Todays Thought

Boop

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness--it is usually returned..
--Cort R. Flint--

beachcottage

Thanks Laura....

Hi Cherie...

We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world. Helen Keller

xoxo,
Patti

beachcottage

“Come to the edge.”
“We can't. We're afraid.”
“Come to the edge.”
“We can't. We will fall!”
“Come to the edge.”
And they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.

Guillaume Apollinaire, 1880-1918


xoxo,
Patti

MJB

Put your ear down close to your soul
and listen hard...Anne Sexton
Love and warm thoughts.MJB

beachcottage

Joy is not in things; it is in us.
-Wagner




xoxo,
Patti

beachcottage

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach,
writing bad blank verses
and searching endlessly for someone wonderful
who would step out of the darkness
and change my life.

It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.
Anna Quindlen

xoxo,
Patti

MJB

"I was afraid that we were at a place where we were no longer going to be inheriting life from our fathers, but we were going to be borrowing it from our children."... Robert Redford
Love and warm thouhgts.MJB

beachcottage

"We may run

walk

stumble

drive

or fly

along the way

never loose sight

of the reason for the journey

or miss a chance to "see" a rainbow on the way." ~Gloria Gaither~





Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

Margaret Atwood



xoxo

Patti

MJB

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."...Napoleon Bonaparte
Love and warm thoughts.MJB

beachcottage

Only as high as I reach can I grow,
Only as far as I seek can I go,
Only as deep as I look can I see,
Only as much as I dream can I be.

Karen Ravn


xoxo,
Patti

MJB

"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship"...Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love and warm thoughts.MJB

beachcottage

Whenever I hear
"It can't be done,"
I know I'm close to success.

Michael Flatley-Dancer

xoxo,
Patti

Boop

Hapiness cannot be traveled to,
owned, earned, worn, or
consumed. Happiness is the
spiritual experience of living
every minute with love, grace
and gratitude ...
--author unknown--

Hugs and God Bless,
Cherie

beachcottage

Difficult times
have helped me to understand better than before,
how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever...-- Isak Dinesen



Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. -- Buddha


xoxo,
Patti

lbrought

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us... Ralph Waldo Emerson

MJB

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness...Maya Angelou
Love and warm thoughts.MJB

Boop

The work will wait while you show the child the rainbow, but the rainbow won't wait while you do the work.


There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
[Albert Einstein]

Hugs and God Bless,
Cherie

beachcottage

Don't Believe in Miracles, Depend On Them ! -- Max Stein


xoxo,
Patti

beachcottage

You cannot always control what goes on outside.
But you can always control what goes on inside.
~Dr. Wayne Dyer


xoxo,
Patti

MJB

With the modern diseases (once TB, now cancer) the romantic idea that the disease expresses the character is invariably extended to assert that the character causes the disease - because it has not expressed itself. Passion moves inward, striking and blighting the deepest cellular recesses...Susan Sontag
Love and warm thoughts.MJB

Boop

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
[Margaret Thatcher]

Here is a test to see if your mission on earth is finished. If you are alive, it isn't.
[Francis Bacon]

Hugs and God Bless,
Cherie

Boop

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
[Chinese Proverb]

A hug is a great gift. One size fits all. It can be given for any occasion and it's easy to exchange.


Hugs and God Bless,
Cherie

beachcottage

When you put your hand in a flowing stream,
you touch the last that has gone before
and the first of what is still to come."
Leonardo da Vinci


xoxo
Patti

beachcottage

We all take different paths in life
but no matter where we go
we take a little of each other everywhere.
~Tim McGraw



xoxo,
Patti

Boop

"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued
is always just beyond your grasp, but which,
if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne -

beachcottage

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet
and the winds long to play with your hair.
~ Kahlil Gibran


xoxo,
Patti

beachcottage

"Nothing that grieves us can be called little:
by the eternal laws of proportion
a child's loss of a doll
and a king's loss of a crown
are events of the same size."

xoxo,
Patti

Mark Twain

MJB

The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life... Robert Louis Stevenson
Love and warm thoughts.MJB

beachcottage

“To be united is a great thing,
but to respect difference
is even a greater thing.”

-- Bono, U2



xoxo,
Patti

Boop

Believe in the impossible, hold tight to the incredible, and live each day to its fullest potential. You can make a difference in your world.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

Hugs and God Bless,
Cherie