                                                                            - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Live in the present moment and find your interest and
    happiness in the things of today.
                                                                            - Emmett Fox
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Be happy in the moment - that's enough.
    Each moment is all we need - not more.
                                                                    - Mother Teresa
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(great ones, CP!)

You cannot plough a field by
turning it over in your mind.
--Author Unknown

Never say more than is necessary.
--Richard Brinsley Sheridan

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery,
guided each by a private chart,
of which there is no duplicate.
The world is all gates, all opportunities.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Always do good. It will please your friends and confound your enemies.


Mark Twain

Wow. That came out bigger than I thought.

followsthewolf


(also Adam)  :eek:

They're words worth saying LOUD! :smile:

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
~Plato

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
--Theodore Roosevelt

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
-Dave Gardner

Change is like to surfing. You can't just paddle into life, stand still and expect to stay on top of your board. The waves of change will knock you off and drag you under. You have to shift on your surfboard, bend your knees and balance yourself, depending on which way the waves take you.

Some people even think changes are fun!

You are where you are because you want to be there. If you want to be somewhere else, you'll need to change.

--Mark Victor Hansen

"Our friends are those who know their own faults well enough to forgive us ours."

-- Moulton Farnham

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

Not trying to threadjack, just have a comment about inspirational quotes that I had to share.

When I was in junior high, in health class we had to keep these journals in class. They all had to start out with that day's quote of the day as the topic of sorts, and I kid you not, we had the Serenity Prayer at least 5 times that year. The first time I heard it outside of that classroom was as an adult, and I cringed when I heard it and this person looked at me knowingly, and automatically assumed I was a recovering alcoholic (I was in my early 20s, for heavens sake! Even if I'd had a drinking problem, I wouldn't have admitted it! LOL) So anyway, later I found out the reason for the look, and this story has been one of my favorites ever since.

Threadjack whenever ya want! I consider that valuable input & a great story...heck, I often find myself saying parts of the Serenity Prayer daily and have never had a drinking problem! :smile:

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

--Confucius

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
   
    Sidney J. Harris

Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours.
They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge.
If you had all the money in the world, you couldn't buy an extra hour.
What will you do with this priceless treasure?
--Author Unknown

You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures.

--Charles C. Noble

To accomplish great things,
we must not only act, but also dream,
not only plan, but also believe.

--Anatole France

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.

--Roger L'Estrange

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ...

--Michel de Montaigne

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

~ Willie Nelson ~

my mother   :razz:

In other words, "Don't write checks that your a$$ can't cash" ?

Quote from: MsMojo on October 29, 2006, 10:51:11 AM
In other words, "Don't write checks that your a$$ can't cash" ?

LOL--Yeah, you can say that--makes sense!  *Giggle*  ;)

Oh geez...my purses are ALWAYS smaller than my a$$!

That can be your New Year's Resolution, Sunny!  Big-purse shopping!!   :biggrin:

I'd rather shrink my booty.  :razz: :biggrin:

That's the spirit!!!

And I like ANY excuse to go SHOPPING!

Quote from: SunnyInFL on October 29, 2006, 12:11:26 PM
And I like ANY excuse to go SHOPPING!

LMAO I'd enjoy watching you explaining to hubby that you must go shopping 'coz your booty is bigger than your purse. LOL ;D

Better excuse than "I need a new pair of shoes"...he'd NEVER buy that one! :biggrin:

Quote from: MsMojo on October 29, 2006, 12:15:45 PM
LMAO I'd enjoy watching you explaining to hubby that you must go shopping 'coz your booty is bigger than your purse. LOL ;D

OMG--THAT'S IT--My mom is a genius!!!!  I love it!!   :smitten:

They always know best, huh? :biggrin:

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
~~Norman Vincent Peale

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

~~Jim Ryun

Quote from: SunnyInFL on October 30, 2006, 11:32:05 AM
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
~~Norman Vincent Peale

Damn, that is a good one--deserves repeating!    :biggrin:

Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.

--Alexander Woollcott

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

--George Burns

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow trade.
George Eliot
        English novelist (1819 - 1880)

Courage is grace under pressure.

--Ernest Hemingway

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Govern thy life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other.

--Thomas Fuller

How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans, know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within, if only we would listen to it, that tells us so certainly when to go forth into the unknown.

~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross~

Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.

--Ralph Blum

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

--William James

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only for wallowing in.

---Katherine Mansfield

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

– Franklin D. Roosevelt

You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought,
'I release the need for this in my life'.

--Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.

--Zig Ziglar

I ran across this today and thought of this thread:

"In generosity and helping others, be like a river
In compassion and grace, be like the sun
In concealing other's faults, be like the night
In anger and fury, be like dead
In modesty and humility, be like the earth
In tolerance, be like the sea
Either appear as you are, or be as you appear." -- Mevlana

From Oprah's "Thought for Today":

On New Year's Day --
"Ring out the old, ring in the new;
Ring, happy bells, across the snow.
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true."

— Lord Alfred Tennyson

From Oprah's "Thought for Today" --

"Everybody is in search of who they really are. Not who you were, because that person is not there anymore. Something better and improved is possible."

— Dr. Robin Smith

(how perfect)

"It's quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person—beguiled, enchanted."

— Mary Chase, playwright and newspaper reporter

When you haven't forgiven those who've hurt you,
you turn your back against your future.
When you do forgive, you start walking forward.

— Actor and playwright Tyler Perry

Featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, March 2006

I no longer scramble blindly through hardship.
I no longer emerge from a bad time feeling relieved just to have survived.
Instead of despairing, I try to find the lesson within the experience.

— Actress Halle Berry

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

- Isaac Asimov

R.I.P. MKB
11/08/64-01/12/07

On a lighter note for my SIL:

A brief candle; both ends burning
An endless mile; a bus wheel turning
A friend to share the lonesome times
A handshake and a sip of wine
So say it loud and let it ring
We are all a part of everything
The future, present and the past
Fly on proud bird
You're free at last.

--Charlie Daniels

Quote from: SunnyInFL on January 12, 2007, 08:06:31 AM
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

- Isaac Asimov

R.I.P. MKB
11/08/64-01/12/07

My sincerest condolences, Sunny.
I'd send a card if I knew your address.

Oh Sunny, she is peaceful now, but I know you and your family will miss her terribly.  I'm so sorry.

I truly appreciate the sincere words, FTW & Mojo.

My husband's family has such a different outlook on death...they see it as a new journey.

..that's inspirational.

It's still a little tough for me, but I know she's no longer in pain.

Thank you.

Quote from: SunnyInFL on January 12, 2007, 08:06:31 AM
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

- Isaac Asimov

R.I.P. MKB
11/08/64-01/12/07

I'm sorry to hear of your loss Sunny.  You and your family will be in my thoughts.

TYVM, Loc. :smile:

To try to be better is to be better.

--Charlotte Cushman

Everyone has his burden. What counts is how you carry it.

––Merle Miller

I thought I'd share this...was part of my class discussion this week:

Coffee

You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way Again........

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how
things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up.
She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as
though just as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and
placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil.
In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and
in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without
saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners.

She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl.
She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.
Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.

Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did,
and noted that they were soft.
The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After
pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.
Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter
smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.
The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same
adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently.
The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being
subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid
interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became
hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the
boiling water, they had changed the water.
Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your
door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?"

Think of this: Which am I?

Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt
and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the
heat?

Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial
hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff?

Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough
with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the
very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it
releases the fragrance and flavor
If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to
another level?

How do you handle adversity?
Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they
just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest
future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in
life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When you were
born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life
so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is
crying.

It's easier to build a child than to repair an adult...
This is so true - May we all be COFFEE

Don't know if I AM coffee, but I drink lots of it. Maybe too much.

:smile:

From what I've seen, I'd say you ARE coffee...

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Thanks.

Very kind of you.

Sometimes I'm a little of each, I think. But, I'd like to be coffee, so this gives me something to think about.  Reminds me of the glass half full/empty adage. I usually say that I don't look at it as either, I'm just happy to have something to drink. That was a good story, Thanks.  :smile:

YVW.

I enjoy anecdotes...glad you did, too. :smile:

Vision without action is merely a dream.
Action without vision just passes the time.
Vision with action can change the world.

--Joel Barker

Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.

--Lou Holtz

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

--Jim Rohn

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

--Franklin D. Roosevelt

First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms."

— Kristin Hunter

Another thought for today:

A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business.
He should live each day as if it was a pre-flight check.
He should ask each morning, am I prepared to lift-off?

--Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure

"I've found that the longer you take a man seriously the more your independence is threatened."

Tallulah Bankhead

Compassion is bringing our deepest truth into our actions, no matter how much the world seems to resist, because that is ultimately what we have to give to this world and one another.

--Ram Dass


(wonder why he changed his name from Richard Alpert?  :eek:)

If you'd like to know, too :biggrin: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Dass)

Perhaps the "Magic Mushrooms"  :biggrin: Although, I like the quote and agree very much.

Yes, even though I couldn't imagine going through life with the name (RamDass) -- the quote is lovely. :biggrin:

Nurture yourself, support others without assuming responsibility you resent, and feel your energy switch from'Eek!' to'Aah!

— Martha Beck

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

--Epictetus

If you have made mistakes...there is always another chance for you...you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'Failure' is not the falling down but the staying down.

— Mary Pickford

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

-- Buddha

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first.

-- Mark Twain

Quote from: Sunny on January 27, 2007, 09:12:45 AM
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first.

-- Mark Twain

I have to remember this one!  :yes:

Quote from: Palehorse on January 27, 2007, 01:17:54 PM
I have to remember this one!  :yes:

I thought it was pretty 'catchy'. :biggrin:

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

--Mahatma Gandhi

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the world.

--Albert Einstein

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour...

— Walt Whitman

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

--Confucius

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure, not this thing nor that, but simply growth.

— W.B.Yeats

Quote from: Sunny on February 09, 2007, 08:05:42 AM
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

--Confucius

One of my favorites.

To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth...is potentially to have everything...

— Joan Didion

Love does not just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.

--Ursula Le Guin

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.

--Thomas Huxley

Life at any time can become difficult: life at any time can become easy. It all depends upon how one adjusts oneself to life.

--Morarji Desai 

In honor of President's Day:

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

--Abraham Lincoln 
  (1861–1865)

"Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest."

--Mark Twain

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen."

––Frank Lloyd Wright

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their grey visions they obtain glimpses of eternity.

--Edgar Allan Poe

From the great Aristotle:

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not do.

--Aristotle

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past,
not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles,
but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

--Siddartha Guatama Buddha

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

--Napoleon Hill

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back.
Regret is an appalling waste of energy;
you can't build on it;
it's only for wallowing in.

_-Katherine Mansfield

Happiness is not in our circumstances but in ourselves.
It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire.
Happiness is something we are.

--John B. Sheerin

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

--Chinese Proverb

Love is acceptance. When you love someone . . . you take them into your heart, and that is surely why it hurts so much when we lose someone we love, because we lose a part of ourselves.

--Andrew

If I may say so myself, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this one...
Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

--Abraham Lincoln

I wanted to find a good quote about teamwork today...found this -- a far stretch, but cute nonetheless.

"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." 

--Oprah Winfrey

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

--Siddartha Guatama Buddha

"Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world."

--Joel Barker

Oh...this one speaks VOLUMES!!!

"When two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as he wants to be seen, and each man as he really is."

--Michael De Saintamo

Interesting!  It should really be 4 people present - There is the man as he sees himself, the man as he wants to be seen,  the man as he really is, and then the woman.

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Been slacking on this...going to renovate a tad.

At the risk of infringing upon copyrighted Breathnach's Simple Abundance, would like to share daily thoughts extracted from her "daybook of comfort and joy".

Today's reading was entitled, "Cooking for Comfort"...and goes on to provide the definition of comfort food & then contrasts it with the other 5 food groups: haute cuisine, lean cuisine, soul food, nursery fare, and chocolate (in a league of its own :smile:)...different foods for different moods.

Comfort food is described as "quirky, quaint, quixotic"...everyone is consoled by different things...

The high point extracted: carbohydrates are often in the comfort foods we seek out (e.g. lasagna)...know why? Because they change our brain chemistry & literally increase the level of serotonin!!!

So, what is YOUR comfort food?

Chocolate, definitely. I didn't even have to think about it. It's something that I could never eliminate from my life. Limit, yes, but never erase entirely.

I have three bananas that are staring at me right now.  I'm going to make banana nut muffins for breakfast this week.  That flavor is a comfort food to me.

Interesting, kimmi...I love banana things, too...much better than the fruit itself. Not many things beat a nice slice of banana nut bread slathered in butter. :)

Chocolate is also a weakness of mine, PIYA. Are you selective, or will any chocolate do for you?!?

I enjoy good chocolate. "Good" equates to smooth, melting in your mouth, creamy, but when I decide that I need chocolate...just about anything chocolate will do.

Yep, my tastes are very similar. There are times that I crave "good" chocolate, similar to what you mentioned...creamy & rich. We have a local manufacturer of chocolate here in NW PA called "Daffins" and I have yet to find too many chocolates that compare.

However, on the average day, I would just as soon eat a piece of Hershey's.

(http://www.tikiopolis.com/webchat/Help/img/Hershey.gif) Mmmmm... :smitten:

I had a job when I first moved here for a month turning down beds at a nice hotel.  I had access to lots of Godiva.  It was good - for free, but I would never run out and buy some.  We just had a coffee/chocolate shop open here in my small town.  The Chocolate Bean - I think it is a clever concept.

I would take Daffin's or even Philadelphia chocolate over Godiva any day.

The Chocolate Bean? Are they coffee beans actually dipped in chocolate? Or chocolate flavored coffee? Guess that would be considered mocha...

No they sell coffees - hot, cold, latte, etc... and they are also a chocolate shop.  I saw the yummiest looking chocolate covered strawberries the last time I was in there.  They were huge. 

I love chocolate covered strawberries! There's a shop near where I live that sells them close to certain holidays like Valentines day, Mother's day, etc.

Trader Joes has these pretzel nuggets that have peanut butter in them.  I want to cover them in chocolate at Christmas and give them with my cookie baskets. I think that would be awesome!

That does sound really good. I like Flipz alot.

Quote from: PIYA on July 07, 2007, 12:33:58 PM
I love chocolate covered strawberries! There's a shop near where I live that sells them close to certain holidays like Valentines day, Mother's day, etc.

Okay, now my mouth is absolutely DROOLING!!!! The nearest place that sells good dipped strawberries is about 35 miles away.

I worked at a card store in high school & the store owner had a large (fondue-type) machine & we'd make them for sidewalk sale days...

I think I ate more than I sold! :biggrin:

Honestly, I can believe it. Maybe it's the chocolate, but the larger strawberries seem sweeter.

O for a faith that will not shrink,
Though pressed by every foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly woe. —Bathurst

Today's quote:

The table is a meeting place, a gathering around, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction.

--Laurie Colwin

An excerpt:

Quote
We must turn off the television and the telephone, hunker down in front of our hearths, and leave our briefcases at the office...we must march into the kitchen and find easy, heartwarming tings to make from scratch...and we must gather at the table, alone or with friends or with lots of friends or with one friend, and eat a meal together....without food we would die...without fellowship life is not worth living.

source: breathnach, s.b. (1995). Simple abundance: A daybook of comfort & joy. Warner Books: NY.

How often do you partake in a homecooked meal? How often to you share a meal with a friend?

Meals--oh yes--but don't forget about sweeping the utensils and plates off of the table for that naughty no-calorie dessert--TABLE SCORCHING!-- when the kids are in bed, of course!   :eek:
I ain't no heathen! 

 :icon_twisted: Tallulah!!! You spicey girl!!! :devil1:

That may be very scary at our house...on the meek little farm table that graces our breakfast nook. :redface:

Today's simple abundance is in line with a post I recently contributed to Tallulah's Tales...basically about using the "good stuff".

Continuing with the food & dining theme...today Breathnach reminds us that we should start using and enjoying the beautiful things that already surround us in our homes.

Prepare an attractive dining table -- dine rather than just eat -- a step towards SELF-NURTURANCE..."the simple, the doable, and the affordable". Create a scene of harmony.

Do you have a special set of dinnerware that you only use for "company"? Ever put flowers or a centerpiece created from fresh fruits in the center of the table?!? Dare yourself to eat dinner tonight by candlelight...you deserve the ambiance.

Well then I must quote our dear Kimmi:

"Get a Swing!"
:kiss:

Quote from: Sunny on July 15, 2007, 08:29:31 AM
:icon_twisted: Tallulah!!! You spicey girl!!! :devil1:

That may be very scary at our house...on the meek little farm table that graces our breakfast nook. :redface:

I gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience
in which I must stop and look fear in the face...
I say to myself, I've lived through this
and can take the next thing that comes along...
We must do the things that we think we cannot do.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
--- Frank Herbert

WOW!  I love that--I'm gonna print it out and put it on the bathroom mirror to inspire me to get in the damned car and go to work every day--LOL

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!   :biggrin:

I tell my kids...

Shoot for the moon! 
If you miss, at least you'll be amongst the stars! 

I heard that somewhere and loved it!

Quote from: tallulahdahling on August 20, 2007, 04:22:13 PM
WOW!  I love that--I'm gonna print it out and put it on the bathroom mirror to inspire me to get in the damned car and go to work every day--LOL

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!   :biggrin:

I'm glad, Tallu...I actually thought of you when I found it. YVW. ;)

We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same.

--Carlos Castaneda

 :hug: :hug:

Quote from: Sunny on August 21, 2007, 06:01:22 AM
I'm glad, Tallu...I actually thought of you when I found it. YVW. ;)