ahhhhhhh....

the aweful truth...

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them!!

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
--Katharine Hepburn

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours."~Henry David Thoreau~

‎"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience."

Never make the same mistake twice, There are so many new ones, Try a different one each day.

When life hands you lemons............ DEMAND Tequila and Salt!!!!!!

sometimes, you forgive people simply because you still want them in your life ♥

I call my computer "the great time eraser."

If your are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem!!

I hate to give away the ending but... we're all gonna die.

How often in life we complete a task that was beyond the capability of the person we were when we started it.

~Robert Brault

You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.
-- George Burns

Altruism: selfless concern for the welfare of others.

"It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.''"
Sir Roger L'Estrange

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

~Harriet Beecher Stowe~

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

ah, nostalgia... such a tricky phenomenon...

tricky indeed...probably due to it's dishonest nature.

Be a victor, not a victim

You look in the mirror and the calendar and realize that you’re aging. At some point, you realize that aging entails loss: loss of youthful vitality and beauty. But if you’ve bought into Hollywood hype, you may deny this. You may believe that it is possible to attain some semblance of eternal youth and beauty. You starve yourself so you don’t develop middle-aged spread or at least some visible loss of tone, you get cosmetic surgery and Botox, you dye your hair, all to hide what is really happening with your body. And you behave in ways that go along with this denial of aging. You get a young lover, you dress the way teenagers dress. Maybe because your vision deteriorates as you age, that plus the tremendous capacity of the human brain for self-deception enables you to really believe that what you see in the mirror isn’t aging as much as it is.

People do whatever they are told. They buy right into the contemporary hive mind even of what beauty is or what aging gracefully means. It means they don't have to grow up, can stay as ignorant children right through adulthood and look to be told what to do.

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. ~Author Unknown.

"Judge a person by their questions, rather than by their answers."~Voltaire~

Your Intelligence Is My Common Sense

Loneliness is a happiness killer.

Success is a matter of a few simple disciplines, practiced every day. Failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
- Jim Rohn

"To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee." ~William H. Walton~

Or are you one of those people that will keep it on just to bitch, bitch?

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude,... to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.”
Charles R. Swindoll

"Men must be governed by God, or they will be ruled by tyrants." - William Penn

Khalil Gibran has an excellent text about parents and children:

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let our bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Falling down is part of life. Getting back up is LIVING.

"Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so."
--Marcus Aurelius

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you".

Trying to bite my tongue!

...I will rest only when I decide I will rest...

You can't sow your wild oats and then pray for crop failure.

love it when you give it your all just to find out later that it might of been all for nothing.. :(

Anyone who makes even the slightest effort to walk as Jesus walked will certainly garner the attention of demonic forces! We are wise to keep our armor on at all times.

Matthew 10:16..."Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."

"Before you speak, ask yourself: is it kind, is it true, is it necessary, does it improve upon the silence?"

~Shirdi Sai Baba

Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye♥
-Helen Keller

"It's hard to beat a guy when he's got his mind made up that he's going to win."

~Muhammad Ali

co·pa·cet·ic/ˌkōpəˈsetik/ Adjective: In excellent order.

Simple things please simple minds.

"You know, any wish is possible. All it takes is a little courage to set it free."

- Jiminy Cricket

7 mile trek to start the day is like free therapy!!

Teach your children early about tax, When they return from "trick or treat" grab a handful of candy hand the bucket back and tell them TAX time, get used to it.

The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.

‎"Freedom lies in being bold."

~Robert Frost~

People are so ignorant about psychological disorders -

would you tell someone with broken legs to quit whining and run that marathon already?

Life is too short to spend time with people that suck the happiness out of you.

‎"Create a wonderful memory and you'll create a customer for life".

~Mac Anderson

Fear and greed
vs.
Love and charity

"If we can fix a problem, there's no sense in worrying about it,

and if we can't fix it, there's no sense in worrying about it."

“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then
burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all
be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."
~ Albert Schweitzer

“A sword never kills anybody;

it’s a tool in the killer’s hand.”

Seneca the Younger (c. 3 BC – AD 65)

"If guns kill people, than there are thousands of innocent people in prison.... So much for personal accountability."

I am reminded that it takes a TEAM to get things done. If you try to control everything yourself, you will end up with more stress and work.

Life is too short, so kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly.

Trust no one.
Believe nothing.
Believe nothing you hear and half of what you see.
If you don't want anybody to know....don't do it.

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

" Those who give up liberty for security deserve neither, and in the end lose both."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot,
who calls you back when you hang up on him,
who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat,
or will stay awake just to watch you sleep.
Wait for the boy who kisses your forehead,
who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats,
who holds your hand in front of his friends,
who thinks you're just as pretty without makeup on.
One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky his is to have you. The one who turns to his friends and says, 'that's her.'"

"The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic."

--President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining

MY PROMISE TO MY CHILDREN: I will lecture you, drive you crazy, be your worst nightmare and embarrass you in front of your friends...all because I LOVE YOU! When you finally understand that, I will know you have become a responsible adult. You will never find anyone who loves you, cares about you, and worries about you more than your Mom!

"Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?"

~Fanny Brice~

"I did then what I knew to do. Now that I know better, I do better."

~ Maya Angelou

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. ~Joyce Maynard

Make good choices. kids

"You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now." ~Joan Baez~

"There are only two races: the decent and the indecent"

- Victor Frankl

I'm taking it slow
Feeding my flame
Shuffling the cards of your game
And just in time
In the right place
Suddenly I will play my ace

I miss America.

Truth Is God's Daughter - Spanish Proverb.

Why is it that those who most often preach tolerance, are the least likely to practice it?

If you dont like whats on channel 3, CHANGE IT.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

That whizzing sound was the joke going over your head...

Fools are those who draw a conclusion before anything has happened.

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

Philippians 3:19

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Change your thoughts and your behavior will follow.

"No one wants advice - only corroboration."

~John Steinbeck

~ The Winter of Our Discontent

We have to be willing to make a change, take a risk, move into the unknown. For it is in the unknown, where we will find what we've never had, meet those whom we've never met, and be what we didn't dare to dream being. ~Tracey Rogers

"I'm choosing to spend my money elsewhere"

If you don't like whats on my channel, then don't watch ! thats your GOD givin right as well as mine.

"I don't rent space to anyone in my head."~Anonymous man on Candid Camera~

(answering Allen Funt's question about why he had not gotten upset)

I've carried a child, I've slept with a baby on my chest. I've kissed boo boos, been puked and peed on and spent sleepless nights in a rocking chair. I've worried about you more than you'll ever know, but I wouldn't have it any other way. My body isn't magazine perfect but when I look in a mirror I see a mom and there's no greater honor or blessing. Make this your status if you're a proud mom like I am. ♥