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Teri Moderator
Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4420 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:38 am Post subject: |
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"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to
be looking for it. "-
Henry David Thoreau _________________
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Coen Member
Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 16 Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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THE PRESENT
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them - work, family, health, friends and spirit and you're keeping all of these in the air.
You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends and spirit -- are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered.
They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.
How?
Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different, that each of us is special.
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.
Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.
Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going.
Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savoured each step of the way. Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery and Today is a gift; That's why we call it:
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Teri Moderator
Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4420 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:11 am Post subject: |
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â??Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.â?
by Golda Meir _________________
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Teri Moderator
Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4420 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:46 am Post subject: |
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld _________________
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@Juan@ Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 15 Jul 2002 Posts: 238 Location: Natick, MA
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has
destroyed itself from within.
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W. Durant _________________ Always a Truth Seeker at heart.
Nothing can be higher than the Truth. |
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Teri Moderator
Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4420 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:23 am Post subject: |
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There is nothing so comfortable as money, but nothing
so defiling if it be come by unworthily; nothing so
comfortable, but nothing so noxious if the mind be
allowed to dwell upon it constantly. If a man have
enough, let him spend it freely. If he wants it, let
him earn it honestly.
--Unknown _________________
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auntie_mame Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 186 Location: St. Augustine
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:54 am Post subject: |
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That's a good one.
Unknown is sooo clever. _________________ Aruba Trip Reports |
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Coen Member
Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 16 Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."
Jimi Hendrix |
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Teri Moderator
Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4420 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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Too often, we underestimate the power of a touch, a
smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest
compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which
have the potential to turn a life around.
--Unknown _________________
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Orrin Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 13 Jul 2002 Posts: 1941 Location: Sparks, Nevada
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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A clean basement, garage and attic are signs of an empty life.
-- Doug Larson (American Cartoonist) _________________
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Teri Moderator
Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4420 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:39 am Post subject: |
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Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
Aristotle _________________
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Teri Moderator
Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4420 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:34 am Post subject: |
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."
â?? Tom Blandi _________________
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Teri Moderator
Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4420 Location: Pittsburgh
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:06 am Post subject: |
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When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Helen Keller _________________
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:30 am Post subject: |
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There is no shame in falling on your face -- the shame is in lying there.
My Dad! (I don't know if this was "his quote", but it was always one of my favorites!) |
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auntie_mame Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 186 Location: St. Augustine
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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Smart fella, your dad. _________________ Aruba Trip Reports |
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