The Duck Who Flew Upside Down
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Category Archives: Observations
Getting Back Up
A friend sent this saying and I thought I’d share it with you: “There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. Surround yourself with people who make you laugh, … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Attittude, Challenges, Courage, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Observations, Patience & Persistence, Quotes I Love
Tagged challenges, critical, difference, game, getting backup, good, laugh, Love, right, surviving, thriving, treat
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Success & Will Rogers
I never met a saying from Will Rogers that I didn’t like. So it was with extra pleasure that I read a post about him at stuffitellmysister.me. If you haven’t checked out the homespun fun at that site I recommend … Continue reading
Posted in Following Your Passion, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Quotes I Love, Wisdom
Tagged homespun, homespun fun, Love, simple, smart, stuffitellmysister.me, Success, successful, Will Rogers, wonderful
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Whole Universes of Life & Activity Inside Us
Be gentle with yourself. “You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.” – Max Ehrmann This sounds like good advice to me. … Continue reading
Posted in Attittude, Observations, Peace, Quotes I Love
Tagged child, galaxies, gentle, Life, Max Ehrmann, peace, soul, stars, trees, universe
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To Give Light
Seen at wordsmith.org: “What is to give light must endure burning.” -Viktor Frankl, author, neurologist and psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor (1905-1997) Of all of his qualifications I believe it is being a “Holocaust survivor” that makes him most qualified to make … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Observations, Quotes I Love
Tagged holocaust, light, pain, Victor Frankl, wordsmith.org
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The Mighty Ocean in the Drop
You are not just the drop in the ocean. You are the mighty ocean in the drop. – Rumi
Posted in Attittude, Inspiring, Observations, Potential, Quotes I Love
Tagged drop, mighty ocean, Rumi, you
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In Such Awareness Gratitude Grows
I believe that most people could come up with a list of hundreds of blessings if they took the time to think about them. Some of my greatest blessings sure didn’t feel like blessings at the time they happened. For … Continue reading
Posted in Abundance, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Gratitude, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Pain & Grief
Tagged beloved, blessings, devastating, disasters, failuers, fiance', gratitdue, Grief, heart-breaks, pain
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When Positive Emotions Appear
As darkness recedes when light appears, it has been my experience that negative emotions immediately begin to recede when positive emotions appear. Russ
Nature’s Beauty: Each Grain of Sand is a Work of Art
I love discovering new places where nature surprises me with beauty. The latest is the masterpiece that is each grain of sand! Russ
Posted in Beauty, Nature, Observations
Tagged art, grain of sand, masterpiece, nature, nature's beauty, sand, Work, work of art
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It’s What’s On The Inside That Counts
I just saw a drawing of a very old lady stooped over with age and walking slowly with a cane. On the wall beside wher as a shadow of a slender young ballerina with arms outsretched and standing on the … Continue reading
Posted in Attittude, Challenges, LIfe Lessons, Observations
Tagged ballerina, counts, inside, it's what's on the inside that counts, look like, old lady
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Russ Towne's A Grateful Man 