Mission Accomplished? Not Yet.

Here is the test to find

whether your mission on earth is finished.

If you're here, it isn't.

Richard Bach

What Dominates Your Life?

There will be one thing that will dominate your life.

I strongly suggest that it be something

of which you can be proud.

Standing Tall and Proud

You can stand tall

without standing on someone.

Harriet Woods

My Messes

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

Kitty O'Neill Collins

Some Things Are Free

The day, water, sun, moon, night-

I do not have to purchase these with money.

Titus Maccius Plautus

Baseball analogy

Government Behavior

If people behaved like the government,

you'd call the cops.

Kelvin Throop

Dog Talk

If dogs could talk

it would take a lot of fun out of owning one.

Andy Rooney

Junk Food

If we're not willing to settle for junk living,

we certainly shouldn't settle for junk food.

Sally Edwards

Retirement and Coffee

Retirement is one great big giant coffee break.
(Sounds a bit like heaven to me!)

Spending My Time

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

Not Enough Rocks

Sometimes there just aren't enough rocks.

Forrest Gump

Trees- Resigned to Life

I like trees because they seem more resigned

to the way they have to live than other things do.

~Willa Cather

March Yawning

Springtime is the land awakening.

The March winds are the morning yawn.

Dogs: Great Role Models

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures;

they give unconditional love.

For me they are the role model for being alive.

 ~Gilda Radner

Bubbling Up

Look within.

Within is the fountain of good and it will bubble up,

if thou wilt ever dig.

Marcus Aurelius

Religion Psychiatry

It is doubtless true

that religion has been the world's psychiatrist

throughout the centuries.

 ~Karl Menninger

Don't Stop

The only time you run out of chances

is when you stop taking them.

(However, not stopping at one of these is just stupid!)

Worrying's Gift

You can't change the past,

but you can ruin the present

by worrying about the future.

Travels

Voyage, travel, and change of pace

impart vigor.

Seneca

Farming

As the farmer who won the lottery said

when asked what he was going to do with his winnings

"Keep farming until it's all gone.

Change or Decay

He who rejects change is the architect of decay.

The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

 ~Harold Wilson

Tangled Web

Oh! what a tangled web we weave,

when first we practice to deceive.

Sir Walter Scott

Kahlil Gibran on Faith

I love you my brother, whoever you are –

whether you worship in your church,

 kneel in your temple or pray in your mosque.

You and I are all children of one faith,

for the diverse paths of religion

 are fingers of the loving hand of the Supreme Being,

a hand extended to all,

offering completeness of spirit to all,

eager to receive all.

Kahlil Gibran

Simple Religion-- Kindness

This is my simple religion.

There is no need for temples;

no need for complicated philosophy.

Our own brain, our own heart is our temple;

the philosophy is kindness.

~Dalai Lama

Tomorrows

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day.

~William Shakespeare

The Dog Ate My Homework

Home computers are being called upon to

perform many new functions,

including the consumption of homework

formerly eaten by the dog.

Doug Larson