"We generate the results in life that we believe we deserve." ~ Dr. Phil

"Friendship isn't a big thing, it's a million little things."

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

~ Anatole France

"Stop telling God how big your storm is.
Instead, tell the storm how big your God is!"

True friends are an expression of God's love in our lives.

May you always have …

Love to Share,

Health to Spare

and Friends that Care.

“When you are down to nothing ... God is up to something.”

 

 

 

We can't choose how we die...
but we can choose how we live.

Maya Angelou's Best Poem Ever

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....

• enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own even if she never wants to or needs to…
• something perfect to wear if the employer or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...
• a youth she's content to leave behind....
• a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to retelling it in her old age....
• a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...
• one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who lets her cry...
• a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...
• eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal that will make her guests feel honored...
• a feeling of control over her destiny...

A WOMAN SHOULD KNOW ....

• how to fall in love without losing herself…
• how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without ruining the friendship
• when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...
• that she can't change the length of her calves, the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..
• that her childhood may not have been perfect...but its over...
• what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...
• how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...
• whom she can trust, whom she can't, and why she shouldn't take it personally...
• where to go... be it to her best friend's kitchen table... or a charming inn in the woods... when her soul needs soothing...
• what she can and can't accomplish in a day... a month...and a year.

"Let us be silent that we may hear the whisper of God."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Be still and know that I am God."
Psalm 46:10

Three keys to more abundant living:
caring about others,
daring for others,
sharing with others.
- William A. Ward

"Forget love...
I'd rather fall in chocolate."

"A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart."

Happy Valentines Day!

Life is too short...

... to wake up in the morning with regrets.
So love the people who treat you right,
forget about the ones who don't and believe
that everything happens for a reason.
If you get a chance, take it.
If it changes your life, let it.
Nobody said that it 'd be easy,
they just promised it would be worth it.

"There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." ~Pooh

Humility

Humility is:

Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore, to wonder at nothing done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a blessed home in myself where I can go in and shut the door and pray to my Father in secret and be at peace, as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and about me is seeming trouble.

Andrew Murray, a Scottish Theologian

I've Learned ...

I've learned...

• that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.
  
  
• that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.
  
  
• that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
  
  
• that it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.
  
  
• that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know something.
  
  
• that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do, but to the best you can do.
  
  
• that it's not what happens to people that's important. It's what they do about it.
  
  
• that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
  
  
• that no matter how thin you slice it, there are always two sides.
  
  
• that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
  
  
• that it's a lot easier to react than it is to think.
  
  
• that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
  
  
• that you can keep going long after you think you can't.
  
  
• that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
  
  
• that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
  
  
• that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
  
  
• that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
  
  
• that learning to forgive takes practice.
  
  
• that there are people who love you dearly, but just don't know how to show it.
  
  
• that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
  
  
• that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
  
  
• that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.
  
  
• that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
  
  
• that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
  
  
• that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, it doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
  
  
• that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
  
  
• that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would if they believed it.
  
  
• that your family won't always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren't related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren't biological.
  
  
• that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
  
  
• that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
  
  
• that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.
  
  
• that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
  
  
• that sometimes when my friends fight, I'm forced to choose sides even when I don't want to.
  
  
• that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
  
  
• that sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of their actions.
  
  
• that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
  
  
• that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
  
  
• that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
  
  
• that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process.
  
  
• that there are many ways of falling and staying in love.
  
  
• that no matter the consequences, those who are honest with themselves get farther in life.
  
  
• that no matter how many friends you have, if you are their pillar you will feel lonely and lost at the times you need them most.
  
  
• that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
  
  
• that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
  
  
• that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains.
  
  
• that the paradigm we live in is not all that is offered to us.
  
  
• that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
  
  
• that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon.
  
  
• that although the word "love" can have many different meanings, it loses value when overly used.
  
  
• that it's hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people's feelings and standing up for what you believe.
  
  
  Author: Unknown
  

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it to you when you forget the words."

"If I have given my all and still do not win, I haven't lost. Others might remember winning or losing. I remember the journey."

--Apolo Anton Ohno
Five-time Olympic medalist

Inscription on the tomb of an Anglican Bishop

This is an inscription on the tomb of an Anglican Bishop in Westminster Abbey:

“When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits, I dreamed of changing the world.

As I grew older and wiser I discovered the world would not change –
So I shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country, but it too seemed immovable.

As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas, they would have none of it.

And now I realize as I lie on my deathbed, if I had only changed myself first, then by example I might have changed my family. From their inspiration and encouragement I would then have been able to better my country,

And who knows, I might have even changed the world.”