Todays Thought

MJB

"So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispendable; and now man is useless while he has a friend."...Robert Louis Stevenson

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"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud."...Ralph Waldo Emerson



Love and warm thoughts. MJB(Marilyn)

Boop

George Carlin's Views on Aging

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half; You're four and a half, going on five!

That's the key.

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13; but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk!: He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40.

Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE IT to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE IT to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you REACH 4:30; you MAKE IT to bedtime.

And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92!"

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"

May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!


HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the
doctors worry about them. That is why you pay " them " .

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. " An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love. Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever; your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, even to a foreign country; but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them -- at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away

MJB

Hey Boop how are you ? I love your post you got everything posted there that anyone needs to know LOL

Here is a fine thought to share tonight from Mother Teresa, who conquered so many problems of her own and has inspired millions:

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world."

I once read this saying from Greece: "You don't have to show love in words,because even through the silences,love is clearly heard."

Through the silences......Aren't those the moments that we can all use,at meaningful times in our lives,to convey so much?
Love and warm thoughts.MJB(Marilyn)

MJB

"If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worring about one year ago today."...Author unknown
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"Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."...David Lloyd George

Love and warm thoughts. MJB(Marilyn)

beachcottage

A misty morning does not signify a cloudy day. Author Unknown......................xoxo,Patti

NPat

There are no failures - only learners.
Buckminster Fuller

MJB

There are those who speak rashly,like the piercing of a sword,but the tongue of the wise brings healing...Proverbs 12:18

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I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on...Rosanne Barr

Love and thoughts. MJB

MJB

True friendship should be treasured
In life's deceptive mase.
Its value can be measured
In many different ways.
Though certain cynics doubt it
With each dismissive thoughts,
Make no mistake about it....
True friendship means a lot...John M. Robertson
Love and warm thoughts, MJB

Boop

Get the Piñata Perspective



See, the human mind is kind of like...

a piñata. When it breaks open,

there's a lot of surprises inside.

Once you get the piñata perspective,

you see that losing your mind

can be a peak experience.



Do something completely

outrageous today!


Hugs and God Bless
Cherie

beachcottage

"Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should do, they never get around to do what they want to do."

-- Kathleen Winsor

XOXO,Patti

MJB

A TIME- WORN PROVERB FROM ARABIA ADVISES:

"Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble." GOOD ADVISE!
Love and warm thoughts. MJB

beachcottage

I believe in the sun
Even when it is not shining

I believe in love
Even when I do not feel it

I believe in God
Even when he is silent~~~

Found on the walls of a cellar in Cologne where Jewish families hid during the Holocaust..

xoxo,Patti

MJB

That poem is such a treasure when you know the circumstances of the author.Thank You Patti for sharing.

Have you ever bought an old book and found a handwritten inscription inside? One example which I was particularly pleased to discover was this little prayer:

Dear Lord,please guard me on my way,
Please guide my feet, lest I should stray,
Please give me strength, when storms come near,
To overcome enfeebling fear,
And Lord, I beg, my whole life through
Please let me ever walk with You...Author Unknown

Love and warm thoughts. MJB

Boop

May You Have...



Enough trials to keep you strong

Enough sorrow to keep you human

Enough hope to keep you happy

Enough failure to keep you humble

Enough success to keep you eager

Enough friends to give you comfort

Enough wealth to meet your needs

Enough enthusiasm to look forward

Enough faith to banish depression

Enough determination to make each

day better than yesterday.



Author Unknown

beachcottage

The last thing many of us think about is a way to be as gentle with ourselves as we are with others.

-Robert J. Wicks





In the midst of winter, I finally realized that deep within me there lay an invincible summer.

Albert Camus





xoxo,Patti

beachcottage

"Limitless like the ocean are your excellent qualities."

-- Dalai Lama

"Where there is great love there are always miracles."


— Willa Cather
xoxo,Patti

MJB

A sign on my Optometrist's waiting room wall;

"PEOPLE DON'T INJURE THEIR EYESIGHT BY LOOKING AT THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS."

Love and warm thoughts. MJB

beachcottage

"Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul."


— Saint Theresa of Avila

MJB

On a church notice board:

"If you're heading in the wrong direction, remember---God allows U-turns."
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Next time you ask, "How are you?"
Then do make sure you stay
And listen to the answer----
You might make someone's day! ...Author Unknown

Love and warm thoughts. MJB

MJB

I walk along quickly, a brisk, cheerful pace
And people smile back at my going-out-face.
They don't know the problems, the worry within,
The muddle my life is, just where to begin.
But seeing them smiling makes me cheerful, too,
Perhaps I've discovered the right things to do.
And so I reach home and I start to unwind,
And search once again for new peace of mind,
Tomorrow, once more, I shall join in the race,
I'll put on my coat and my going-out-face!...Iris Hesselden

Love and warm thoughts. MJB

MJB

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams."...Henry David Thoreau



If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person.

If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house.

If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation.

If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world...Chinese proverb.

Love and warm thoughts. MJB

beachcottage

Life is filled with many wonders like the blue sky, the sunshine, the eyes of a baby.

-Thich Nhat Hanh

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another,

'What! You too? I thought I was the only one!'"

--C.S. Lewis

MJB

"I have made a great discovery. What I love belongs to me . Not the chairs and tables in my house, but the masterpieces of the world. It is only a question of loving them enough."...Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco

Love and warm thoughts. MJB

beachcottage

Spring comes with flowers, autumn with the moon, summer with the breeze, winter with snow. When idle concerns don't fill your thoughts, that's your best season.
Author: Wu-Men
xoxo,Patti

MJB

"Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry"!!!!!Gloria Steinem

"Anger as soon as fed is dead. Tis starving makes it fat"...Emily Dickinson

Love and warm thoughts. MJB

beachcottage

Do you not see that you and I are as the branches of one tree? With your rejoicing comes my laughter, with your sadness start my tears. Love—could love be otherwise with you and me?



— Tsu Yeh



Unsolved in your heart…





Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.



— Ranier Maria Rilke







xoxo,Patti

MJB

A Sunday school teacher asked one of her pupils:"Now tell me truthfully,Craig--do you say your prayers before eating?"
"No," he replied. I don't have to.My mother is a good cook!"
Doesn't this prove that, no matter how serious or light-hearted the question, an honest answer is always the best one to give?
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Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering...Hebrews 10:23
Love and warm thoughts. MJB

MJB

"Inspiration comes very slowly and quietly"...Brenda Ueland

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"I will tell you what I have learned myself . For me, a long five or six mile walk helps.And one must go alone and every day"...Brenda Ueland

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"Old age ain't no place for sissies."...Bette Davis

Love and warm thoughts. MJB

beachcottage

“The word impossible is not in my dictionary.”



-- Napoleon Bonaparte



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Quote:

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“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the trouble makers. The round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them, because they change things, they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”



-- Apple Computers, Think Different

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xoxo,Patti

MJB

This is the age of perfectionism, kid.
Everbody try their emotional, mental and physical damndest.
Strive, strive. Correct all defects.
"Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order"...Judith Guest
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Laughter is like the human body wagging its tail...Harriet Rochlin
Love and warm thoughts. MJB