Friday, April 30, 2010

Drinking or Gargling?

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge;
others just gargle.
Dr. Robert Anthony

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Buying Happiness


Whoever said you can't buy happiness
forgot little puppies.
Gene Hill
A little irony if you head to Easy Street today.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Doing Today

If you are still talking about what you did yesterday,
you haven't done much today.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

More Than A Building

The church is not a building.
The church is not a steeple.
The church is not a resting place.
The church is the people.
Avery and Marsh
"I Am the Church" lyrics

Monday, April 26, 2010

In the Garden of Verses


I have a little shadow that
goes in and out with me,
and what can be the use of him
is more than I can see.
"A Child's Garden of Verses"
Robert Louis Stevenson

Sunday, April 25, 2010

To Kill A Mockingbird

Quote from "To Kill A Mockingbird"

Saturday, April 24, 2010

The Journey

Focus on the journey,
not the destination.
Joy is found not in finishing an activity,
but in doing it.
Greg Anderson

Friday, April 23, 2010

Memories

Memory is a way of holding on
to the things you love,
the things you are,
the things you never want to lose.
"The Wonder Years"

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Earth Day

Every day is Earth Day.
(Earth Day, April 22, 2010)

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

April Days

The sun was warm, the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day.
Robert Frost

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Advice from Ferris Bueller

Life moves pretty fast.
If you don't stop to look around once in awhile
you could miss it.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Monday, April 19, 2010

Look Up!

Believers, look up!
Heaven is nearer than you think!
Billy Graham

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Spring Blooms- Lilacs

If you've never been thrilled
 to the very edges of your soul
by a flower in spring bloom,
maybe your soul has never been in bloom.
Terri Guillemets

Saturday, April 17, 2010

River Philosophy

Then as it was,
then again it will be,
and though the course will change sometimes,
rivers always reach the sea.
Led Zeppelin

Friday, April 16, 2010

Quest: Sun

Sunshine is my quest.
Winston Churchill

Thursday, April 15, 2010

My Dog's View

My goal in life is to be as good of a person
as my dog already thinks I am.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Catch Souls

Joy is a net of love
by which you can catch souls.
Mother Theresa of Calcutta

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Slowing Down


We live in a fast-paced society.
Walking slows us down.
Robert Sweetgall

Monday, April 12, 2010

Leisure

There's never enough time
to do all the nothing you want.
Bill Waterson- Calvin and Hobbs

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Spring Fever

It's spring fever.
That is what the name of it is.
And when you've got it, you want -
oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want,
 but it just fairly makes your heart ache,
you want it so!
Mark Twain

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Attitude of Cheerfulness

Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind,
filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Joseph Addison

Friday, April 9, 2010

Nourishment for the Soul

Bread feeds the body,
but flowers feed the soul.
The Koran

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Beauty is in the eye and the heart


There is a road from the eye to the heart
that does not go through the intellect.
G.K. Chesterton

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Little Eyes Are Watching

Don't worry that children never listen to you;
worry that they are always watching you.
Robert Fulghum

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Climbing Trees

Climb a tree.
It gets you closer to heaven.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Good Old Days

Enjoy yourself.
These are the good old days you're going to miss
in the years ahead.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Morning Has Broken

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's recreation of the first day
Eleanor Farjeon

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Bloom! Bloom!

There came a time when the risk
to remain tight in the bud
was more painful than risk it took
to blossom.
Anais Nin

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Wonders

There are no seven wonders of the world
 in the eyes of a child.
There are seven million.
Walt Streightiff