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Quote of the Day - September 14th, 2012

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"Since You will Come and Throw Kisses
at my Tombstone later ,
Why not give them to me now?
This is me
The same person." - Rumi

Quote of the Day - September 13th, 2012

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“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?” - Rumi

Quote of the Day - September 12th, 2012

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"Darlings of spring journeying from gardens begin to arrive
One by one living their destiny in this world." - Rumi

Great Great And Inspiring Words From Tyler Perry - September 11th, 2012

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WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU?

Tyler Perry

I said this in a play once as Madea... LOL. But I thought I'd revisit it as Tyler for those of you who may not have heard it :-)

I have this tree analogy when I think of people in my life, be it friends, family, acquaintances, employees, co-workers, whomever...They are all placed inside what I call my tree test. It goes like this:

LEAF PEOPLE
Some people come into your life and they are like leaves on a tree. They are only there for a season. You can't depend on them or count on them because they are weak and only there to give you shade. Like leaves, they are there to take what they need and as soon as it gets cold or a wind blows in your life they are gone. You can't be angry at them, it's just who they are.

BRANCH PEOPLE
There are some people who come into your life and they are like branches on a tree. They are stronger than leaves, but you have to be careful with them. They will stick around through most seasons, but if you go through a storm or two in your life it's possible that you could lose them. Most times they break away when it's tough. Although they are stronger than leaves, you have to test them out before you run out there and put all your weight on them. In most cases they can't handle too much weight. But again, you can't be mad with them, it's just who they are.

ROOT PEOPLE
If you can find some people in your life who are like the roots of a tree then you have found something special. Like the roots of a tree, they are hard to find because they are not trying to be seen. Their only job is to hold you up and help you live a strong and healthy life. If you thrive, they are happy. They stay low key and don't let the world know that they are there. And if you go through an awful storm they will hold you up. Their job is to hold you up, come what may, and to nourish you, feed you and water you.

Just as a tree has many limbs and many leaves, there are few roots. Look at your own life. How many leaves, branches and roots do you have? What are you in other people's lives?

THANK GOD FOR YOUR ROOTS! You may want to call them today or share this message with them and attach your own note saying, "thanks for being my root".

By the way, don't waste your time sending this to a leaf, they won't get it anyway.

Via Tyler Perry http://www.facebook.com/thetylerperry

Quote of the Day - September 11th, 2012

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"Your Eyes will Open to the Secret of Truth." - Rumi

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - September 4th, 2012

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"Forgiveness is the release of all hope for a better past." - Alexa Young

"We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness." - Ellen Goodman

"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note -- torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one." - Henry Ward Beecher

"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving." - Dale Carnegie

"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy" - St. Francis of Assisi

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - September 3rd, 2012

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"How immense to us appear the sins we have not committed." - Madame de Stael

"Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean." - Dag Hammarskjold

"Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit." - Peter Ustinov

"Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other." - Judy Collins

"As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely." - Madame de Stael

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - September 2nd, 2012

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"The more we know, the better we forgive. Those who feel deeply feel for all living beings." - Madame de Stael

"The sun will stand as your best man
And whistle
When you have found the courage
To marry forgiveness
When you have found the courage
to marry
Love." - Hafiz of Persia

"In order to hold on to thoughts of anger, bitterness, revenge, guilt, and shame, we have to use a lot of energy." - Edwene Gaines

"All intimacy is rare -- that's what makes it precious. And it involves the revelation of one's self and the loving gaze upon another's true self (no makeup, no fancy car, no defensive charm, no seduction) -- that's what makes it so damn hard. Intimacy requires honesty and kindness in almost equal measure (a little more kindness, I think), trust and trustworthiness, forgiveness and the capacity to be forgiven . . . It's more than worth it -- just don't let them tell you it's bliss." - Amy Bloom

"We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies." - Voltaire

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - September 1st, 2012

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"Life becomes religious whenever we make it so: when some new light is seen, when some deeper appreciation is felt, when some larger outlook is gained, when some nobler purpose is formed, when some task is well done." - Sophia Lyon Fahs

"To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded." - Bessie Stanley

"The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself." - Henry Miller

"He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction." - Bessie Stanley

"There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. 'Tis good to give a stranger a meal, or a night's lodging. 'Tis better to be hospitable to his good meaning and thought, and give courage to a companion. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 31st, 2012

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"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - Barack Obama

"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress." - Barack Obama

"Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point." - Harold B. Melchart

"I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt." - Virginia Satir

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 30th, 2012

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"Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use." - Charles M. Schulz

"Optimism is an expectation of the future, but hope is a way of experiencing the present. Optimism argues with the predictions of cynicism and bitterness, and is often proved wrong. Hope rejects cynicism and bitterness as unhelpful, and is perennially proved right." - Doug Muder

"Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere." - Barack Obama

"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled." - Barack Obama

"You know, there's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit -- the ability to put ourselves in someone else's shoes; to see the world through the eyes of those who are different from us -- the child who's hungry, the steelworker who's been laid-off, the family who lost the entire life they built together when the storm came to town. When you think like this -- when you choose to broaden your ambit of concern and empathize with the plight of others, whether they are close friends or distant strangers -- it becomes harder not to act; harder not to help." - Barack Obama

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 29th, 2012

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"Insights from myth, dreams, and intuitions, from glimpses of an invisible reality, and from perennial human wisdom provide us with hints and guesses about the meaning of life and what we are here for. Prayer, observance, discipline, thought and action are the means through which we grow and find meaning." - Jean Shinoda Bolen

"When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." - Audre Lorde

"Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it." - Marian Anderson

"When we speak, in gestures or signs, we fashion a real object in the world; the gesture is seen, the words and the song are heard. The arts are simply a kind of writing, which, in one way or another, fixes words or gestures, and gives body to the invisible." - Alain

"We are called to be strong companions and clear mirrors to one another, to seek those who reflect with compassion and a keen eye how we are doing, whether we seem centered or off course ... we need the nourishing company of others to create the circle needed for growth, freedom and healing." - Wayne Muller

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 18th, 2012

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“Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long-run.” - Seth Godin

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” - Earl Nightingale

“We are not unlike a particularly hardy crustacean. . . With each passage from one stage of human growth to the next we, too, must shed a protective structure. We are left exposed and vulnerable -- but also yeasty and embryonic again, capable of stretching in ways we hadn't known before. These sheddings may take several years or more. Coming out of each passage, though, we enter a longer and more stable period in which we can expect relative tranquility and a sense of equilibrium regained.” - Gail Sheehy

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” - Aristotle

“There is peace in the garden. Peace and results.” - Ruth Stout

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 17th, 2012

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“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” - Rabindranath Tagore

“Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” - Helen Keller

“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.” - Mark Twain

“Best is good. Better is best.” - Lisa Grunwald

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 16th, 2012

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"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved." - Victor Hugo

"Life is to be enjoyed, and not simply endured. Pleasure and goodness and joy support the pursuit of survival." - Willard Gayvil

"So many conditions of happiness are available; more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run to the future in order to get more." - Thich Nhat Hanh

"Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself." - Tony Robbins

"Everything is just as it needs to be. And if we would forgive, our mind and hearts would open and we could see another possibility." - Iyanla Vanzant

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 15th, 2012

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"If we can get to the place where we show up as our genuine selves and let each other see who really are, the awe-inspiring ripple effect will change the world." - Terrie M. Williams

"Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you is a lift-shifting exercise." - Martha Beck

"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out." - Vaclav Havel

"Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure, nor this thing nor that, but simply growth." - W. B. Yeats

"Happiness, not in another place, but this place...not for another hour, but for this hour." - Walt Whitman

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 14th, 2012

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"Out of difficulties grow miracles." - Jean De La Breye're

"There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness." - Pearl S. Buck

"I knew life began where I stood in the dark, looking out into the light." - Yusef Komunyakaa

"It is hope that gives life meaning. And hope is based on the prospect of being able one day to turn the actual world into a possible one that looks better." - Francois Jacob

"You are full of unshaped dreams...You are laden with beginnings...There's hope in you..." - Lola Ridge

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 13th, 2012

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“It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters, in the end. ” - Ursula Le Guin

"The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope." - Samuel Johnson

"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don't give up." - Anne Lamott

"No matter where you are on your journey, that's exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead." - Oprah Winfrey

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without words and never stops at all" - Emily Dickinson

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 12th, 2012

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"One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats." - Iris Murdoch

"The capacity for uplift is part of what makes us essentially, euphorically human." - Jessica Winter

Every moment you get is a gift. Spend it on things that matter. - Positively Positive, Facebook

"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but they seize us." - Ashley Montagu

"The only joy in the world is to begin." - Cesare Paves

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 11th, 2012

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"True happiness is the acceptance of life as it is given to us, with its diminishment, mystery, uncontrollability, and all." - Michael Gellert

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." - Mahatma Gandhi

"Happiness is in your ability to love others." - Leo Tolstoy

"That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great." - Willa Cather

"The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight." - Epictetus

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 10th, 2012

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"Behind all this, some great happiness is hiding." - Yehuda Amichai

"Find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all." - Robert Louis Stevenson

"Growth itself contains the germ of happiness." - Pearl S. Buck

"Happiness is there for the taking - and making." - Oprah Winfrey

"Remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life." - Marcus Aurelius

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 9th, 2012

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"Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy." - Sarah Ban Breathnach

"Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries." - Theodore Roethke

"Every beginning, after all, is nothing but a sequel, and the book of events is always open in the middle." - Wislawa Szymborska

"Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." - Rumi

"If you hear a voice within you say, 'You are not a painter,' then by all means paint...and that voice will be silenced." - Vincent Van Gogh

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 8th, 2012

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"Little changes and little choices add up to be revolutionary changes in your life." - Sarah Ban Breathnach

"This moment is always the best one in which to express your care for others." - Sarah Ban Breathnach

"This moment is your life. It is the process of living, the journey, that is life itself, and we often wish away our lives by focusing only on what tomorrow could, should, would bring." - Sarah Ban Breathnach

"Today, and every day, take as your personal mantra: 'I am what I am, and what I am wonderful.' - Sarah Ban Breathnach

"Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for." - Sarah Ban Breathnach

5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 7th, 2012

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"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." - Henri Bergson

"We spend most our lives cutting down our ambitions because the world has told us to think small. Dreams express what your soul is telling you, so as crazy as your dream might seem -- even to you -- I don't care: You have to let that out." - Eleni Gabre-Madhin

"To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another - that is surely the basic instinct...! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is!" - Barbara Kingslover

"All we have is all we need. All we need is the awareness of how blessed we really are" - Sarah Ban Breathnach

"Those who live passionately teach us how to love. Those who love passionately teach us how to live." - Sarah Ban Breathnach

Just For The Laughs :D :)) - August 7th, 2012

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"What Smells?"
A young couple decided to wed.
As the big day approached they grew apprehensive. Each had a problem they had never before shared with anyone, not even each other.
The Groom-to-be, overcoming his fear, decided to ask his father for advice.
"Father," he said, "I am deeply concerned about the success of my marriage.
I love my fiancée, very much, but you see, I have very smelly feet, and I'm afraid that my future wife will be put off by them."
"No problem," said dad, "all you have to do is wash your feet as often as possible, and always wear socks, even to bed."
Well, to him this seemed a workable solution.
The bride-to-be, overcoming her fear, decided to take her problem up her mom.
"Mom," she said, "When I wake up in the morning my breath is truly awful."
"Honey," her mother consoled, "everyone has bad breath in the morning."
"No, you don't understand. My morning breath is so bad, I'm afraid that my new husband will not want to sleep in the same room with me."
Her mother said simply, "Try this. In the morning, get straight out of bed, and head for the bathroom and brush your teeth.
The key is, not to say a word until you've brushed your teeth.
Not a word," her mother affirmed.
Well, she thought it was certainly worth a try.
The loving couple were finally married in a beautiful ceremony.
Not forgetting the advice each had received, he with his perpetual socks and she with her morning silence, they managed quite well.
That is, until about six months later.
Shortly before dawn, the husband wakes with a start to find that one of his socks had come off.
Fearful of the consequences, he frantically searches the bed.
This, of course, woke his bride and without thinking, she immediately asks, "What on earth are you doing?"
"Oh, no!" he gasped in shock, "You've swallowed my sock!"
- As told by Owner-LaughALot@ListFarm.com

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