quote by Helen Keller

Security is mostly a superstition.
It does not exist in nature.
Life is either a
daring adventure
or nothing.

quote by Emily Dickinson

Hope is the thing
with feathers that
perches in the soul,
and sings the tune
without the words,
and never stops at all.

quote by Pamela Starr

Reach high, for stars
lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep
for every dream precedes the goal.

A Little Song of Life

Glad that I live am I;
That the sky is blue;
Glad for the country lanes,
And the fall of dew.

  After the sun the rain,
After the rain the sun;
This is the way of life,
Till the work be done.

  All that we need to do,
Be we low or high
Is to see that we grow
Nearer the sky.

quote by Alfonso Ortiz

  Whatever life's challenges
you may face, remember always
to look to the mountaintop,
for in so doing you look to greatness.
Remember this, and let no problem,
no matter how great it may seem,
discourage you, nor let anything
less than the mountaintop
distract you.  This is the one thought
I want to leave you with.

quote by Dr R Brasch

We ought to remember
that we are not the only ones to find ourselves
at an apparent impasse.
Just as a kite rises
against the wind,
even the worst of troubles
can strengthen us.
As thousands before us
have met the identical fate
and mastered it, so can we!

One last one for Barb

I have accepted fear as part of life --
specifically the fear of change.....
I have gone ahead despite the pounding
in the heart that says turn back.
  ----  Erica Jong  ----

Another for Barb

It isn't
for the moment
you are struck
that you need
courage,
but for the long
uphill climb
back to sanity
and faith
and security.
  ---  Anne Morrow Lindbergh 

this is for Barb

You gain strength,
courage, and confidence
by every experience in which
you really stop
to look fear in the face.
You are able to say to yourself,
"I lived throught this horror.
I can take the next thing
that comes along."
....You must do the thing you
think you cannot do.

  ---  Eleanor Roosevelt  ---

Quote by William James

I am done with great things and big plans,

great institutions and big success.

I am for the those tiney, invisible loving human forces

that work from individual to individual,

creeping through the crannies of the world

like so many rootlets,

or like the capillary oozing of water, which, if given time,

will rend the hardest monuments of pride.

 

quotes

Be Kind  --

Everyone you meet

Is fighting a hard battle
    John Watson

 

Throw out the Lifeline,

Throw out the Lifeline,

Someone is sinking today.
      Edward Smith Ufford

 

When I was going through a very difficult time,

someone called me up and played piano mucsic for me

on my answering machine.  It made me feel very loved,

and I never discovered who did it.
                   The editors fo Conari Press from "Randome acts of Kindness"

Easter

The air is like a butterfly  

With frail blue wings.  

The happy earth looks at the sky  

And sings.

The Hills of Faith

The hills are in the midst to-day,
Their purple robes are put away.
Like coast guards in their yellow coats
They face the driving rain;
Who watch the sea for ship-wrecked boats,
They watch the land for human craft
In trouble on the plain.

The gray clouds rush among their peaks,
Some weakness there the storm-king seeks.
A frightened boulder breaks away
And rolls into the glen;
A tree is crushed to earth again,
But staunch and brave the hills remain,
A symbol of unfaltering faith
To all the hosts of men.

Time was the hills were tinged with gold,
About them seas of crimson rolled,
A gentle beauty graced their brows
As delicate as May
Who comes with blossoms in her hair.
They laughed away the summer there,
But now sublimely stern they stand,
Attired in somber gray.

Symbols of strength, unmoved they keep
Their place against the winds that sweep;
Defenders of our coast of faith,
They signal to us all
That what is strong and best and true
Shall breast the gaile and live it through
To greet the birth of spring again
And hear the song bird's call.