AHealthyMentality.com

A Positive, Cup-Half-Full Look At Life ~ On the Often Missed Path to Excellent Mental Health and Well Being

Posts by Month: September, 2008

Contract With God

When your heart is clean and pure Far removed from the desires of the world And the sin of iniquit...

IGoPioneering.Com

Planning a trip to Colorado Rockies or the Great Smokey Mountains?  Here’s a guide to what to d...

Be a Respecful Tourist

Are you a good traveler?  As you see the USA in your Chevrolet are you careful to take care of ...

MateForFamilies.Com

Looking for your perfect mate?  Here’s a good place to start!    http://www.mate...

Read for Pleasure

Reading is good for you.  All of us should spend time every day reading.  You can read hap...

MySouthwesternPhotos.Com

Wow!  Just look at these photos!  This writer is quite the photographer!   ...

To Do is God

To learn is good; to do is God!  I heard that on a really goofy movie called, ‘The Love Guru’. ...

Today'sLifeLessons.Com

Life has lots of lessons to teach of if we are paying attention.  This website is a good place ...

Be Grateful!

The car tag read ‘BGRTFL’.  Looks like ‘Be Grateful’ to me and I like it!  I need to get a...

SpecialtiesByLouise.Com

Tired of cooking the same old things day after day after day?  Have you run out of ideas for an...

Forgive and Be Merciful

How are you today?  Is this a good day?  Have things been going your way?  If not, wh...

Pitcher'sLife.Com

I like baseball.  Do you?  If so, this is a great site to learn a lot about the game! ...

Refrigerator Out = Trial

Are you an optimist or a pessimist?  Our refrigerator just went out.  I could run around s...

WeAin'tGotItYouDon'tNeedIt.Com

If they ain’t got it, then you really may not need it because it looks like this site has just about...

Guitars and Cadillacs

If you are ever in DeQueen, Arkansas, stop in and see my friend Clifton Lovell.  He owns the mo...

ReinventLife.Com

Reinvent Life!  Hmmm  I like that concept and I like this website!  Much to learn her...

Something to Smile About

So many things to see and enjoy on my riverside walk this morning.  Among them was a young coup...

IGoWorkout.Com

Great website for those of you who are diet conscious and wanting to eat right to stay healthy. ...

Unfinished Business

Have you ever noticed a shell of a house or a house with a shell of a room added on that never gets ...

IGoRemodel.Com

Is your house beginning to look a little drab?  Here’s a good place to get some great ideas for...

Don't Tolerate Abuse

Maintaining ‘a healthy mentality’ is not always easy – some days it’s very hard indeed, especially w...

IGoTennis.Com

Into tennis?  Then here’s the site for you!        &nbs...

Rational Lies

Do you sometimes do things that, deep down, you know are wrong but, well, you thought about it a lon...

MyChristmasCrafts.Com

Be ready for the holiday season with great ideas from this great website! http://www.mychristmascra...

Become Successful

5 Characteristics of Success   1.     A sincere desire to make a change f...

IGoRacingHorses.Com

Horse racing, oh what a thrill!  I love watching them round the turn.  Who’s going to win?...

Instructions for Life

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 2.  When you l...

IGoImprove.Com

Weight loss, we are all into it, right?  Here’s a site that is all about weight loss, building ...

What Is That To You?

There’s a passage in the New Testament that portrays Peter talking to Yeshua (Jesus) about why John ...

IGoHerbalHealth.Com

I’m into healthy and here’s a great website to get some good information.    &nb...

FAMILY

I ran into a stranger as he passed by, "Oh excuse me please" was my reply. He said, "Please excuse...

FibromyalgiaVoice.Com

Here is a website that is chock full of information concerning fibromyalgia.  Check it out!&nbs...

Family Part 2

FAMILYAre you aware that if you died tomorrow, the company that you are working for could easily rep...

MySquirrelBait.Com

WOW!  This site is really impressive.  The writer has fibromyalgia yet keeps up with 3 job...

'Eating Well Through Cancer'

Do you have cancer?  Do you know someone who does?   My excellent friend and mentor h...

PrecisionMachiningPro.Com

What do you know about manufacturing, metals, machining and drafting?  Check this out!http://ww...

Don't Be Rude!

Are you rude?  Do you mean to be?  Sometimes I do things and then realize that what I did ...

MyInsideFootball.Com

Here is a new site that looks like it could be a real field goal of a website.  Are you into fo...

Rejoice In Each Day!

“This is the day that the Lord hath made, I will rejoice and be glad in it”   How often ar...

IDoHerbs.Com

This is a great website!  So much to learn here!   http://www.idoherbs.com/2008/08/11...

Silence? Golden?

Silence, is it golden?  Or maybe I should ask; when is it golden and when is it a bad thing? &...

IGoMilitaryHeroes.Com

Are you into wars and the heroes they make?  Then this site is for you.    http:...

Painful Remarks

Have you said something to someone that hurt him/her?  Have you wondered why you said it? ...

IGoDVDs.Com

DVD’s, some of my friends have zillions of them.  Personally, I choose renting.  I like to...

Private Matters

Are you guilty of an indiscretion?  Have you told something you shouldn’t have and hurt someone...

GardeningHobbies.Com

Do you garden?  I like getting my hands dirty now and then.  Here’s a good site for great ...

Who's To Blame?

Why do we blame?  Why do we think and speak in those terms?  After all, so many things hap...

HackerGolfer.Com

Ok golfers, here it is!  All the information you need about the game and the players. &nbs...

Destructive Lies

Is there a person in your life that seemingly can’t wait to tell things that are really nobodies bus...

IGoCreate.Com

This is a great site, especially if you are planning a wedding.     http://www.i...

The Fast Lane

Sitting by the river this morning I was greeted by a rare site.  The river is up and flowing mu...

IGoTanning.Com

Now here’s a neat site.  I love the dolphins and island theme header.   http://www.ig...

Now Is THE Time!

  It’s time to sing again.  It’s time for me to fix you to fix me and for all of us to si...

IsLifeNormal.Com

Here we have a brand new website and it is all about trying to live your life as normally as possibl...

Job Worth Doing

Questions to ask yourself before you begin a job. Do you have the skill and knowledge to do this ...

HorsesDIY.Com

Here is a very nice new site about buying, training, riding and owning horses.  The header feat...

Job Well Done

Questions to ask yourself after you finish a job. Did you do this job to the best of your ability...

IdahoRanchForSale.Com

Here is a new and very unique website in that its sole purpose is to sell a beautiful ranch home in ...

Discipline Yourself

When is discipline accepted gladly?  When is it beneficial?   Everyone knows that there ...

SelectGoodFood.Com

Are you up on the hows and whys of organic foods?  This site will help you to make the best cho...

Bless God

Do you grumble and groan and blame others for what you don’t have?  Or, do you gather those you...

SeniorSafeTravel.Com

Guess what?  I just found a brand new site!  Yes, there is seriously only one article post...

I didn't freak!

A Healthy Mentality rides again.  I’m proud of me.  My car was hit today, actually the guy...

LaymansGamblingGuide.Com

Are you a gambler or just one who enjoys hitting the slot machines occasionally?  Either way th...

I Don't Get Smoking!

Why do you smoke?  Please tell me because I want to know? I have asked that question of severa...

IDoOnlineShopping.Com

Are you interested in shopping online?  This site can tell you all about the ins and outs of sh...

Eat Yourself Well

Why are we, as a nation, so fat?  From what I’m hearing, we are guilty of the following: Sit...

IGoBoutiques.Com

I like this site.  The writer has lots of great ideas to share!      h...

Did You Know?

  Did you know: Arthritis is a leading cause of disability?  Good news is that exerci...

GivingHealthyTips.Com

This is a great site for health tips, check it out!       http://www.g...

Very Different Daughters

My daughter is coming in from Hawaii next week then a few days later she’ll be flying to India for 1...

YourSafetyComesFirst.Com

Safety does come first and this is a great website to learn how to keep it that way!   htt...

I Go Out Walking

I got my walk in before dark last night, did you?  Walking should be a daily habit even when th...

TheCarpenterAndQuilter.Com

What a neat site!  Carpentry and quilting – what a combination!     &n...

Giggles

A friend and I were just talking on the phone about times when you suddenly get the giggles and you ...

IDoOnlineGaming.Com

Are you a game player?  Then this site is where you need to be.     &n...

The Great Deception

It’s fake, staged, and horrific in its impact on society.  Like Hollywood love stories, it’s re...

MysteryReaderCafe.Com

Are you a reader of mysteries?  Then you will love this site about the books and the writers!&n...

The Bike Wreck

Children can be so hilarious even when they don’t mean to be.  I will never forget parallel par...

IGoPGA.Com

Do you play golf?  Learn more about the game and the greats who play it right here at…  ht...

Cussin' and Fussin'

Oh, my, the neighbor across the street is cussing and fussing at his weed eater.  How funny!&nb...

StopForeclosureOhio.Com

Selling or losing your home?  This site will help you to stop this atrocity!   &...

Just Keep Smimming

I have a friend that uses several phrases from movies when she talks to me and others.  For exa...

SewingVoice.Com

Do you sew?  Do you know the history of sewing?  This writer knows the history and so much...

Flowers in May

My grandmother had the cutest saying.  I have used it many times because whoever I say it to se...

TodaysSeniorHobbies.Com

How many of you have hobbies?  We should all have something to do in our spare time and here’s ...

Are You All Right?

For years my father would take my mother and brother and I to all the track meets our school compete...

BargainzNMore.Com

Oh good, bargains on-line, now we can stay home when the weather is bad and still get what we need a...

Don't hurt or embarrass

How do you live well without damaging others and embarrassing yourself?  Hmmm  I just hear...

IGoReport.Com

Into politics, then here’s an interesting site for you.       http://i...

Will Health Care Be Fair?

I admit that I have not read the Health Care plans that any of the Presidential candidates are touti...

GownsCouture.Com

Gowns, beautiful gowns, are the subject of this website.   http://www.gownscouture.com/200...

Too Old/Too Young

It is not easy getting older.  I thought the idea ‘Don’t hire anyone over thirty’ went out with...

IGoHealthySeniors.Com

Seniors – I’m getting there.  Some places like Pizza Hut already give me the Senior Citizen dis...

Help Storm Victims

Ike came and went – now the clean-up begins.  I am so sorry for all those who have been affecte...

ParentsShareAndWin.Com

Parenting advice, who doesn’t need that!  Even it we are grandparents there are still so many n...

Cell Phone Wreck

You’ve probably heard the news.  25 people were killed in a crash between a commuter train and ...

MyMusicInGeneral.Com

Are you into music, music and more music?  Then this is the site for you.  Lots to learn h...

Something Worth Reading

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write something worth r...

TheParentingVoice.Com

Oh, this mom is good!  Lots of great ideas and advice here…     http://www....

Frustration & Emergency

I just learned a valuable lesson!   Do not let someone else’s frustration lead you into panic...

PhotographyBlogger.Com

Do you like to take pictures?  Here’s a website with all kinds of good advice for taking better...

No Xmas For Me

I don’t do Christmas, as a general rule.  I can’t say that I don’t believe in it because there ...

IGoGeocaching.Com

Treasure hunting, all right!  This geocaching sounds like so much fun.  Hunting treasure u...

Hurricane Ike Coming

Hurricane Ike is coming!  The weathermen are saying that it will even have a big impact on us h...

MyChristmasCrafts.Com

Christmas, that time of year when everyone is more loving and giving.  Are you looking for gift...

Festivals, Fairs and Celebrations

The Scottish Festival starts tomorrow (Friday) night.  The Jewish Festival is on Sunday afterno...

LeisureTravel.Com

Oh I wish I was retired and had the time and money to just hook up the RV and leisure travel.  ...

Be Attentive!

Are you there for those who need you?  Do you listen to anyone that wants/needs to talk to you?...

IChatIt.Com

Get the scoop from the writer that likes to chat it up!  http://www.ichatit.com/2008/06/17/mcca...

Let Yourself Play!

Do you ever get to play?  When was the last time you did something for the fun of it?  I...

DealAndDiscounts.Com

Good!  A site about online shopping.  This is great!  http://www.dealanddiscounts.com...

Positive Mindset

Do you set high goals for yourself that you can’t seem to reach?  You know you’re a good person...

IGoDiet.Com

I could lose a few pounds.  Here’s a site with some great advice on how to diet!   ht...

Find a Mentor

Are you an action-oriented person?  If not, do you have someone who believes in you that can en...

HistoryOfAmericanMilitary.Com

Here’s a history site that’s chock full of great information!      &nb...

Encourage Students - Raise Confidence

We hear a lot these days about how we should always ‘tell it like it is’.  School teachers and ...

GenealogyVoice.Com

Do you know where your family came from and when?  I know that my mother’s father came from Den...

Compliment When Possible

I like to flatter people.  I enjoy telling a person if I like something they’re wearing, drivin...

IGoMilitaryMuseums.Com

Are you into museums?  I am.  I really enjoy learning about history – what happened where,...

Prepared for Adversity?

Are you prepared for adversity?  If your life is going really well right now then now is the be...

IGoRacingHorses.Com

Have you ever been to the races?  I have.  I love watching the horses as they race around ...

Alacrity = Eagerness

When you hear or see something inspiring, what do you do?  You have that fired up feeling so wo...

MusicTherapyQueen.Com

This is one classy website!             ...

Weekend Festivals, Whoopee

I’m excited!  What a weekend this will be.  Friday night the Scottish Festival will begin ...

GoldenBuddies.Com

How cute is this?  Watch the vivacious, adorable puppies on the right side of this blog.  ...

Grandmother's Sunday Dinner

I remember my grandmother’s noodles.  Oh my goodness!  Those were the best melt-in-your-mo...

BakingForTheHeart.Com

This is a brand new website and it is going to be a good one.  It’s loaded with well written, i...

Coming Home

My daughter will be home soon and I can hardly wait!  It will be so good to see her.  She ...

AceCreated.Com

Oh, my, now here’s a great site for us girls and any guys that are into jewelry!  I want to lea...

Almost Sugar Free Me

Oh, I shouldn’t be doing this, but here goes!  My willpower is weakening and I’m giving in.&nbs...

GardeningHobbies.Com

This is such a lovely site!  I mean it!  Go there and see!   I wish I had a fron...

Lovely Weather We're Having!

Drat!  No walk for me tonight, it’s raining.  I really look forward to my walks every day....

IGoWorkOut.Com

I work out and I walk!  Well, mainly I walk!  But anyway, I like this website!  ...

Tiger vs Montel

What do you watch on television?  What kinds of shows do you like?  Are you into the detec...

IGoPolitics.Com

Are you into politics?  Then this is the site for you!       ...

Ramen Noodle Fun

I like Ramen noodles!  They are cheap and good.  I started buying them when I was raising ...

SpecialtiesByLouise.Com

Here’s a brand new site all about baking!  And there’s a cookbook for sale!  I could certa...

Kids In The Kitchen

Did your mother or father teach you to cook?  Do you like to cook?  What are your specialt...

TheDesertRanch.Com

What a pretty site this is, literally!  I love the house on the header!  It’s a new site s...

Be An Explorer!

Isn’t it wonderful to live in America?  We have so much diversity in the vast country of ours.&...

QuiltingHobby.Com

I love quilts!  This site will help anybody who’s into quilting!  It is a great place to g...

Stress Relief

Oh, the stress we are under just to survive in today’s world.  Stress can cause hard feelings t...

SpiritualHealthandWellBeing.Com

WOW!  What a great new site!  I really like this one!       ...

Family Life: Good, Bad or Ugly!

I am so thankful for friends, especially the special one that I see at least 3 times a week.  I...

IGoCollect.Com

Are you a collector?  The writer of this website knows lots about collecting.  Check it ou...

I Collect Friends

What do you collect?  A friend said once that I collect friends.  Do you have lots of frie...

BestBiPolar.Com

It’s good to have a place to get accurate information about Bi-polar disorder.  This site is wr...

In The Present

Are you ‘in the present’?  How often are you thinking of something that is in the past, or an e...

TypesOfCatBreeds.Com

A brand new site and it promises to be a really good one.  http://www.typesofcatbreeds.com/2008...

Better Dish Washing

I don’t know about you but I hate doing dishes in a sink full of soapy water.  The water gets s...

VeraHealthyViews.Com

Here’s a good site for health matters.  We all have ways we need to improve ourselves.  ht...

Shower Curtain Cleaning

I have so much to do today; start laundry, then clean the kitchen and bathroom and do something abou...

PrecisionMachiningPro.Com

Precision Machining, I know nothing about machining but I’m sure that some of you out there do! ...

Principles for Survival

I’ve finished the book!  Now to put all I’ve read into practice. I’m talking about the great n...

SchoffPhotos.Com

I like to take photographs and I like this site.  Lots of instructions for better picture takin...

Common Courtesy?

I like quiet!  I think best when it’s quiet.  I’m more relaxed and it’s easier to enjoy a ...

ReinventLife.Com

Now is a good time to re-invent your life as I’m working at re-inventing mine.    htt...

Take the High Road

There are two roads in front of you.  Which one will you take?  The low road looks easy an...

CountryCraftsQueen.Com

I like this site, especially the header – all the family involved in crafting.   Cute!&nbs...

Find Your New Self

Do you feel far away from yourself and what you used to be?  Have you forgotten the way back?&n...

IGoRemodel.Com

This is a nice site with lots of great ideas.   http://www.igoremodel.com/2008/08/30/remod...

Solve the Puzzles

Do you look for answers to the puzzles of life?  Do you yearn to learn?  It’s much easier ...

ThickBloodAndClots.Com

This site is very informative and instructional.  We all need to know these things!  ...

Be Thankful

Are you a thankful person?  You should be.  You are alive!   Think of that.  Y...

MyKindOfGarden.Com

This is the cutest site!  Make me want to run out and buy some plants and get the dirt ready!&n...

Embrace Life!

Life is everywhere.  Plants and animals manifest life as we humans also must do.  Winter i...

IGoRetire.Com

This is where I need to be – Retired!          &nb...

Daddy's Kite

Did you ever fly a kite?  Did you buy the kite or make it yourself?  My dad helped me to m...

StopTeenAbuse.Com

This is a good site with lots of ideas for keeping our kids safe.  http://www.stopteenabuse.com...

Daddy's Special Present

Did someone ever help you to buy a very special item – something you would use and cherish for years...

IGoPioneering.Com

I want to go pioneering.  That sounds like fun!  http://www.igopioneering.com/2008/08/02/c...

Memories of Home

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the world as I knew it growing up.  My family lived in a ...

IGoImprove.Com

Here’s a good site for great tips on diet and exercise.  We all need that, right?  Check i...

The Christmas Present

Among other memories of my early life comes the favorite Christmas when I was 9 or 10.  I remem...

IGoTennis.Com

Do you play tennis?  Do you follow the game and the tournaments around the world?  If you ...

Love Your Love

Who do you love?  What man/woman makes your heart soar?  Are you with him/her right now?&n...

ScrapbookingTraveler.Com

Are you into scrapbooking?  It’s a great way to preserve your photos and memories of special tr...

Golden Memories!

“Memories – pressed between the pages of my mind.  Memories – sweetened through the ages just l...

IGoHerbalHealth.Com

I’m into herbal health, are you?  I’m into eating healthy (and lately sugarless) and exercising...

River's Edge, Tulsa

What do you do to relax in the evening?  My love and I decided to go to the River’s Edge Bistro...

WeightLossPowder.Com

A powder to help weight loss?  I need some of that!  As we age it gets harder and harder t...

Why Women Should Vote!

(I didn't write this - I received it in an email from a close friend - I wish I knew who wrote it, I...

TitansMom.Com

I like this site!  I like it because it’s written by a mom that’s really into football.  H...

Impatient? Me, too!

Do you get impatient?  Boy, I do.  I hate waiting.  I especially hate waiting for som...

GolfKingBlog.Com

Calling all golfers!  Here’s the site for you!  Good advice on every aspect of that great ...

Neighbor to Poverty

If I get the 2nd grade position I just interviewed for today, (see ‘Great Interview’ below) I will b...

IGoGaming.Com

WOW!  This site is fabulous – super cool header and of course I like the MEEZ since I have two ...

Great Interview!

I just had the best interview of my life.  The interviewer was one of the loveliest ladies I’ve...

CamperVoice.Com

Ok campers, here’s one for you.  This is a nice site with lots of good ideas for camping with c...

Improve Yourself!

Have you learned something new about yourself today?  Did some friend or relative enlighten you...

IGoGardens.Com

Ok gardeners, listen up!  Here’s a site you’re really going to like.  You’ll find informat...

Your Civic Duty!

Are you active in your neighborhood?  Is there something you could do to help your community? &...

IGoAirTravel.Com

Oh, I like this site – gives me a chance to think about all the exotic places I want to visit. ...

Swim @ the Gym

Have you ever been to a gym?  There’s so much to do there.  It’s a great place to exerci...

ConserveRanches.Com

There is so much information available on this website, it is a good read for all of us.  htt...

Power Walk

Have you had your walk today?  The weather is so lovely and cool here so I donned my shorts, te...

HuntLow.Com

How about this site!  It is something really different!  http://www.huntlow.com/2008/06/27...

Self Discipline

Do you have self discipline?  If you realize that you’re doing something you shouldn’t, can you...

FullGospelFaith.Com

This is a great site with lots of great articles.  Check it out!  http://www.fullgospelfai...

You're Eating What?

What is that you’re putting in your mouth?  Are you sure that’s good for you?  What about ...

TheGirlzKorner.Com

Cute, cute website!  I really like this one, so many great tips to help us in our quest for bea...

Break That Habit!

Do you have a bad habit?  Most all of us do, so think a minute.  What is it that you do a ...

TodaysNASCARS.Com

Do you like racing?  Cars going as fast as possible around a track many, many times to set spee...

Prepare for the Future!

Do you have a plan for your life with a clear goal in mind?  Are you getting the education/trai...

TodaysBodyBuilder.Com

Are you into body building?  So many people are.  It is a good way to lose weight, tone up...

Make Contact!

Don’t be a couch potato, get out there! Think of ways to come out of yourself.   Make...

IEnjoyMovies.Com

Oh yes, I enjoy movies too!  I have just watched Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day!  I watch ...

Don't Be Lazy!

Has anyone ever called you lazy?  Do you think of yourself as lazy?  You know that being l...

GoTomatoGardening.Com

How many of you have gardens?  I know lots of people who love getting their hands dirty and wat...

Marquees @ Eureka Springs, AR

Last weekend I was privileged to get to eat at the best restaurant in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. ...

MyInsideFootball.Com

Are you interested in football?  So many Americans are.  This site has the beginnings of a...

Relationships Good or Bad?

Think a minute about the relationships in your life.  Are they all good ones that are feeding y...

LetsTalkBeads.Com

Colorful website and one very interesting and well written article so far.  Check it out! ...

Education Needs Reform

John Medina, in his book ‘Brain Rules’, talks about how his mother would transform the house as his ...

AcousticsPassion.Com

I love the sound of a good guitar, especially when played well.  Here is a site that is all abo...

DHS Did What?

A brand new young mother called DHS and asked an innocent question.  She wondered if it was OK ...

TodaysLifeLessons.Com

I like this website.  It asks and answers many of the important questions in our lives.  C...

"Look to this day, for it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course lie all the realities and verities of existence. The bliss of growth, the splendor of action, the glory of power. And yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision. But today - well lived - makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day. ~ Sanskrit proverb ~
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Lucas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." Auguste Rodin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew." Herb Caen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life" Aphra Behn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Take your dreams off your wish list and put them on your 'to do' list" Unknown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies" Aristotle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Don't count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count." Anonymous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life or in the life of another." –Helen Keller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "All truth goes through three stages: First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally it is accepted as self evident." - Schopenhauer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them." - Bob Dylan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Music should be a part of each soul's development." Edgar Cayce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You only fail if you quit trying. The trying is oft counted for righteousness. Remember as He has given, "I do not condemn thee." Go be patient, be kind, and the Lord be with thee!" Edgar Cayce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving." ~H.U. Westermayer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "If you count all your assets, you always show a profit." ~Robert Quillen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Thanksgiving is America's national chow-down feast, the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty." ~Michael Dresser ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Don't give up on the brink of a miracle...remember, you're NOT alone!" Popular Hymn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake." Robert Half ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained." Arthur Somers Roche ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny." Garrison Keillor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Easy is an adjective used to describe a woman who has the sexual morals of a man." Nancy Linn-Desmond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it" Author Unknown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` "If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Ronald Reagan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Man, the inventor, is the invention of an inventive mind like his, but infinitely greater still." Arnie Gotfryd - 'Do Robots Have Rights?' - CHABAD.ORG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations." John Wycliffe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts." Og Mandino ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people" John Wycliffe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." Thomas Jefferson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time." Abraham Lincoln ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years." Deepak Chopra ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A doctor gave a man six months to live. The man couldn't pay his bill, so he gave him another six months." Henny Youngman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running." Groucho Marx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "First need in the reform of hospital management? That's easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef." Martin H. Fischer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm." Florence Nightingale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Today is a Good Day to have a Great Day" Bill Fowler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see." Helen Keller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly." Elbert Hubbard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time." Mark Twain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell." Robert Byrne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time." Steven Wright (1955 - ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Walking is man's best medicine." Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Walking is also an ambulation of mind." Gretel Ehrlich ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy." Dr. Howard Murphy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." -William Blake ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have 'crossed bridges' in their imagination far ahead of the crowd." -Anon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." -William Faulkner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for." Bruce Springsteen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage." Bob Dylan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life." Bette Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women." Elsa Schiaparelli ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view." Sophia Loren ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome." William Manchester ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable." Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers." Thich Nhat Hanh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers." Chinese Proverb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You're alive. Do something. Look. Listen. Choose. Act." Barbara Hall, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values." Norman Thomas (1884 - 1968) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), in Plato, Dialogues, Apology ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “To get what you’ve never had, you must do what you’ve never done.” Brian Tracy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Success is tons of discipline.” Al Tomsik ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.” Thomas Huxley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Smile, it increases your face value!” Steel Magnolias (movie) “I’d rather have 3 minutes of wonderful than a life time of nothing special.” Steel Magnolias “I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a very bad mood for… years.” Steel Magnolias ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable." Christopher Reeve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams." Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it." Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children." W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes." Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded." Jess Lair ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself." Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Strength to Love, 1963 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh." W. H. Auden (1907 - 1973) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke." Lynda Barry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." Robert Frost (1874 - 1963) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another." Luciano de Crescenzo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." Hebrews 13:2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined... to strengthen each other... to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories." George Eliot (1819 - 1880) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Your world is made of your memories, and your memories are given to you by your world. The whispering voice of happenstance is always in our ears (saying), 'This is the world. This is the way things are. Look. Pay attention. Remember.'" Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 05-25-06 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The only cure for grief is action." George Henry Lewes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it." Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Waste not fresh tears over old griefs." Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A mother understands what a child does not say." Jewish Proverb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary." Dorothy C. Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children." Elain Heffner, O Magazine, May 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn." John Muir (1838 - 1914) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present." Roger Babson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you." Carl Sandburg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." Anonymous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You can lead a man to wisdom, but you can't make him think!" Unknown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The conquering of self is truly greater than were one to conquer many worlds." Edgar Cayce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~