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    “Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.” ~ Mother Teresa

      “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” ~ Abigail Adams

        Give, but don't allow yourself to be used.  Love, but don't allow your heart to be abused.  Trust, but don't be naive.  Listen to others, but don't lose your own voice.

          “Where you stand depends on where you sit.” ~ Nelson Mandela

            Grandfather says this: In life there is sadness as well as joy, losing as well as winning, falling as well as standing, hunger as well as plenty, bad as well as good.  I do not say this to make you despair, but to teach you that life is a journey sometimes walked in light and sometimes in shadow.  Grandfather says this: Keep going.

              “Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.” ~ Helen Keller

                “The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.” ~ Helen Keller

                  Lose yourself to improve yourself.

                    “If you seek reality you must set yourself free of all backgrounds, of all cultures, of all patterns of thinking and feeling. Even the idea of being man or woman, or even human, should be discarded. The ocean of life contains all, not only humans. So, first of all abandon all self-identification, stop thinking of yourself as such-and-such, so-and-so, this or that. Abandon all self-concern, worry not about your welfare, material or spiritual, abandon every desire, gross or subtle, stop thinking of achievement of any kind. You are complete here and now, you need absolutely nothing. It does not mean that you must be brainless and foolhardy, improvident or indifferent; only the basic anxiety for oneself must go. You need some food, clothing and shelter for you and yours, but this will not create problems as long as greed is not taken for a need. Live in tune with things as they are and not as they are imagined.” ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

                      What Susie says of Sally says more of Susie than of Sally.  Remember That.

                        “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” ~ Greek Proverb

                          "Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know." ~ Pema Chodron

                            Feel good anyway.

                              What did you exchange a day of your life for today...?

                                “Someone is enjoying shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” ~ Warren Buffett

                                  Knowledge is knowing what to say.  Wisdom is knowing when to say it.

                                    “This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                                      “To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                                        “Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson