Need Help? Ask. Don’t Need Help? Give…
Quotes and Notes #281, August 12 Help each other. Live together well “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”—Henry Ford— The lichen is a combination...
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Quotes and Notes #282, August 13 Don’t say anything, just stop and listen to the pretty. “Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an...
View ArticleFind a Little Enjoyment as Happiness Flutters By…
Quotes and Notes # 283, August 14 It flies around and doesn’t stay very long. “With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.”—Max...
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Quotes and Notes #284, August 15 Hello in there “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what...
View ArticleDigging in Rocky Ground…
Quotes and Notes #285, August 16 It requires patience and the proper tools to plant in rocky ground “The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can’t are both right. Which one are you?”—Henry...
View ArticleWhat Is In Your Secret Garden?
Quotes and Notes #286, August 17 grab the beauty as you are passing through. “Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.”—William Goldman, “The Princess Bride.”— “The garden is growth...
View ArticleI Hope, Therefore I Am…
Quotes and Notes # 287, August 18 Will everything be all right? We’ll find out “Hope is the feeling that the feeling you have isn’t permanent.”–Jean Kerr– Sometimes, when things are not going well, we...
View ArticleSmile, Let The Light Shine In…
Quotes and Notes #288, August 19 Open the window and let the sunshine out “A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.”–Denis Waitley– “Set wide...
View ArticleDo You Feel Like You Don’t Quite Fit In?…
Quotes and Notes # 289, August 20 A lovely heart-shaped weed that doesn’t quite fit in. “A weed may be defined as ‘a plant that is in the wrong place’”—Johntheplantman – My grandmother gave me a Bible...
View ArticlePay Attention–A Moment Of Happiness Will Find You…
Quotes and Notes # 290, August 21 Daily surprises show up in strange places. “The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them but that they seize us.”—Ashley...
View ArticleWhat Are Your Greatest Treasures? Find Them Here…
Quotes and Notes #291, August 22 Nature’s pictures lead us to beautiful concepts. “What is love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the...
View ArticleGrandma’s Chair is Empty Now–Where Are The Stories?
Quotes and Notes #292, August 23 Grandma’s chair is empty now. Who will take her place? “No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.”—Lewis Carroll, “Alice’s Adventures in...
View ArticleWhen You Think It Is Finished, That Is The New Beginning…
Quotes and Notes #293, August 24 The bonsai tree is never finished. ` “There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning.—Louis L’Amour— When you...
View ArticleA Good Character Index
Quotes and Notes # 294, August 25 the gardener wishes to please. “The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good and how he treats people who can’t fight...
View ArticleFind Happiness One Step At A Time…
Quotes and Notes #295, August 26 walking the steps over and over… “As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep...
View ArticleUse Your Talent to Contribute …
Quotes and Notes #296, August 27 Help the landscape “Using your talent, hobby, or profession in a way that makes you contribute something good to this world is truly the way to go.”—Simon Zingerman,...
View ArticleHere Come The Fire Department
Quotes and Notes #297, August 28 Time for stepping out. It will make you feel wonderful. “When in doubt, wear red.”—Bill Blass– If your self image is slipping a bit, don’t hide it—flaunt it. My mother,...
View ArticleWhen You Find Your Place, Hold On To It
Quotes and Notes #298, August 29 Hold on tight and follow the light “Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.”—Gary Snider— The Virginia Creeper on the bridge...
View ArticleFind A Path and Give it Your All…
Quotes and Notes # 300, August 31 Follow your chosen path “When you find your path, you must ignore fear. You need to have the courage to risk mistakes. But once you are on that road…run, run, run, and...
View ArticleWatch Out For The Rapids and Be Prepared to Steer…
Quotes and Notes #301, September 1 “Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.”—Emma Smith— Enjoy the peaceful water “We may be floating...
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