Inspiring Inspirations Page 2
ABC's of Happiness
Aspire to reach your potential,
Believe in yourself,
Create a good life,
Dream about what you might become,
Exercise frequently,
Forgive honest mistakes,
Glorify the creative spirit,
Humor yourself and others,
Imagine great things,
Joyfully live each day,
Kindly help others,
Love one another,
Meditate daily,
Nurture the environment,
Organize for harmonious action,
Praise performance well done,
Question most things,
Regulate your own behavior,
Smile often,
Think rationally,
Understand yourself,
Value life,
Work for the common good,
X-ray and carefully examine problems,
Yearn to improve,
Zestfully pursue happiness.
--Robert Valett
from "Prescription for Happiness"
ABC's
A lthough things are not perfect
B ecause of trial or pain
C ontinue in thanksgiving
D o not begin to blame
E ven when the times are hard
F ierce winds are bound to blow
G od is forever able
H old on to what you know
I magine life without His love
J oy would cease to be
K eep thanking Him for all the things
L ove imparts to thee
M ove out of "Camp Complaining"
N o weapon that is known
O n earth can yield the power
P raise can do alone
Q uit looking at the future
R edeem the time at hand
S tart every day with worship
T o "thank" is a command
U ntil we see Him coming
V ictorious in the sky
W e'll run the race with gratitude
X alting God most high
Y es, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad, but
Zion waits in glory...where none are ever sad!
Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.
--George Bernard Shaw
Though no one can go back and make
a brand new start,
my friend,
Anyone can start from now and make a brand new end.
--Carl Bard
History teaches humility.
Ideas can be suppressed,
but they cannot be locked away forever.
Joy gives people the wings they need in order to fly.
Those who are wise already
have discovered that their wisdom
is limited.
A small anxiety can grow to a very heavy weight if not eased.
Be definite in your ambitions,
because an indefinite wish
will only cause discontent.
All things are difficult
before they are easy.
"Use the talents you have;
the woods would have little music
if no birds sang their song
except those who sang best."
--Oliver G. Wilson
"Life's under no obligation
to give us what we expect."
--Margaret Mitchell
"What is now proved was once
imagined."
--William Blake
"Each day, and the living of
it,
has to be a conscious creation
in which discipline and order
are relieved with some
Play and pure foolishness."
--May Sarton
"Too many of us are hung up
on what we don't have,
can't have, or won't ever have.
We spend too much energy being down,
when we could use that same energy
--if not less of it--
doing, or at least trying to do
some of the things we really want to do!
--Terry McMillan
"Never desert your own line
of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed."
--Sydney Smith
"Happiness is a butterfly
which when pursued
is just beyond your grasp...
but if you will sit down quietly,
may alight upon you."
--Nathaniel Hawthorne
Power is the ability to do good things for others.
Everything is okay in the end.
If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Remember, every minute spent angry
is sixty seconds of happiness wasted.
I am more than happy,
I am joyful.
I am more than healthy,
I am whole.
I am more than alive,
I am radiant.
I am more than successful,
I am free.
I am more than caring,
I am loving,
tranquil,
peaceful,
interested, involved,
adequate, triumphant.
Hope is the thing that perches on
the soul
and sings the tune without knowing the words
and never stops at all.
--Emily Dickenson
Never let go--- Dreams take time.
You can always find the time
to do the things that are important to you.
We live in the present,
dream of the future,
and cherish the past.
Losers let things happen.
Winners make things happen.
Either commit to your dreams,
or submit yourself to someone else's dream.
Do today what others are not
willing to do,
and do tomorrow what others cannot do.
"I
wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life
appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish enough hellos to get you through the final goodbye."
Quilt Poem
My neighbor is washing her windows,
And scrubbing and mopping her floors,
But my house is all topsy and turvey,
And dust is behind all the doors.
My neighbor, she keeps her house spotless,
And she goes all day on a trot:
But no one would know in a fortnight
If she swept today or not.
The task I am at is enticing -
My neighbor is worn to a rag -
I am making a quilt out of pieces
I saved in a pretty chintz bag.
And the quilt, I know my descendants
Will exhibit with credit to me -
"So lovely - my grandmother made it
Long ago in 1933."
But will her grandchildren remember
Her struggles with dirt and decay?
They will not - they will wish she had made them
The quilt I am making today.
Legend of the Sand Dollar
Upon this odd shaped sea shell a
legend grand is told
About the life of Jesus the wondrous tale of old
The center marking plainly shows the well-known Guiding Star
That led to tiny Bethlehem The Wise Men from afar
The Christmas flower, Poinsettia For His Nativity
The Resurrection too is marked The Easter Lily, see
Five wounds where suffered by our Lord from nails and Romans sport
When He died for us on the cross the wounds showed plainly here
Within the shell, should it be broken five Doves of Peace are found
To emphasize this legend so may Peace and Love abound.
Some
people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some people move our souls to dance.
They awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom.
Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon.
They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints in our hearts, and We are
never, ever the same.
Never do to yourself
what you would never do to your child.
The tiniest thing can be what God uses
to change your whole life.
Tony Evans
We are each inspired treasures,
with creative gifts to share.
The world needs your gifts!
--Sark
To love and be loved
is like being warmed by the sun
on both sides.
Remember the wonderful blessings
that come to you each day
from the hands of a generous and gracious God,
and forget the irritations that would detract
from your happiness.
--William Arthur Ward
Blessings are strange and
wonderful things.
They are unpredictable.
They can come from both expected and unexpected places,
as long as we look for them with open hearts.
Miracles are a retelling in small
letters
of the very same story
which is written across the whole world
in letters too large for some of us to see."
--C.S. Lewis
Something of God...flows into us
from the blue of the sky,
the taste of honey,
the delicious embrace of water whether cold or hot,
and even from sleep itself.
--C.S. Lewis
Add that we call human history---
money, poverty, ambition, war,
prostitution, classes, empires, slavery--
is the long terrible story of man
trying to find something other than God
which will make him happy.
--C.S. Lewis
History is a story written by the
finger of God.
--C.S. Lewis
Looking for God--or Heaven--
by exploring space
is like reading or seeing all Shakespeare's
plays in the hope that you will find Shakespeare
as one of the characters.
--C.S. Lewis
More to come.......
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2002