September 2016 Blog Posts (16)

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”

Michel de Montaigne,

One of the things that makes each of us so special is our uniqueness. Each of us has our own personal attributes, challenges and style. Within ourselves is our persona that…

Live today, for tomorrow it will all be history.

I recently was sent a piece from the Positively Present folks that I really like and want to share with you today. I am not going to do a rambling introduction as it is fairly long and…

The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.

Mark Messier

If you are like I am you often are trying to fit 29 hours of things you would like to do into a 24 hour day. Even though I am retired and manage my own…

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Dr. Seuss

I was at a lecture given by a friend of mine a couple of days ago where a discussion took place about how many of us are…

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Eden Phillpotts

Yesterday wore me out as I attended a lecture and went to a presentation made by one of my doctors. I taxed both my brain and…

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

Samuel Smiles

I am often accused of being unrealistically optimistic and I probably sometimes am. I do find life on the bright side to be a much more pleasant place to…

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

Samuel Smiles

I am often accused of being unrealistically optimistic and I probably sometimes am. I do find life on the bright side to be a much more pleasant place to…

Expecting perfection inevitably leads to disappointment.

Kemmy Nola

I sometimes think that we are our own worst enemy. Some of us have been so conditioned to…

"Simply being alive is the greatest blessing we can enjoy."

Rene Dubos.

Over the years I have often found myself…

Hear me, four quarters of the world - a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is! Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand, that I may be like you. With your power only can I face the winds.

Black Elk

(1863-1950) Oglala Sioux holy man

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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.

Dale Carnegie

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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

Epicurus

I like many others have learned lessons late in life that would have made my life better if I…

“Think simple” as my old master used to say – meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.”

Frank Lloyd Wright

Now that I have my computer back I have started on my backlog of bills, paper…

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

Now my new week starts and I get to go back to my normal routine. Soon I will be off to the YMCA for my morning workout. My computer is back working so this week I will be able to stay in touch with you…

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

Viktor Frankl

Having no computer for a week while I awaited a repair specialist was an eye opener for me. These days I spend a lot of time…

No man can always be right. So the struggle is to do one's best, to keep the brain and conscience clear, never be swayed by unworthy motives or inconsequential reasons, but to strive to unearth the basic factors involved, then do one's duty.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Greetings my…