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Teri · Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:07 am Post subject:

Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb

JohnT · Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 9:26 pm Post subject:

Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.

Pindar (circa 518 BC – 438 BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes.

Teri · Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 6:34 am Post subject:

We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities. ~Bill Maher

JohnT · Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:50 pm Post subject:

And if you stand for nothing you'll fall for it all
We got all we need, got no more
You're never fully dressed without a smile
And if you stand for somethin' you can have it all
If it's real, you'll open every door
You're never fully dressed without a smile.

--- lyrics from the musical Annie, which opened on Broadway in 1977, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin.

Teri · Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:03 am Post subject:

As important as keeping a grasp on reality is keeping a grasp on possibility. ~Robert Brault

Teri · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 6:02 am Post subject:

Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. The airplane simply carries a man on its back like an obedient Pegasus; it gives him no wings of his own. ~Louis J. Helle, Jr.

JohnT · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 7:30 am Post subject:

Whenever we do anything stupid, cruel, evil, or destructive to ourselves or others, we are at that moment unconscious—unconscious of our identity. If we were fully conscious, we would never be violent, even in our thoughts, toward anyone. Loving people are always highly conscious people.

--- from a meditation today by Richard Rohr, Franciscan friar.

Teri · Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2019 6:13 am Post subject:

The bread is sweet; mamma's hands filled it with love when she made it; the cheese is fresh, and the tea is warm. ~Jay Benson Hamilton

JohnT · Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2019 10:14 pm Post subject:

Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams?

--- Tim Burton (born 1958)
Tim Burton is an American director, producer, artist, writer, and animator. He is known for his films such as Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands.

Teri · Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2019 6:11 am Post subject:

Some forgive and forget, more forgive and remember, most forgive and remind. ~Robert Brault

Teri · Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 4:06 am Post subject:

I fear thee not, O untried morrow! ~Julia B. Cady

Teri · Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:21 am Post subject:

Our destiny often looks like a fruit-tree in winter. Who would think from its pitiable aspect that those rigid boughs, those rough twigs could next spring again be green, bloom, and even bear fruit? Yet we hope it, we know it. ~Johann Wolfgang Goethe

JohnT · Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:19 pm Post subject:

I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up.

--- lyrics from the song "I won't give up" by Jason Mraz

Teri · Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:00 am Post subject:

As a candle cannot burn without fire, so man cannot live without spiritual force. ~Ramakrishna

Teri · Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:01 am Post subject:

Hope comes in many forms. ~David Chase