“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
Chinese proverb
The Value of Trials
03 Thursday Jul 2014
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Category Archives: Thoughtful Thursday
Encouraged
26 Thursday Jun 2014
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Because you love me I have much achieved,
Had you despised me then I must have failed,
But since I knew you trusted and believed,
I could not disappoint you and so prevailed.
Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an African- American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
I Believe!
19 Thursday Jun 2014
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Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
e. e. cummings
Shopping by the Mile
29 Thursday May 2014
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The most expensive vehicle to operate by the mile is the shopping cart.
From Reminisce magazine, August-September 2010, pg 44
It’s Pure Genius!
22 Thursday May 2014
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Looking Forward
15 Thursday May 2014
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Believing in Destiny
08 Thursday May 2014
Posted in Inspiration, Philosophy, Thoughtful Thursday
“Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
In the Moment
01 Thursday May 2014
Posted in Inspiration, Philosophy, Thoughtful Thursday
I am simply what I am, or I begin to be that. I live in the present. I only remember the past—and anticipate the future.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), U.S. philosopher, author, naturalist. Letter, March 27, 1848, to Harrison Blake, in The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, vol. 6, p. 163, Houghton Mifflin (1906).
Meditation focusing on the present moment and Buddhist studies emphasizing living in the present are nice reminders of ancient philosophy. Today’s Thoughtful Thursday is another simple yet beautiful way to say it.
New Outlook on Life
24 Thursday Apr 2014
Posted in Inspiration, Life, Thoughtful Thursday
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale
Journey to the Top
03 Thursday Apr 2014
Posted in Art, Inspiration, Life, Mountains, Philosophy, Thoughtful Thursday, Writing
“Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.”
Ikkyū (一休宗純 Ikkyū Sōjun?, 1394–1481) (self-named: “Crazy Cloud”) was an eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet. He had a great impact on the infusion of Japanese art and literature with Zen attitudes and ideals. Wikipedia via Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, entry “Ikkyū” by James H. Sanford
Others Will Remember You…
27 Thursday Mar 2014
Posted in Inspiration, Life, Thoughtful Thursday
I’ve learned that
people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.
—Maya Angelou
Cheap Medicine
20 Thursday Mar 2014
Posted in Humor, Inspiration, Thoughtful Thursday
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
Lord Byron
Adjust the Sails
13 Thursday Mar 2014
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“The pessimist complains about the wind;
the optimist expects it to change;
the realist adjusts the sails.”
― William Arthur Ward, inspirational poet and writer, 1921-1994
Value of a Moment
06 Thursday Mar 2014
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“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.”
Often credited to Dr. Seuss, originally attributed to Georges Duhamel in THE HEART’S DOMAIN (1919). Originally composed in French, the wording in English varies slightly in translations. This is such a beautiful translation.
“We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. Like the images the photographer plunges into a golden bath, our sentiments take on color; and only then, after that recoil and that transfiguration, do we understand their real meaning and enjoy them in all their tranquil splendor.“
27 Thursday Feb 2014
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Thoughtful Thursday
I am starting a special segment on Thursdays where I will share a famous quote I like. As I continue to write poetry, I hope the following adage is true!
“Skill to do comes of doing.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Phyllis Moorman 