The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires,
but in is integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
~Bob Marley~

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close
they were to success when they gave up.
~Thomas A. Edison~

Not everything that is faced can be changed,
but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
~James Baldwin~

Never be ashamed of the scars that life has left you with.
A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed, you endured
the pain and God has healed you.
~Author Unknown~

It is the nature of man to revere the man who has the most money.
It is the nature of God to revere the man who has the most heart.
~Nathaniel Bronner Jr.~

Safety is not found in the absence of danger,
but in the presence of God.

The grass is greener on the other side
because your neighbor's septic tank leaks.

“It's difficult to steer a parked car – So get moving!”
~Henrietta Mears~

It may not be for me to see
The meaning and the mystery
Of all that God has planned for me
Till “afterward”! —Anon.

I talk to myself because I like dealing
with a better class of people.
~Jackie Mason~

"During a test, the teacher is silent." Robert Earl Williams

Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.
~Unknown~

Move On

You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks or even months over-
analyzing a situation;
Trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've
would've happened...
Or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move on.
~Tupac Shakur~

Life

To some life is a never-ending trial.
To others it is miracles each day.
Each often starts in identical circumstances.
One ends in a garden of delight.
The other ends in a pit of despair.

~from the series, The Secret Verse of Contentment~
http://theonlineword.com/series.html#secretverse

The Stuff

I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose
husband unexpectedly died suddenly of a heart attack. About a
week after his death, she shared some of her insight with a
classroom of students.

As the late afternoon sunlight came streaming in through the
classroom windows and the class was nearly over, she moved a
few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down there.

With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and
said, "Before class is over, I would like to share with all of
you a thought that is unrelated to class, but which I feel is
very important.

Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love,
appreciate and give of ourselves.

None of us knows when this fantastic experience will end.

It can be taken away at any moment.

Perhaps, this is God's way of telling us that we must make the
most out of every single day."

Her eyes beginning to water, she went on,
"So I would like you all to make me a promise.

From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home,
find something beautiful to notice. It doesn't have to be
something you see - it could be a scent-perhaps of freshly baked
bread wafting out of someone's house, or it could be the sound
of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the
way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently
to the ground.

Please look for these things and cherish them for although it
may sound trite to some, these things are the "stuff" of life.

The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy.
The things we often take for granted.
We must make it important to notice them, for at any time ...
it can all be taken away."

The class was completely quiet.

We all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently.

That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school
than I had that whole semester. Every once in a while, I think
of that teacher and remember what an impression she made on all
of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that
sometimes we all overlook.

Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today.

Go barefoot.
Or walk on the beach at sunset.
Stop off on the way home tonight to get a double-dip ice cream cone.
For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.

~Author Unknown~

I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it. ~Author Unknown

Secrets To A Long Happy Marriage

An old woman was sipping on a glass of wine while sitting on the
patio with her husband and she says,
"I love you so much. I don't know how I could ever live without you."
Her husband asks, "Is that you or the wine talking?"
She replies, "It's me... talking to the wine."

We are to be channels of God’s truth— not reservoirs. RBC

“Which one is the possessor of heaven and earth: He who has a thousand houses, or he who, with no house to call his own, has ten at which his knock arouses instant jubilation?” George MacDonald

"There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,'
and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'"
~C. S. Lewis~