Cheers

Be Your Year

The Butterfly...

Happy Kwanzaa

Kuumba – To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.

This Christmas...

Merry Christmas

Best wishes to you and your family for a wonderful Christmas

and a happy and healthy 2020. 

Beautiful Things in Life

Happy Hanukkah

"The darkness of the whole world cannot swallow the glowing of a candle." — Robert Altinger

Being Kind

If you were arrested for being kind,

would there be enough evidence to convict you?

A Helping Hand

The best helping hand you will ever find

 is at the end of your own arm.

A Perfect Day

You cannot live a perfect day without doing something

for someone who will never be able to repay you.

~ John Wooden ~

Hardest Things to Say

Don’t Ruin...

I Like...

Don’t Give Up

Keep On Getting

You keep on getting what you've been getting

when you keep on doing what you've been doing.

Just Do It

Bag of Nails

   

     There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

     Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

     The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there."

     The little boy then understood how powerful his words were. He looked up at his father and said "I hope you can forgive me father for the holes I put in you."

"Of course I can," said the father.

     It's not always anger, it is your actions in general. There are no "fresh starts" in life. There is no new beginning. Forgiveness comes easy for many people but the scars of the past, they never go away. Watch what you do today, because sometimes the price isn't worth the reward.

Remember Pearl Harbor

Your Mind is a Magnet

Happiness Tips

Erasers

This is to Have Succeeded

To laugh often and much; to win the

respect of intelligent people and the

affection of children; to earn the

appreciation of honest critics and endure

the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate

beauty; to find the best in others; to

leave the world a bit better whether by

a healthy child, a garden patch, or a

redeemed social condition; to know even

 one life has breathed easier because you

have lived.  This is to have succeeded.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

A Life Well Lived

A life well lived is a precious gift

Of hope and strength and grace,

From someone who has made our world

A brighter, better place.

It's filled with moments, sweet and sad

With smiles and sometimes tears,

With friendships formed and good times shared

And laughter through the years.

A life well lived is a legacy

Of joy and pride and pleasure,

A living, lasting memory

Our grateful hearts will treasure.e.