There Isn't A Train I Wouldn't Take

My heart is warm with the friends I make,

And better friends I'll not be knowing;

Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,

No matter where it's going.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Irish Blessing #2

May you have warm words on a cold evening,

a full moon on a dark night,

and a smooth road all the way to your door.

Irish Blessing

Sunshine in the House

A good laugh is like sunshine in the house.

William Makepeace Thackery

Rose Colored Views

I guess I live in a fairytale world--

looking at everything through rose colored glasses.

I guess I probably always will.

Sharon Tate

Roads That Are Easy To Travel

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Meeting Halfway

The most important trip you may take in life

is meeting people halfway.

Henry Boye

What We Wish For

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone,

but something to someone.

An Irish Blessing

These things I warmly wish for you:

Someone to love, some work to do,

A bit o' sun, a bit o' cheer,

And a guardian angel always near.

An Irish Blessing

What road are you on?

If you don't care where you're going,

any road should take you there!

The Learning Tree

It's a matter of givin' more to this world than you take away from it. 

So when you die you don't owe it anything. 

It's bein' able to love when you want to hate-

to forgive them that work against you-

to tell the truth even when it hurts-

to share your bread no matter how hungry you are yourself.

Dyin' comes easy when you know you've done all these things right.

The Learning Tree

By Gordon Parks

MLK Questions

Life's most persistent and urgent question is,

"What are you doing for others?"

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I'm Gonna Spend My Time

How can we know how far, the long way can be?

Looking from where we are,
it never seemed that long to me.

I've many miles behind me, maybe not so much ahead.

It seems I've made good time,
with the directions I misread.

So I'm gonna spend my time like it's going out of style.

I'm moving the bottom line, further than a country mile.

I still have hills to climb, before I hit that wall.

No matter how much time I buy.

I can never spend it all.

Clint Black Lyrics

Forever Young

May your heart always be joyful

May your song always be sung

May you stay--forever young.

Bob Dylan Song

Bring On the Rain

It's almost like the hard times circle round

A couple drops and they all start coming down

Yeah, I might feel defeated, and I might hang my head

I might be barely breathin' but I'm not dead

But tomorrow's another day

And I'm thirsty anyway

So bring on the rain

JoDee Messina

Fog

It is not the clear-sighted that rule the world.

Great achievements are accomplished in

a blessed, warm fog.

Joseph Conrad

What We Learned In Oz

If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again,

I won't look any further than my own backyard.

Because if it isn't there,

I never really lost it to begin with.

The Wizard of Oz

The Wisdom of Benjamin Button

"For what it’s worth, it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit... start whenever you want... you can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that stop you. I hope you feel things that you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."

-from the movie "Benjamin Button"

Winter Sunset

I like these cold, gray winter days.

Days like these let you savor a bad mood.

Bill Watterson of "Calvin and Hobbs" fame

Open Arms

Love is always open arms.

If you close your arms about love

you will find that you are left holding

only yourself.

Leo Buscaglia

Self Portrait of Aging

I am so blessed to have lived long enough

to have my hair turn gray

and to have my youthful laughs

forever etched upon my face.

email making the rounds

Self Portrait 2009

Because You Love Me

I don't know how I survived

In this cold and empty world for all this time

I only know that I'm alive

Because You  love me

JoDee Messina Lyrics

Laughing at Blue Skies

When you realize how perfect everything is

you will tilt your head back and

laugh at the sky.

Buddah

Footprints

Footprints on the sands of time

are not made by sitting down.

Snowmen

Some of my best friends

are flakes.

Loving Every Season

To be interested in the changing seasons

is a happier state of mind

than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

George Santayana

Leaving Your Mark

Immortality is to live your life doing good things

and leaving your mark behind.

Brandon Lee

Writing and Thinking

You'll never know what you've thought,

until you write it down.

Little Feet

Children will follow your footsteps

easier than they will follow your advice.

Writing A Letter

Letters are among the most significant memorial

a person can leave behind them.

Goethe

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