"People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?"

-- Eleanor Roosevelt

“The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.”

~ Rumi

Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real. Perhaps they are.


--Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”

The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. . . . The ordinary objects of human endeavour -- property, outward success, luxury -- have always seemed to me contemptible.


Albert Einstein


Hmontana's edit: Thanks for those of you who continue to show truth, goodness and beauty! You give me courage!

“Sometimes the people whom we've know for only a short amount of time have a bigger impact on us than those we've known forever.”

and the truth shall set you free, my friend

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says: "I'll try again tomorrow."
~~Anne Hunninghake

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength;
loving someone deeply gives you courage.
~~ Lao-Tzu

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

-- Will Rogers

A weed is but an unloved flower.
~~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Through actively loving one another we nurture the richness of everyone's fuller expression. With no more than a nod of attention we can elicit a smile or perhaps a commitment to attempt again a challenge that defeated us earlier. None of us shines as brightly, moves as swiftly, or succeeds as easily as when someone special is rooting in our corner.

We each need someone special, and let's not forget that we are someone special to another who is walking our path. The loneliness of a day is diminished when we feel the love of someone near or far. The dread of any task is lessened when we bask in the knowledge that we are special to someone. Like roses, we bloom while under the gaze of loving eyes.

Let's remember to nurture the rose within the friends and strangers who are walking our way today.

"Excellence is the result of
Caring more than others think is wise
Risking more than others think is safe
Dreaming more than others think is practical
Expecting more than others think is possible"

'our souls just match deliciously'

~ a very wise lucky woman

For you, Lookin'...


But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.

WOW how profound!! What a Great post!!! And the truth in that one, man,....deep.



Yeah, I know I just quoted myself...but it was worth repeating

and...

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
~~ Proust

Poignant, for sure. Y'know? I think I posted that same quote several pages back...I gotta go look now.

Why wouldn't that surprise me??