Welcome to my Garden of Thoughts......

nothing too deep or original....
just a place I like to visit regularly
for peace, ideas, and perspective.

Feel free to wander and relax!

That Woman Is a Success.....

Who loves life and lives it to the fullest;
who has discovered and shared the strengths
and talents that are uniquely her own;

who puts her best into each task
and leaves each situation
better than she found it;

who seeks and finds that which is beautiful
in all people...and all things;
whose heart is full of love
and warm with compassion;

who has found joy in living
and peace within herself.

Barbara J Burrow




Quiet
moments
bring us
closer to
ourselves






 That Man is a Success

who has lived well,
laughed often and loved much;

who has gained the respect
of intelligent men and women
and the love of children;

who has filled his niche
and accomplished his task;

who leaves the world better
than he found it,
whether by an improved poppy,
a perfect poem,
or a rescued soul;

who never lacked appreciation
of earth's beauty
or failed to express it;

who looked for the best in others
and gave the best he had.

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

If you refuse to accept anything but the best in life,
you very often get it.
W. Somerset Maughman

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.
 Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nurture your mind with great thoughts,
for you will never go any higher than you think.
B. Disraeli

If you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
 Henry Ford

Even if you're on the right track,
you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Will Rogers

If you always do what you've always done,
you'll always get what you've always got.



DESIDERATA

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace here may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.      Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.      Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.      Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.      Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.      You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.      Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.      With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.   ;

Max Ehrmann

Whenever I approach a child, his presence inspires two feelings in me ~ affection for what he is now and respect for what he may one day become
Louis Pasteur

It's not only what kind of world you're building for your child, but what kind of child you're building for the world.

Every adult needs a child to teach ~~ it's the way adults learn.

Love is patient and kind;
Love is not jealous or boastful;
it is not arrogant or rude.
Love does not insist on its own way;
it is not irritable or resentful;
it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.
Love bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things,
Love never ends....

I Corinthians 13.4.8

Vision looks inward and becomes duty.
Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.
Vision looks upward and becomes faith.
Steven Wise

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