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JUST A PAGE IF YOUR DOWN, THINKING ABOUT STUFF, SOME THINGS TO MAYBE PUT YOUR MIND IN THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE,,, FOOD FOR THOUGHT!! 

ACTUALLY MAYBE IM DOING THIS FOR MYSELF !!

THIS FIRST WRITING IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE,
I THOUGHT I WOULD PUT IT IN HERE, I HAVE SHARED IT WITH
QUITE A FEW, BUT  NOW I CAN SHARE IT WITH MORE , I
HOPE YOU LIKE IT TOO.  IT REALLY MAKES YOU THINK.

"GROWING THROUGH ADVERSITY"

WHILE SPENDING TIME PAINTING IN THE AREA OF ITALY KNOWN
AS TUSCANY, I BECAME ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING GRAPVINES GROWING
ON THE HILLSIDES.  THE OLDER GNARLED VINES WERE BEAUTIFUL TO
SKETCH BECAUSE OF THEIR KNOTTY TWISTS AND BENDS.  OVER
THE COURSE OF TIME, THE WINDS, RAIN AND SUN -
THE WEATHERING EFFECTS OF THE SEASONS -
HAD FORCED THEIR SHAPES. THE MOST LUSCIOUS GROWTH CAME
FROM THESE RUGGED OLD VINES..GRAPES SO HEAVY AND BOUNTIFUL,
THEY SEEMED TO INVITE PEOPLE TO PICK THEM.

IN ANOTHER VINEYARD WERE YOUNG PLANTS WHICH HAD SUFFERED
NO ILL EFFECTS OF NATURE AT ALL.  THEY OFFERED NO PARTICULAR
BEAUTY OR CHARACTER AND WERE HARDLY WORTHY OF MY PENCIL
OR PAINTBRUSH.

AS IT IS IN NATURE, SO IT IS IN GOD'S KINGDOM.  FROM THE
WINDS AND RAINS OF ADVERSITY COMES ABUNDANT GROWTH
AND A BEAUTIFUL LIFE WORTH PAINTING.

DO NOT BE AFRAID TO SUFFER...IT IS FROM BEING SHAKEN APART
AND NOT BEING DESTROYED THAT ONE BECOMES
STRONG AND COURAGEOUS.

                 LAURA LEWIS LANIER
ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

 

IM PUTTING THIS ON, IT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY ANGELBEAR IN HOPES
PEOPLE WOULD READ THIS, EVEN SHARE WITH ANOTHER.  THE MESSAGE IS
POWERFUL, SOMETHING ALL OF US IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER CAN INTROSPECTIVELY
THINK ABOUT.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF HECTOR KEITH MCLEOD   November 8th, 1935 to March 29th, 1993

Now, Lord, you've known me a long time.  You know me better than I know myself.  You know that each day I am growing older, and someday may even be very old.  So meanwhile please keep me from the habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and every occasion.
 
Release me from trying to straighten out everyone's affairs.  Make me thoughtful but not moody, helpful but not overbearing.  I've a certain amount of knowledge to share; still it would be very nice to have a few friends who, at the end, recognized and forgave the knowledge I lacked.
 
Keep my tongue free from the recital of endless details.  Seal my lips on my aches and pains.  They increase daily and the need to speak of them becomes almost a compulsion.  I ask for grace enough to listen to the retelling of other's afflications, and to be helped to endure them with patience.
 
I would like to have improved memory, but I'll settle for growing humility and an ability to capitulate when my memory clashes with the memory of others.  Teach me the glorious lesson that on some occasions I may be mistaken.
 
Keep me reasonably kind.  I've never aspired to be a saint.....saints must be rather difficult to live with.....yet, on the other hand, an embittered old person is a constant burden.
 
Please give me the ability to see good in unlikely places and talents in unexpected people.  And give me the grace to tell them so, dear Lord.
 

Beginning Today


Beginning today, I will no longer worry about yesterday.
It is in the past and the past will never change.
Only I can change by choosing to do so.


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Beginning today, I will no longer worry about tomorrow.
Tomorrow will always be there, waiting for me to make the most
of it.
But I cannot make the most of tomorrow without first making the most of today.


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Beginning today, I will look in the mirror and I will see a person worthy of my respect and admiration.
This capable person looking back at me is someone I enjoy spending time with and someone I would like to get to know better.


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Beginning today, I will cherish each moment of my life.
I value this gift bestowed upon me in this world and I will unselfishly share this gift with others.
I will use this gift to enhance the lives of others.


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Beginning today, I will take a moment to step off the beaten path and to revel in the mysteries I encounter.
I will face challenges with courage and determination.
I will overcome what barriers there may be which hinder my quest for growth and self-improvement.


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Beginning today, I will take life one day at a time, one step at a time.
Discouragement will not be allowed to taint my positive self-image, my desire to succeed or my capacity to love.


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Beginning today, I walk with renewed faith in human kindness.
Regardless of what has gone before, I believe there is hope for a brighter and better future.


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Beginning today, I will open my mind and my heart.
I will welcome new experiences. I will meet new people.
I will not expect perfection from myself nor anyone else: perfection does not exist in an imperfect world.
But I will applaud the attempt to overcome human foibles.


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Beginning today, I am responsible for my own happiness and I will do things that make me happy . . .
admire the beautiful wonders of nature, listen to my favorite music, pet a kitten or a puppy, soak in a bubble bath . . .
Pleasure can be found in the most simple of gestures.


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Beginning today, I will learn something new; I will try something different; I will savor all the various flavors life has to offer.
I will change what I can and the rest I will let go.
I will strive to become the best me I can possibly be.

Beginning today. And every day.

"The marvelous richness of human experience
Would lose something of rewarding joy
If there were no limitations to overcome.
The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful,
If there were no dark valleys to traverse."
~ Helen Keller ~

 

Adversity is the diamond dust
Heaven uses to polish its jewels.

 

A Diamond is only a chunk of coal ...
That made something good under pressure!

 

Every flower that ever bloomed
Had to go through
A whole lot of dirt to get there!

 

 

  

If you want to see the rainbow ...
You have to put up with the rain!

 

“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.”

Hugh Downs

 

“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.”

Unknown

 

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
William Shakespeare

 

 

 

“Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.”

John Wooden

 

“Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere”

Unknown

 

“If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.”

Maya Angelou

 

“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”

Helen Keller

 

 

 

“To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.”

Elbert Hubbard

 

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don't.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

 

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

Mahatma Gandhi

 

"Some people believe that holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go -- and then do it.   --Ann Landers

 

 

"You can`t hold a man down without staying down with him." --Booker T. Washington

 

 

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. "  --Eleanor Roosevelt

"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost."  (Billy Graham)

 

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