Something to think about

[ChrisH]

Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti

[cmayer31]

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." - Carl Jung

[flamepony12]

"It's about the journey, not the destination."

[GreyhoundGirl]

"Honesty is someone you can play checkers with over the phone." -Don't know

[Dorothy39]

All these quotations are sensational to read, and re-read,..............


Heres a few I remembered:

God Didn't Promise Days Without Pain,

Laughter Without Sorrow,

Nor, ~Sun Without Rain.

But, He Did Promise ~ Strength for the Day,

Comfort For The Tears,

And~ A Light For The Way........... (sorry I don't know the Author )



I have been driven many times upon my knees- by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go~~ Abraham Lincoln~~

[Rachel]

Can we add a poem? I was given this poem a long time ago. I love it and everytime I read it I seem to gain a better understanding and new perspective on events happening in my life.

Desiderata
Written by Max Ehrmann

That is almost a credo for me. I have a rendition on a cd with music and play it regularly.

[Dorothy39]

Yes, Russian Blue~~ And Rachel~~~

Desiderata really captivated me!!!!!!!! That reply was GREAT!!!!!



ChrisH: Your thread is like reading my favorite book!!!!!! Wonderful thread!!!

[anna_66]

"A mutt is couture-the only one like it in the world, and made especially for you."
-Isaac Mizrahi

[ChrisH]

Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.

- Mark Victor Hansen

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.
Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt, crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays...

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

[cmayer31]

Here's one that seems to hit the mark for me this evening:

"In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt." - Meg Cabot

Back to pondering.

[cloverfdx]

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."
Mahatma Gandhi

[Alysser]

I have loved this quote ever since I saw it in a travel magazine.

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take
but by the moments that take our breath away"

[Zippy]

Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask "Why me?"
Then a voice answers "Nothing personal,your name just happened to come up"
-Charlie Brown

[caseysmom]

"if one does not improve the place they live one doesn't deserve to live there"

may not have it exact....anyway John F. Kennedy

[carole]

There are so many but this one comes to mind.

Watch your thoughts ,they become words,
watch your words they become actions,
watch your actions they become habits.
watch your habits they become character.
watch your character,it becomes your destiny.

I also like this one,
To handle yourself,use your head,
to handle others use your heart.

This one is a common one known by many, but i really like it.

Yesterday is history,
Tomorrow is a mystery,
Today is a gift,
That is why we call it the present.

I have a couple of cute cat ones too.Not exactly quotes but still i wanted to include them just the same.

Home is where the cat hair sticks to everything but the cat.

Cats are just children with fur.

Cats are like potato chips, you can't just have one (aint that the truth)