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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited February 2005

    "Deep within us all, there is a well-spring of courage that bubbles up and provides us with the hope that we will be well again" Author unknow....Here'e to getting well and finding our "well-spring"...xoxoxo Patti

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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005
    Anon
    Today is a smooth white seashell, hold it close and listen to the beauty of the hours.

    From "Cheers
    Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.



    Love to all....xoxo,Patti
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  • MJB
    MJB Member Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2005
    That I did not fail was due in parts to patience...Jane Goodall
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    I see things every day that hearten me...Katie Courie
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    If ever I had a good mind, it has been lost in the shuffle. I seem to have stagnated, and I am aware that I am not using any capacity I have to the fullest...Anonymous
    Love and warm thoughts.MJB
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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005
    The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.==Morrie Schwartz, quoted by Mitch Albom, "Tuesdays with Morrie...

    xoxo,Patti
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  • MJB
    MJB Member Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2005
    Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing...Phyllis Diller
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    God knows no distance...Charleszetta Waddles
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    Don't try to be such a perfect girl, darling. Do the best you can without too much anxiety or strain...Jesse Barnard
    Love and warm thoughts. MJB
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  • MJB
    MJB Member Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2005
    I believe menopause is a time when a woman's power, wisdom, and creativity pushes to the surface, calling for her attention...Chrisitiane Northrup
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    God and I have a good relationship, but we both see other people...Dolly Parton

    LOve and warm thoughts.MJB
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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005
    The only difference between stepping stones and stumbling blocks is how we use them.



    — Author unknown



    Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.”



    -- Muhammad Ali



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  • MJB
    MJB Member Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2005
    Don't be afraid your life will end: be afraid that it will never begin...Grace Hansen
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    Courage---fear that has said its prayers...Dorothy Bernard

    Love and warm thoughts. MJB
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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005
    Quote:

    You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

    James Allen



    xoxo<Patti
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  • MJB
    MJB Member Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2005
    Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go ---no one else...Les Brown

    Love and warm thoughts. MJB
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  • MJB
    MJB Member Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2005
    Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning...Psalm 10:5

    I own my life. And only mine. And so I shall appreciate my person. And so I shall make proper use of myself...Ruth Beebe Hill

    Love and warm thoughts.MJB
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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005
    "The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person."
    - Andy Rooney

    xoxo,Patti
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  • MJB
    MJB Member Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2005
    A WOMAN'S HEART-GOD'S HOUSE

    A special gift! A work of art!
    God's dwelling in a Woman's heart.
    All those around know that he lives there
    Because she shows them Jesus' care...AUTHOR UNKNOWN

    that(God) would grant you,according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit...Ephesians 3:16
    Love and warm thoughts.MJB
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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005
    Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson later.



    — Author unknown



    Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds; all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.



    Edward Everett Hale



    Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.



    James Rogers



    xoxo,Patti
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  • MJB
    MJB Member Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2005
    Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes real happiness. It is not obtained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose...Helen Keller

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    Live simply so that others may simply live...Gandhi

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    It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion...Rebecca West
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  • MJB
    MJB Member Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2005
    Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world...Lucille Ball
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    That which will not kill you...will only make you stronger...Friedrich Niezsche
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    How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives...Annie Dillard

    Love and warm thoughts.MJB
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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005
    Lance Armstrong
    During our lives we're faced with so many elements as well, we experience so many setbacks, and fight such a hand-to-hand battle with failure, head down in the rain, just trying to stay upright and have a little hope. The Tour isn't just a bike race, it tests you mentally, physically, and even morally.



    xoxo,Patti
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  • Glory
    Glory Member Posts: 5
    edited March 2005
    A BIRD'S EYE VIEW

    Mom got up early Sunday morning and got the kids ready for church. Dad sat in the living room, reading his newspaper and looking out at the snow.
    They'd had the conversation before, but nothing had changed. "Why don't you go with us this week?" she asked. He didn't look up from his paper.
    "You know why," he said out loud and then in his own mind finished the answer with "A truly great God wouldn't care about puny humans anyway."
    The man replayed the argument in his mind: "If God is so perfect and great, why would he care about helping us? If God is so powerful, why would he make his son become a human being? Why would he stoop so low to help us.... if God is really so great."
    The house was silent except for the sound of the logs crackling in the fireplace. From the other end of the house came a strange thump.
    The man put down his paper and walked down the hall. Outside the window huddled a group of birds. In confusion and fear, they had flown into the window pane and fallen to the ground. They huddled together in the snow
    trying to figure out what to do next. The man felt sorry for the birds.
    He thought to himself, "The birds could go in our barn and they'd be warm there." So he went outside and opened the door to the barn. Then he waited in the cold. The birds didn't move.
    "I know, I'll shoo them over to the barn door," the man thought. But as he tried to herd the birds to the barn they simply scattered. Only after he left them alone did they come back to their spot in the snow.
    The man had one last plan. He went back in the house and got a loaf of bread. Carefully, he tore off pieces of bread and made a path to the barn door. But the birds just huddled closer together, ignoring the gift of life which the man was offering.
    Stumped, the man stood looking at the birds, wondering just what it would take to get them to safety. He thought to himself, "If only I could become a bird and lead them to safety, then they wouldn't have to die."

    He stopped and thought about it again. And he finally understood.

    -- A subscriber has indicated this was originally titled 'Christmas -
    More Than Humbug' was credited to Louis Casself

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  • MJB
    MJB Member Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2005
    Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream preceded the goal...Pamela Vaull Starr
    Love and warm thoughts.MJB
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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005
    Live simply,
    Laugh heartily and
    Love deeply

    xoxo,Patti
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  • MJB
    MJB Member Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2005
    The most precious moments in friendship were not when I laughed with a friend, though those times are so good!, but when I cried with a friend and she reached out and listened and understood...Fran Morgan

    Love and warm thoughts,MJB
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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005
    Quote:

    Always put yourself in others' shoes.
    If you feel that it hurts you,
    It probably hurts the other person, too.





    xoxo,Patti
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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005

    Life is a journey .. NOT a guided tour

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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005
    Share your wings with those who have trouble flying..

    xoxo,Patti
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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005
    Quote:

    The best is yet to be.
    Browning, Robert


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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005
    [Life is a gift, not to possess, but to share. — Henri Nouwen/b]
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  • Boop
    Boop Member Posts: 616
    edited March 2005

    Share love and it grows; share sorrow and it lessens.

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  • beachcottage
    beachcottage Member Posts: 4,688
    edited March 2005
    Quote:

    Within each of us is a hidden store of energy. Energy we can release to compete in the marathon of life.
    Within each of us is a hidden store of courage. Courage to give us the strength to face any challenge.
    Within each of us is a hidden store of determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost.
    Author: Roger Dawson




    xoxo,Patti
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  • Boop
    Boop Member Posts: 616
    edited March 2005
    “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.”

    — Seneca
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  • Boop
    Boop Member Posts: 616
    edited March 2005
    “Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.”

    — Francis de Sales
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