Amused or Shocked

Perhaps one has to be very old

before one learns how to be amused

rather than shocked.

Pearl S. Buck

From the Mom's Point of View

The decision to have a child is momentous.

It is to decide forever

to have your heart go walking around

outside of your body.

My Mother's Prayers

My mother's prayers will cling to me

all the days of my life.

Abraham Lincoln

Growing Wings

Sometimes if you aren't sure about something,

you just have to jump off the bridge

and grow wings on the way down.

Danielle Steel

Sweet Flowers

Flowers are the sweetest thing God ever made

and forgot to put a soul into.

Henry Beecher

Men Like Fine Wine

Men are like fine wine.

They all start out like grapes,

and it's our job to stomp them

 and keep them in the dark

until they mature into something

you'd like to have dinner with.

Kathleen Midsud

Purpose of Education

The true purpose of education is to teach a man

to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.

Liberty Hyde Bailey

Gathering Rosebuds

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

Old time is still a flying:

And that same flower that smiles today,

Tomorrow will be dying.

Robert Herrick

Teeter Totter Wisdom

Life is like a teeter totter.

It's a balancing act.

There are ups and downs,

but without someone else it is just a lot of "downs."

Keep Playing

We don't stop playing because we grow old;

we grow old because we stop playing.

George Bernard Shaw