A Good Example

"A good example is like a bell
that calls many to church."~ Danish Proverb

All That Spirits Desire

"All that spirits desire,spirits attain."
~ Kahlil Gibran

Misty Morning

"A misty morning
does not signify a cloudy day."
~ Ancient Proverb

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We Can Measure Ourselves

"It is by that which cannot be
taken away that we can
measure ourselves."
~ Mia Farrow

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Work

"Do not be afraid to work."
~ John D. Rockefeller

Whatever Pieces

"Arrange whatever pieces come your way"
~ Virginia Woolf

Be Yourself

"Be yourself, that’s all there is of you."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Master of Perspective

"Make yourself a master of perspective,
then acquire perfect
knowledge of the proportions
of men and other animals."
~ Leonardo Da Vinci

The sky is calm

Eerily so.

Life hurts.

A full day awaits
this weary chauffeur
The clock beats
a dull warning in my
chest.

Driving Ben to see
School Superintendents 
Probation Officers.

Parking
Waiting for him to finish
Masses and classes:
four hours of GED 
two hours of Substance Abuse

Eight hours gone seven years of lies.

Clenching the wheel
Struggling to silence reason's numb roar.

Focus on the road.
Life automatic.
Another turn signal, a normal beat

Almost home.

God Will

"God will be present, whether asked or not."
~ Latin Proverb

Long Journey Toward the Stars

 "If seeds in the black earth
can turn into such beautiful roses,
what might not the heart of man
become in its long journey toward the stars?"
~ G. K. Chesterton

Imitation of Immortality

"Each life makes its own imitation of immortality."
 ~ Stephen King

Intrinsic Worth

"To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth…
is potentially to have everything."
~ Joan Didion

Hard Work

 "Hard work often leads to success.
No work seldom does."
~ Harvey Mackay

Marching Onward

 "Life is a series of experiences,
 each one of which makes us bigger...
for the world was built to develop character,
and we must learn that the setbacks
and griefs we endure
help us in our marching onward."
~ Henry Ford

Simply Yourself

"When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you."
~ Lao Tzu

Daily and Reverently

"I live my life daily and reverently."
~ John Denver

According to the Light

"I will work in my own way,
according to the light that is in me."
~ Lydia Maria Child

Take a Day

"Do not take a day for granted!"
~ Leah Remini

Plan the Day

"I arise in the morning
torn between a desire
to improve the world
and a desire toenjoy the world.
This makes it hard
to plan the day."
~ E.B. White

Chance to Succeed

"Work for something
because it is good,
not just because it stands
a chance to succeed."
~ Vaclav Havel

Backbone

"Never grow a wishbone, daughter,
where a backbone ought to be."~ Clementine Paddleford

Inaction

"I never worry about action,
only inaction."
~ Winston Churchill

Love & Skill

"When love and skill
work together,
expect a miracle."
~ John Ruskin

Telltale of the Divine

"Love was meant to be also a sign,
a symbol, a messenger,
a telltale of the Divine.
Love is a messenger from God
saying that every human affection
and every ecstasy of love
are sparks from the great flame
of love that is God."
~ Fulton J. Sheen

All Stupid

"Anger makes us all stupid."
~ Johanna Spyri

In the Doing

"The thrill isn't in the winning,
it's in the doing."~ Chuck Noll

Over the Next Horizon

"The beckoning of home
is always,
forever,
there,
just over the next horizon."
~ Susan Orlean

Dawn

"For what human ill

does not dawn
seem to be alleviation?"
~ Billy Wilder

Wild Salubrity

"Live in the sunshine,
swim the sea,
drink the wild air’s salubrity."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Magic is Inside You

"The magic is inside you.
There ain't no crystal ball."
~ Dolly Parton

More of the Same

"Every morning I wake up
and say, 'Dear Lord,
I don’t want anything better;
just send me more of the same.'”
~ Kitty Hart

Troubles of Trifles

"Never make troubles of trifles."~ English Proverb

Pass Through Your Own Pain

"The only way to learn compassion
is through your heart;
you have to back up and
pass through your own pain."
~ Matthew Fox

Resistance

"To fly we have to have resistance."~ Maya Lin

Faith Set on Fire

"Enthusiasm is faith set on fire."
~ George Adams

My Optimism

"Most people think

that I am too optimistic,

but my optimism

is based on the thought

that negative thinking

is a luxury that we can't afford."

~ Yoko Ono

Emotions

"Emotions have
taught mankind to reason."
~ Marquis De Vauvenargues

Fullness of Your Joy

"You pray in your distress
and in your need:
would that you might pray
also in the fullness joy
and in your days of abundance."
~ Kahlil Gibran

Loving Human Soul

"Blessed is the influence
of one true, loving human soul on another."
~ George Eliot

Why Not?

"Why not?"~ Alex Tan

Seeing

"Seeing is not always believing."
~ Rod Serling

Words Inspire

"I still believe
in the power of the word,
that words inspire."
~ Joni Mitchell

No Such Thing

Happy Birthday, Mom

"There is no such thing as
'best' in the world of individuals."
~ Hosea Bellou

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Experience Allows You To Know

 

"Words may help you understand something,
but experience allows you to know.
Never, ever trade your own experience
for someone else's words
about anything that is really important.
Like God, for instance. Or love.
Or what is true about another."
~ Neale Donald Walsch

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Years That Answer

"There are years that ask
questions and years that answer."
~ Zora Neale Hurston

What We Choose

"The point is less what we choose
than that we have the power
to make a choice."
~ Gloria Steinem

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This World of Change

"In this world of change,
nothing which comes stays,
and nothing which goes is lost."
~ Anne Sophie Swetchine

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