“If you want to be an artist, you do what artists do. Artists don’t set out to create ART, they set aside some time, then they show up and get involved with the materials and tools of their medium.” — Jean Bryant [Source: Stop Improving Yourself and Start Living]
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Thought for Today
“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.” Euripides
Thought for Today
“He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882), Address on The Method of Nature, 1841 [Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/love/%5D
Healthy Living A to Z: D is for Dessert
Don’t get too excited. I’m not going to tell you to go out and indulge in every high fat sweet treat you can find but there are healthier ways to enjoy dessert. One of my favorite treats is fresh or frozen berries. Strawberries are natures candy. Fruit can help satisfy cravings for sugar. Chocolate hasContinue reading “Healthy Living A to Z: D is for Dessert”
Thought for Today
“When you are up against a tough situation, the first essential is to stand up to it. Face it, think about it, study it, pray about it; then hit it and keep after it. You have within you enough force, put there by Almighty God, to overcome situations that seem overwhelming.” — Norman Vincent PealeContinue reading “Thought for Today”
Thought for Today
‘There is a saying in Vietnamese, ‘It doesn’t cost anything to have loving speech.’ We only need to choose our words carefully, and we can make other people happy. To use words mindfully, with loving kindness, is to practice generosity. We can make many people happy just by practicing loving speech.’ – Thich Nhat Hanh [Source: Continue reading “Thought for Today”
A Love That Lasts
Bob and I have been married 22 years. People comment on us holding hands and occasionally tell us they have taken a photo of us. We have always held hands, but now it’s even more important because of Bob’s loss of eyesight. Younger people also ask how we’ve stayed together “so long.” We work atContinue reading “A Love That Lasts”
Thought for Today
“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” — Martin Luther King Jr. ((1929 – 1968) [Source:http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/love/%5D
Thought for Today
“We can only learn to love by loving.” — Iris Murdoch (1919 – 1999), O Magazine, February 2004 [Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/love/%5D
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