-
Join 2,637 other subscribers
Blog Stats
- 112,991 hits
Meta
The Duck Who Flew Upside Down
Rusty Bear and Thomas Too
Clyde and Friends 3 Books in 1!
Slices of Life
Palpable Imaginings
From the Heart of a Grateful Man
Reflections of a Grateful Man
Heart Whispers
Top Posts & Pages
-
Recent Posts
russtowne
Poets Corner
Available on Amazon
Blogroll
My Author's Bio
My Books
Tag Archives: Anu Garg
I Dreamt
I just read a short poem that brought a smile to my face and led to a very pleasant stroll down Memory Lane. May it do the same for you: I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt … Continue reading
Posted in Dreams, Love, Poems By Others
Tagged A.Word.A.Day, Anu Garg, dreamt, face, Love, Memory Lane, Ogden Nash, pleasant, smile, stroll, true, true love, unkempt, wordsmith.org
4 Comments
My Daily Fix
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if it were possible, speak a few reasonable words. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (1749-1832) (Source: … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Music, Quotes I Love
Tagged A.Word.A.Day by Anu Garg, advice, Anu Garg, blogging, dramatist, fine, food, friends, good advice, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, novelist, philosopher, picture, poem, poet, reasonable words, song, wonderful
Leave a comment
Change
“Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change.” -Harriet Lerner (As seen at Wordsmith.org A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg)
Golden Truth
“Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.” -Leo Tolstoy I saw this quote at Wordsmith.com and like the quote and the comparison. Truth, like gold, … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Quotes I Love
Tagged Anu Garg, friends, Gold, Leo Tolstoy, precious, rare, Tolstoy, truth, Wordsmith.com
Leave a comment
Have I Ever Done That or Would I Do the Same?
“No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.” -Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor, author, neurologist and psychiatrist. (Seen in Wordsmith.org’s A.Word.A.Day by Anu Garg) I’d update … Continue reading
Posted in Forgiveness, Generosity, Healing, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Parenting, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized
Tagged A.Word.A.Day, absolute honesty, Anger, Anu Garg, children, day they're having, drive, driving, empathy, forgive, good, good surprises, holocaust, Holocaust survivor, honesty, kids, Life, life they've led, mad, parent, parenting, self-empathy, traffic, Victor Frankl, wordsmith.org, wordsmith.org's
1 Comment
People Who Rekindle the Inner Spirit
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” -Albert Schweitzer (I … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiring, Making the World a Better Place, Optimism, Quotes I Love
Tagged a helping hand, a kind word, a reassuring look, A.Word.A.Day, Albert Schweitzer, Anu Garg, burst into flame, fire, flame, hand, Helping, inner fire, inner fire goes out, inner flame, kind, kind word, lit, lit my fire, making the world a better place, ready smile, reassuring, rekindle, Schweitzer, smile, thank, thank you, thankful
Leave a comment
I Will Not Forget You
“Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you.” -William Arthur Ward I like and believe in … Continue reading
Friendship
“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.” -Epicurus, philosopher (c. 341-270 BCE) Based on how long ago Epicurus lives, it seems safe to say that some things … Continue reading
Posted in LIfe Lessons, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts, Relationship Lessons Learned, Uncategorized
Tagged A.Word.A.Day, Anu Garg, better frirends, blessed, celebrate, comfort, compliment, confident knowledge, Epicurus, false friend, false friends, focus, focusing, Friend, friends, Friendship, good friends, great comfort, Happiness, knowing, learning, lives, losses, making the world a better place, mourn, ricjer, safe, share, wins, Wordsmith.com
Leave a comment