The Duck Who Flew Upside Down
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Rusty Bear and Thomas Too
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Clyde and Friends 3 Books in 1!
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Slices of Life
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Palpable Imaginings
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From the Heart of a Grateful Man
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Reflections of a Grateful Man
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Heart Whispers
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Doing Your Best
My first “Two-Fer”! This re-blog starts with an image that GinaV had on her blog Professions For P.E.A.C.E. (one of my favorites in the whole blogosphere!) and I found Jan Beek’s “Loving One Another” blog via GinaV’s blog too. I … Continue reading
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Love, Grace, and Gratitude
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude” — Denis Waitley I don’t know about the “every minute” part, but I’ve found that happiness … Continue reading
Posted in Abundance, Growth/Learning, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts
Tagged allure, attract, attraction, attractive, Denis Waitley, grace, gratitude, Happiness, joy, lasting happiness, Love, spirit, spiritual, spiritual experience
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An Opportunity For Kindness
“Whenever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness.” –Seneca I’ve found that this is also true when there is an animal in need, and even a plant.
To Dare Mighty Things
“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows … Continue reading
Posted in Courage, Growth/Learning, Inspiring, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Optimism, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts
Tagged dare, dare mighty things, dare to do mighty things, do, eagles, Jonathan, Jonathon, Livingston, might, mighty things, Richard Bach, Roosevelt, Seagull, soar, soar among eagles, soar with eagles, Teddy Roosevelt, the arena, Theodore Roosevelt
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An Open Heart
“An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart.” –Robert Sapolski I’ve experienced many people over the years and I can’t think of a single instance where this saying didn’t appear to me to be true.
What Lies Within Us
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson And that’s no lie!
Service Was Joy–But Not Always
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” –Rabindranath Tagore I wish that I could say that all service that I’ve done for others was … Continue reading
Posted in Generosity, Making the World a Better Place, Observations, Quotes I Love
Tagged joy, joyous, Rabindranath Tagore, service, service was joy, wonderful
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In The Spirit Of Love
“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” –Henry Drummond This statement has certainly been true for … Continue reading
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Tagged connected, generosity, generous, grateful, happy, Henry Drummond, humility, kindness, Life, moments, opportunity, pride, spirit, spirit of love
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Eight Lanes Of Danger
Eight Lanes Of Danger Aug 8 2011 Before this blog morphed into what it has become today, it was started as a convenient way to share songs and stories that I’d writen or co-written. So I thought it was high … Continue reading
A Piece Of Our Heart
“Our days are happier when we give people a piece of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.” I don’t know who said it but I know it’s true for me and believe it’s true for most people. … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Quotes I Love
Tagged blog, Happiness, heart, mind, Remember, true
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Russ Towne's A Grateful Man 