Need not be perfect

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful.

Worthwhile

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.

Flow with life

Life just is. You have to flow with it. Give yourself to the moment. Let it happen.

Thoughts on life-Not a race

Life is a journey. It is not a race to test who can finish first or who can end up with the most loot. Rather, life is best enjoyed as a meander - watching the view to left and right - above and below - as  the days slowly move past in dress review.

Full of beauty

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind.  Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.
- Ashley Smith

The art

Life is the art of drawing insufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
- Samuel Butler

Valentine's Day quote-One smile

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
- Maya Angelou

Grow up

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh – at yourself.
-  Ethel Barrymore

Thoughtful quotes-Celebrate

The more you praise and celebrate your life,
the more there is in life to celebrate.
- Oprah Winfrey

Thoughts on Life-Surrender

I surrender to life as it is, not as it should be.
- Richard Carlson

Ironic life

"Life can be ironic. Come to find out, the only thing I'm allergic to is allergy medicine."
- Scott E. Roeben

Positive quotes-Rising of the sun

With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Life-Projected

Life - for most people - is their past projected large onto the movie screen of their future.

Thoughts on Life-It's not a straight road

Life isn't a straight road,
There is a curve called failure,
A loop called confusion,
Speed bumps called friends,
Red lights called enemies,
Caution signs called family,
And sometimes you have a flat tire called jobs,
But if you have a spare called determination,
And the engine called perseverance,
You'll make it to a place called success!!

Deep thoughts-Observer of Life

Be an Observer of Life.
Gaining wisdom from carefully observing life is not a substitute for action - it is a prerequisite for informed action.

Thought for the day-No one to blame

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens?
A terrible thing: no one to blame.
- Erica Jong

Thought for the day-Clamor

May your life always be Counterpoint to the Clamor of the World.

Quotes-Forgotten

The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that...women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves.
- Louise Otto

Thought for the day-Life’s Rhythm

Set Life’s Rhythm with Your Heart-Drum.

Thoughts-A Mother's determination

A Pastor looked over the assembled members for his Thursday afternoon confirmation class. Only one teenager was there for the class that should have been filled with fifteen youths. Only one young girl was there to benefit from the pastor's knowledge and preparation. Only she had prepared her assignment from the week before. The lone member of the class was a thirteen-year-old girl. Her mother had left her job as a waitress in order to pick her daughter up at school and have her at the class on time.

Her mother had told the pastor at the beginning of the series of confirmation classes, "I did not have the benefit of a church when I was growing up. I am determined that things will go better for my daughter than they went for me."

Her mother was definitely determined. Determination was her middle name. She would move any mountain in order to ensure that her daughter participated in all church activities.

At first the pastor considered canceling the class. After all, only one student was present. But the determination and dedication of the mother and her daughter moved him. He went ahead with the class. After all, the mother's dedication ought to be rewarded with at least this much response from the church.

Ten years later, when the pastor returned to that church, a beautiful young woman came up and introduced herself to him. She was a new teacher, specializing in children with learning disabilities. She was also an officer in the church, a leader of the young adults' group. Then the pastor remembered: She was the lone little girl in the confirmation class that Thursday afternoon ten years ago. She was the fruit of her mother's determination that her daughter would receive a blessing from the church.