The Journey

Your journey has molded you for the greater good, and it was exactly what it needed to be.  Don't think that you've lost time.  It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now.  And now is right on time.

~Asha Tyson (born 1970)
  writer, public speaker

Home

Where we love is home.  Home that the feet may leave, but not our hearts.

~Olliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894)

   writer, physician

Be the Best Within You

Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

Think only of the best, work for only the best, and expect only the best.

Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you!

~Christen D. Larson

New Thought Leader

Falling Down

Fallig down is part of life.  Getting back up is living.

~Unknown

Success

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

~Colin Powell (born 1937)
   65th U.S. Secretary of State

The Joys of Life

Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can't put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.

~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  writer

Challenges in Life

Self-acceptance comes from meeting life's challenges vigorously.  Don't numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life.  You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously.  You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.

~Swami Sivananda (1887-1963)
   spiritual leader, author, physician

Accomplishments

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

~Anatole France (1844-1924)
   critic, writer

Real Love

I have never met a person whose greatest need was anything other than real, unconditional love.  You can find it in a simple act of kindness toward someone who needs help.  There is no mistaking love...it is the common fiber of life, the flame that heals our soul, energizes our spirit and supplies passion to our lives.
~Elizabeth Kübler-Ross (1926-2004)
  Psychiatrist

Life...

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.  I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious give I have--life itself.

~Walter Anderson (1903-1965)
   American Artist

Believe

God is anxiously waiting for the chance to answer your prayers and fulfill your dreams, just as He always has. But He can't if you don't pray, and He can't if you don't dream. In short, He can't if you don't believe.
~Jeffrey R. Holland
  Terror, Triumph and the Wedding Feast

Highlights from The Desert Song

Words

Words have special powers.

The power to create smiles or frowns.

The power to generate laughs or tears.

The power to lift up or put down.

The power to motivate or de-motivate.

The power to teach good or evil.

The power to express love or hate.

The power to give or take.

The power to heal or harm.

Choose your words carefully.

~A.D. Williams (1933-1990)

  American football player

Music

Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.
~Plato (428-348)
  classic Greek philosopher, mathematician

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Fairies

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Intelligence

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.
~Albert Einstein

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Music

Music enters our bodies, commandeering the pulse in our veins, and reminds us that pleasure isn't a matter of feeling good but of feeling more alive.
~Holly Brubach
   Journalist

A little saying...

Un dia a la vez!

One day at a time!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Attitutde

So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference. To do the best we can and then choose to be happy about our circumstances, whatever they may be, can bring peace and contentment.

~Thomas S. Monson

To Become

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
  Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist

To Become

Let us resolve to follow the Savior and work with diligence to become the person we are designed to become. Let us listen to and obey the promptings of the Holy Spirit. As we do so, Heavenly Father will reveal to us things we never knew about ourselves. He will illuminate the path ahead and open our eyes to see our unknown and perhaps unimagined talents.

~Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Of Regrets and Resolutions, October 2012 Conference

Service

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
~Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)
  Indian political and spiritual leader

Do it anyway!

People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

~Mother Teresa