Todays Thought

NPat

Hi! Patti!

You can't keep people from having a bad opinion about your health, but you can keep them from being right about it! - Anonymous

If you follow the conviction of your heart, you owe no man an explanation - Charles Stanley

Be Blessed

Pat

beachcottage

Welcome Pat..Thanks for your wonderful quotes...xoxo,Patti


~ Mind ~
Mind is the master planner that molds and makes
And man is mind and forever more he takes,

The tools of thought and shaping what he wills
Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills


He thinks in secret and it comes to pass
His environment is but his looking glass!!!



James Allen
1864-1912

MJB

You only live once.....but if you work it right, once is enough...Joe E. Lewis

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For me , Acceptance has become what I call the long sigh of the soul. It's the closed eyes in prayer , perhaps even the quiet tears . This is simply part of the journey...Katherine Mansfield

Love and warm thoughts my friends . MJB(Marilyn)

beachcottage

"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me.'"

~ Erma Bombeck

beachcottage

no storm comes to stay..it comes to pass..

MJB

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned , so as to have the life that is waiting for us...Joseph Campbell

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There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it...Edith Wharton

Love and warm thoughts my friends MJB(Marilyn)

beachcottage

"When you knoced off your feet ask yourself this question.. The question is, are you ready to get back up... If the answer is yes ...get up and fight for what you believe in with all your heart and might"

MJB

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning...Ivy Baker Priest

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Live in each season as it passes; breathe air,drink,taste the fruit , and resign yourself to the
influences of each. Let them be your only diet drink and botanical medicines... Henry David Thoreau

Love and warm hugs my friends MJB(Marilyn)

NPat

Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.
Abraham Lincoln

Even if you're on the right path, you'll get run over if you don't get out of the way.
Will Rogers

Pat

Lunalin

A poem someone sent me.

If you days were untrouble and my heart always light,
would I seek that fair land where there is no night?
If I ever grew weary with the weight of my loar,
would I search for God's peace at the end of the road?
If I never knew sickness and never felt pain,
would I search for a hand to help and sustain?
If i walked without sorrow and lived without loss,
would my soul seek solace at the foot of the cross?
If all I desire was mine day by dat,
would I kneel before God and earnestly pray?
If God sent no winter to freeze me with fear,
would I yearn for the warmth of spring every year?
I ask myself these questions and the answer is plain,
If my life were pleasure and I never knew pain..
I'd seek God less often and need Him much less,
For God is sought more often in times of distress.
And no one know God or sees him as plain,
As those who have met him on the pathway of pain.
Author unknown

beachcottage

Thanks Linda...xoxo,Patti

NPat

WISDOM
Wisdom in life consists of a careful development of your capacities, a large expansion of your sympathies, a loving acknowledgment of your surroundings, a quick eye for opportunity, and a dexterous use of circumstances.

From FRIENDLY WORDS AND GOLDEN THOUGHTS, 1970

Pat

MJB

If your mind goes blank, don't forget to turn off the sound.

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"Always remember to forget the troubles that passed away,
but never forget to remember the blessings that come
each day."

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Whatever special challenges you face along life's way,
May you trust that you will always fine the best in
every day .

Love and warm thoughts . MJB(Marilyn)

beachcottage

We have survived and in that survival is our life, our strength, our spirituality. And we are telling about it…

— Preface by Linda Hogan

xoxo,Patti

beachcottage

"It was the first really fine day they'd had in months. The sky was a clear, forget-me-not blue, and there was a feeling in the air of summer coming." --Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling



Sweet thoughts and dreams and to feeling fine!!..xoxo,Patti

MJB

" I like grumpy old cusses. Hope I live long enough to be one. "...John Wayne

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" Don't spill that liquor, son . It eats right through the bar."...Walter Brennan

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A little humor to finish off

There once was a pig in pink tights.
He wanted his name up in lights,
So he held up his nose
and danced on his toes
'Til the farmer made bacon one night .

Love and warm thoughts . MJB(Marilyn)

Boop

"To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge,
To find the will of God is the greatest discovery,
To do the will of God is the greatest achievement."
------God's Little Instruction Book II-----------

beachcottage

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.
Richard Bach, from Illusions

Here's to our online family...The best anyone could possible ask for!!!!!!!! xoxo,Patti

MJB

When living under clouds of adversity, remember that the sun is still shining.

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God, gives us wings to rise above
The clouds of trial that block the sun ,
To soar above gray skies and see
The love and goodness of Your son.

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When life knocks you to your knees,
your're in a good position to pray .

Love and warm thoughts...MJB(Marilyn)

MJB

Tough times can teach us to trust.

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The Bible is old, but its truths are always new.

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Hold tightly to what is eternal and loosely to what is temporal.

Love and warm thoughts. MJB(Marilyn)

beachcottage

"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose..."
--Kris Kristopherson (Me & Bobby McGee)

xoxo,Patti

MJB

A true friend helps you keep going when you feel like giving up.

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Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

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The death of people whom we love
Brings sorrow and deep pain;
But if our loved ones know the Lord,
Our loss becomes their gain .

Love and warm thoughts MJB(Marilyn)

beachcottage

" one is required to travel simultaneously in two directions: to walk again through the familiar landscapes of the past and to journey at the same time into unknown territory, to live as one has never before lived.
— "Landmarks" by Terry Wolverton......

Why destroy your present happiness by a distant misery, which may never come at all?

xoxo,Patti

MJB

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.....William Gladstone

Love and warm thoughts. MJB(Marilyn)

junie

Hugs to all who post daily--I'm sure I'm not the only one who reads these each day. Question???? and asking help from
you--one of the charity functions I do is make tray cards to put on the meal trays at our little local hospital. My contribution is very basic--themed stickers on coordinating colored paper--with Get Well, SOON! and Have a Happy Day, etc!! I'm looking to expand my vocabulary beyond "Get Well" Have searched and searched the internet for BRIEF inspirational sayings. Have come up with a few. It is difficult because I must be really generic--like no Merry Christmas----has to be Happy Holidays! The tray cards are the size of business cards, or can be slightly larger--not much room on the trays--so narratives must be minimal--and, would want to quote the source--making the quote even briefer. And, card must be decorated with a themed sticker--just to make it pretty! What I do is cut a lot of construction paper sheets so they fold into the size of a business card. I've been buying stickers everywhere I can find something that will apply. Then I type up a phrase on the computer; print it off on contrasting construction paper, pretty everything up with fiskars scissors, glue the Get Well and put on the stickers.......and, some are pretty neat, and some are so like grade school!!!

SOOOO--picking your brains--chemo-fogged or not, BEST brains in this whole wide world!! Can y'all think of any words other than--"Get Well Soon" "Have a Happy Day" That's the kind of wording I've been using--and, I'd like to kick it up a notch!!!

Please PM me with your ideas and suggestions--I am not trying to compete with some older volunteers who have done this for about 1,000 years, but they will NOT share ideas/phrases with me...no problem--been a newbie in the worst sense, though none of these old gals know that--so, I can certainly be a newbie in the volunteer arena.

If anyone can help me out--if you can understand what help I'm asking for--much, much appreciation!!!

{{{{{{{H U G S}}}}}}}

beachcottage

Hey Junie...I will pm you later on today...xoxo,Patti

beachcottage

While we are postponing, life speeds on.
--Seneca

xoxo,Patti

beachcottage

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.


With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Excerpt- Max Ehrmann

Hugs,Patti

Boop

Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours.
Anonymous

Boop

"A little faith will bring your soul to heaven ,
but a lot of faith will bring heaven to your
soul."
Dwight L. Moody