Elements of a White Christmas

Unless we make Christmas an occasion to

share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska

won't make it “white”.

 ---Bing Crosby

Life is delicious

Isn't it great to be alive! Life is too delicious to be downhearted, discouraged or depressed. To wake up in the morning is a wonderful thing. The sky is blue, the grass is green and birds sing their happy song. I know they do this just for me.  (Well, maybe you too.)

Personal thoughtfulness,

                                            It is the personal thoughtfulness,

                                            the warm human awareness, the

                                            reaching out of the self to one's

                                            fellowman, that makes giving

                                            worthy of the Christmas spirit.

                                                            ---Isabel Currie

A Song Was Heard at Christmas

A Song Was Heard at Christmas

A song was heard at Christmas

To wake the midnight sky:

A saviour's birth, and peace on earth,

And praise to God on high,

The angels sang at Christmas

With all the hosts above,

And still we sing the newborn King

His glory and his love.

  ---Timothy Dudley

Christmas is a shining thing

Whatever else be lost among the years,

Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing:

Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears,

Let us hold close one day, remembering

Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men.

Let us get back our childlike faith again.

  --Grace Noll Crowell

Where is Christmas found?

Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart,

you won't find it under the tree.

---Charlotte Carpenter

“Let Every Day be Christmas”

Christmas is forever, not for just one day,

For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away,

Like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.

The good you do for others is good you do yourself.

  ---Norman W. Brooks

Christmas Gift Suggestions

To your enemy, forgiveness

To an opponent, tolerance.

 To a friend, your heart.

 To a customer, service

 To all, charity.

 To every child, a good example.

 To yourself, respect.

 ---Oren Arnold

time of year

Have you ever noticed that life seems to follow certain patterns? 

Like I have noticed that every year around this time, I start to hear Christmas music

Christmas Shopping

  Well it's that time again---

                    Christmas is a race to see which gives out first,

                    our feet or your money.

                     (Or maybe your fingers while 'Cyber-shopping'.)

Quarrels

The quarrels of lovers are like summer storms.

Everything is more beautiful after they have passed.

Christmas gift suggestions

“Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.”

 Oren Arnold

Do Not Feed Dark Thoughts

Consider the wisdom of artist Vincent Van Gough who often told other aspiring artists, “If you hear a voice within you say, 'You cannot paint' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”

We create extra work for ourselves

If we picked up behind ourselves, washed our dishes immediately, and kept little tasks done, big jobs                   would never become a problem. (And we would never have that little jolt that moves us into high gear when we are faced with something unexpected  and we prove to ourselves that indeed we are “superhuman”.)

                            So – Which is better for you?

Sounds good Momma but I am 3 years behind on the everyday stuff. 

Thank a teacher

Our greatest teachers light a fire in our souls that burn a lifetime. They motivate us to learn more, reach higher and reach beyond the captivity of our circumstances.

                                                ---Elmer Towns

Happy Birthday Nica

Today is my Momma's birthday. If you enjoy the posts leave birthday note in the comments.


To my Momma is always kind and compassionate. Who always thinks of others. Who is creative, witty and just a little crazy. Happy Birthday and much love.!

Thankfulness

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.
Frank A. Clark

Gratitude

Would you know who is the greatest saint in the world: It is not he who prays most or fasts most, it is not he who gives most alms or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice; but it is he who is always thankful to God, who wills everything that God wills, who receives everything as an instance of God's goodness and has a heart always ready to praise God for it.
William Law

Thanksgiving

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.
Johannes A. Gaertner

I hope everyone has a safe holiday.  

Traditions

Traditions create family warmth and close family relationship.

They give a feeling of belonging to family members as well as

a sense of security. Why not start some new family traditions

while you celebrate the Thanksgiving Holidays.

Nagging Negatives

 Ever have nagging negative thoughts?

These can be stopped if we are persistent.

Replace worrisome thoughts by saying,

“I have the power to make today a good

day, and I choose to look for the good.”

Remember, it is your life that you will change.

HOPE

One of the most exciting emotions we can experience.

                    There is a saying –

            “May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,

            enough sorrow to keep you human,

            and enough hope to keep you happy.”

Gratitude

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.

Follow Jesus

Sunday, November 20, 2011

  If we only see the bad things in life, then we sit in self-pity and wallow in the poor me syndrome.

                    The quickest cure for depression is doing something for someone else.

Self Pity

My brother TJ had this quote on his FB today and I thought it was worth sharing.

"Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best."

 Henry Emerson Fosdick

Tuesday, November 15,2011

We need to learn that happiness is now--- 

not looking back at yesterday or dreaming

about tomorrow. If we live in the past or

always dream about the future, then we miss today.

                                        ---Elmer Towns

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Love never reasons but profusely gives.

Gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all,

and trembles then, lest it has done too little.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Judge others as though you were blind. Then judge only on their actions toward others.

This one made me think this morning. The bible tell us in Matthew 7:2 “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you."

When new people come into our lives it's natural to size them up. Often we are blinded by things we perceive as pretty and fail to truly see the person. We are easily impressed by what others possess or by the current spot light shining upon them. Before welcoming someone new into your life with open arms stop, close your eyes and listen to what they say.What are the traits they like about their friends and family?  Does this person speak highly of others? Or is this person always the victim? Do they access blame or claim part of the blame? If they can't say a nice thing about anyone run, this person is toxic with negativity and self pity.

What do they spend their time doing? What do they value? Things or people? 

I seek people who express love for family and friends. Who proudly do things for others without any consideration of return in kind. The kind of people I want to introduce to my Momma.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Imagination is the beginning of creation.You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will.

                                        ---George Bernard Shaw

Thursday, November 10, 2011

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

                                                                    ---Mark Twain

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

A bathroom reader is like royalty.

They both occupy the throne for endless periods of time.

-Jack Kreismer

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

We've all heard the phrase, “Talk is cheap.” Compared to the cost in 1915, it truly is. Then it cost $20.70 for the first three minutes of a call from New York to San Francisco.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner. If you love, you love others and yourself. If you hate, you hate others and yourself.

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

It's been a while since I posted. For those of you who are new to my blog. My momma has a daily calendar she emails with her thoughts or quotes she came across. Some of them make me stop and think, some of them make me laugh but all of them make me thankful that God picked Nica to be my mother.

Today's post:

Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; It puts out the little, it kindles the great.

 Comte DeBussy-Rabutin

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Third

Write a plan of how you'll reach your goal.

Getting ahead isn't complicated. It just takes a plan and a willingness to try something new.

You hidden talent is bound to come out as you find the work that is the joy of your life.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

   SECOND ---

            Begin to learn something you love.

            If you love it, you may have to work free until you can work at it full time.

            Beginning offers us hope and the chance to move from where we are to something better.

Monday, August 15,2011

FIRST ---

            500 years before we started keeping our calendar, Confucius said,

            “Our hope is that the journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step.”

            So take the first step by accepting where you are.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Famous business motivational speaker, Harvey MacKay said the following: “Do something you love and you'll never work a day in your life.”

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Walt Disney once said, “All our dreams can come true if we have

                    the courage to pursue them.”

                    Truly though, how else can you be happy if you do not pursue your

                    dreams? It should never be enough to just “get through life”. It is the

                    dreams of life that make it worthwhile.

                    (Like dreaming of rain and finally getting it.  YEA!)

Friday, August 12, 2011

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and a lot of people do.

But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

WHEN DO WE REALLY GROW UP –?

                The day we have the first real laugh at ourselves.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Wednesday

                    To keep your character intact, you

                    cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier

                    to stoop the next time.

Monday, August 8, 2011

   JUST A FEW MORE TIPS---

                    Read a good book

                    Try a new recipe.

                    Mow your sick neighbor's lawn.

                    Adopt a pet.

                    Be positive and be happy, it's good for your health.

                    Look forward to each day. It's a gift.

                    And finally ---

                   Close your eyes at night, and think of all the good things that God has done for you.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Are you bored yet? –

O.K. MORE WINNING TIPS

                    Be content with what you have.

                    Laugh---It's good for the soul.

                    Send a batch of cookies to a shut-in with an encouraging note.

                    Volunteer for a community cause.

                    Walk with a friend.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

  MORE WINNING TIPS---

                    Find something spectular in every day.

                    Get up early and listen to dawn's music.

                    Make a rule to make a new friend each day.

                    (That means you got to get out of the house.

                    Or maybe not.---What about friends on the internet, or maybe when a stray cat stands at

                        the door and meows.)

                        So what woiuld be your suggestions?

Friday, August 5, 2011

  TIPS FOR WINNING AT THE GAME OF LIFE

                                Run with faith, hope and calm assurance.

                                Help others along the way.

                                Overlook mistakes and start over.

                                Live in the “NOW” of life.

                                Stop and smell the roses.

                                Run in the rain.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

TWO GAMES---

                Football---The object of the game is to get the ball and run toward the finish line.

                Life---About the same. Sometimes we have setbacks. Sometimes we “lose the ball”.

                        Sometimes we are tackled and “run over”.

                The difference?---In life we may be down but NOT defeated---we get up and try again.

                        We may be humbled but we tie a knot in our rope and hang on.

                The point is---We have to keep on keeping on.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Garden of Life continued.

            If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective
            If you plant hard work, you will reap success
            If you promise something, keep it up ,you will reap love and respect

            If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliatio

            So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later.

Tuesday August 2 2011

Your Garden of Life

                If you plant honesty, you will reap trust 
                If you plant goodness, you will reap friends
                If you plant humility, you will reap greatness
                If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment

July 27, 2011

Words to live by ---

            Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back.

            Always take a good look at what you're about to eat. It's not so

            important to know what it is, but it's sure crucial to know what it was.

Monday, July 25, 2011

  Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

            If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some

            influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

            Don't worry about bitin' off more'n you can chew;

            your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger'n you think. 

Friday, July 22, 2011

Live a good, honorable life.Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.

Thursday, July 21, 1011

```A FEW THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

```--- When you loose, don't loose the lesson.

```--- Talk slowly, think quickly. ``--- Remember that silence is sometimes ````````the best answer. 

friday jule 15, 2011

Absorb the shocks of life and you will enjoy smooth riding.

                        In life we must bend like the willow

                        But not resist like the oak.

                        Life is not a problem if you go with the flow.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Always Changing

        You can't step in the same river twice

        For each moment it is changing.

        Just like our lives in every way

        Our emotions always ranging.

        You can't go back to yesterday

        Or change what happened then.

        But you can always learn new paths

        And always begin again.

        We ever strive for happiness

        Searching very hard

        Yet most often it is found

        In our very own backyard.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Too Old or Too Young--?

            Golda Meir was 71 when she became prime Minister of Israel.

            At 18 Elvis Presley got a recording contract.

Sunday, July 19, 2011

Too Old or Too Young---?

        Shirley Temple began her career at the age of three.

        Mickey Rooney was four.

        At the age of 12 Albert Einstein taught himself

        Euclidean geometry.

        ( That's great. I'm 74 and I don't even know what this is.)

Friday, July 8, 2011

Too Old or Too Young---?

            Charles Lindbergh was 25 when he completed

            a flight across the Atlantic.

            Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 80 when he

            completed Faust which is a tragic play in two part play.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Too Old or Too Young---?

            Charles Dickens was 24 and 25 when he

            wrote Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist.

            Michelangelo was 87 years old when he

            completed his last painting.

 

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Wednesday

            Mickey Mantle hit 23 home runs his first year

            in the major leagues. He was 20.

            George Bernard Shaw had a play produced at age 94.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

   Too Old or Too Young---?

        Benjamin Franklin wrote a newspaper column at the age of 16. He helped frame the U.S. Constitution at age 81.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

                O.K. Someone try this and give me some feedback.

  

Thursday, June 30,2011

Cowboy Wisdom

            Behind every successful rancher is a

            wife who works in town.

Wednesday, June 29,2011

Useless Information
                            The first product Motorola started

                           to develop was a record player for automobiles.

                            At that time, the most known player on the

                            market was the Victrola, so they called themselves

                            Motorola.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

A posted sign reads –

            “Time may be a great healer,

                but it's a lousy beautician.”

Monday, June 27, 2011

KEEP IT POSITIVE ---

            Smile – Don't let someone's negative attitude

            affect your attitude. Maybe they just need a

            smile to totally change their day.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

There is an old proverb that says, “Do not speak unless you can improve the silence.”

There is something about silence that soothes the mind and heals the soul.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Charm

   

        You know what this is.  It's a way of getting the answer yes without asking any clear question.

Friday, June 24, 2011

  Like most of life there is a time for everything---

            a time for music, a time for words, and a time for silence.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

He who would leave footprints in the sands of time must be sure to wear work shoes.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Relieving Stress

        Well let's see ---Eat chocolate, close your eyes and listen to relaxing music.

Or someone suggested getting a box of wooden skewers, take one out and whack

it against a piece of wood. The small breaking of the skewer is a surprising stress reliever.

 (Or against someone's head. By the time you stopped running your stress would be gone.)

Momma's finally back from vacation

 Dare to accept yourself as a bundle of possibilities,and undertake the game of making the most of your best.

                        ---Henry Emerson Posdick

Monday. May 23, 2011

"A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast."

                                                                            ---Groucho Marx 

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Saturday, May 21, 2011

    The Declaration of Independence only guarantees

                the American people the right to pursue happiness.

                You have to catch it yourself!"

                                     --- Ben Franklin

Friday, May 20, 2011

Your expression is the most important thing that you put on each day.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Most of us will never do great things – but we can do small things in a great way.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

CONTENTMENT

Enjoy the simple things in life.

Regardless of circumstances, we can find

happiness when we seek it.

We don't have to be rich to give.

We can give our love, our time or encouragement.

Positive thinking brings positive results.

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