Just for fun....What is your favorite old saying, quote, or poem?
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"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I’ll meet you there." Rumi
and rightdoing there is a field.
I’ll meet you there." Rumi
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"It's like Deja vu all over again." - Yogi Berra
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It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness
My dad always said that.
My dad always said that.
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Read within the past few days . . . "[responses] will fly like arrows at Agincourt." - Ken White
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step.
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl -- year after year..."
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Children are the responsibility; grandchildren are the reward.
“I am convinced that knowledge is power - to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.” ~Ben Carson
Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. This is not philosophy. It is physics.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
My grandmother and grandfather were a hoot. Grandpa was laid back, spoiled his grandchildren, and drank a bit. Grandma, loved her grandchildren, but was more of a disciplinarian. I always laugh when I think of what she frequently said to my grandfather
"Harry, you know I don't 'low no got d#*m cussing in my house!"
"Harry, you know I don't 'low no got d#*m cussing in my house!"
First thing I do every morning is find something to be thankful for. Lately, people have given me a long list of things to be grateful for. So I have to lie back down to say all my gratitudes. Lo and behold, I fall back asleep 
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main." John Dunne
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and southwestern NJ since 2008
"There is no minute like the last minute." Paul Soper
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and southwestern NJ since 2008
"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks
to those who have rekindled this light"
Albert Schweitzer
to those who have rekindled this light"
Albert Schweitzer
Live consciously....
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I got this from a book my daughters boss (and Author) wrote, full of wonderful quotes.@FriedOkra wrote:
Beautiful....never heard this before..
Live consciously....
Don't worry or obsess over what you can't control.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away
"Fiction is the truth inside the lie." Stephen King
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^ Well, that wasn't an old one.
I heard this one given by a best man, once. He said it was an Irish blessing:
"May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live."
I heard this one given by a best man, once. He said it was an Irish blessing:
"May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live."
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Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.....
Live consciously....
Love thy neighbor....
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"It's not having what you want, It's wanting what you've got" - Sheryl Crow, "Soak up the sun".
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“It does not take a majority to prevail….but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." --- Samuel Adams
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"Gifts are a token of my affection, not a measure of my affection."
“I am convinced that knowledge is power - to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.” ~Ben Carson
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Irene, in my case, I only seem to be as happy as my least happy child. If they are struggling with something in their lives, I end up commiserating with them which tends to bring me down a notch or two...
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl -- year after year..."
"Nothing takes your mind off your own troubles like serving someone else"
From people who live over 100.
From people who live over 100.
Well.... ain't that a pip.
Art must destroy violence, only it can do it. - Leo Tolstoy
To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.—Luke 2:11-12
Art must destroy violence, only it can do it. - Leo Tolstoy
A new broom sweeps clean but an old broom knows the corners.
"The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. Never give up just keep push yourself towards your destiny and always tell your legs to move and climb the stares."
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