Memorial Day

                                            

 

Greater love hath no man that this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
          John 15:13

 

 

 

 

 

quote by Pam Brown

You are of a species bred to endure.  The sufferings of others do not make your own less real - but remember how those others clung to life and, in the end, won through.  You can do it.

"Beyond Tomorrow"  used with artist permission
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quote by Beth Mende Conny

There are no impossible dreams,

just our limited perception

of what is possible.



used with permission
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quote by Henry David Thoreau

The most I can do for my friend
is simply to be his friend.
I have no wealth to bestow on him.
If he knows that I am happy in loving him,
he will want no other reward.

used with artist permission
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from a Navajo Song

Walk on a rainbow trail;
walk on a trail of song,
and all about you will be beauty.
There is a way of dark mist,
over a rainbow trail.

Used with artist permission
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Just a cute picture

Nothing to think about today, just a cute picture.

used with the artist permission
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quote by June Martin

used with artist permission
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God doesn’t give breaks

He gives breakthroughs.

Creed

used with artist permission
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I would live this life so well
Strangers of me praise might tell.
Somehow I would like to be
Cherished here in memory,
Not as one whose skill was great;
Not as one who conquered fate;
Not as one who rose to fame,
Leaving a remembered named,
But as one who served some need
With a timely, kindly deed.

I would have my life be told
Not in glory or in gold,
Or in books which students read,
Giving name and date and deed
Of a dead man labeled great.
Let mine be the lesser fate.
Let me be to print unknown;
O'er my grave no towering stone.
"Tis sufficient at the end
To be mourned for as a friend.

Say of me I loved this earth,
Suffered sorrow, relished mirth;
Bravely tried to live and found
Friendships half the world around;
Say I did my best to share
Burdens others had to bear;
Seldom stayed to count the cost
Lest the chance to help be lost.
If of me this can be said,
Sweet my sleep when I am dead.

quote by Dorothy Dix

I have learned a philosophy

in the great University of Hard Knocks.

I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not

to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow.

from Address To The Ocean

**nothing to learn from this entry.  just a quote that I like**

O, lovely in repose!  thy summer form
Is beautiful, and when thy silver waves
Make music in earth's dark and winding cave,
I love to wander on thy pebbled beach,
Marking the sunlight at the evening hour,
And hearken to the thoughts thy waters teach, ---
Eternity--Eternity--and Power.

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quote by Mary Pickford

You may have a fresh start

any moment you choose, for this thing

that we call "failure" is not the falling down,

but the staying down.    

quote by Wanda Fulton

John at By the Way asks us what are favorite birthday present was.  I think this quote best answers that question.

 

What is the best gift you ever received?

Better still, what is the best gift you ever gave?
Perhaps you will recall that in each instance,
the best gift was one that was tied
with the heartstrings of the giver,
one that included a part of self.

quote by Stephen Jay Gould

The center
of human nature
is rooted
in ten thousand
ordinary
acts of kindness
that define
our days.

quote by Jerome K Jerome

A new life begins for us with
every second.
Let us go forward joyously to meet it.
We must press on, whether we
will or no,
and we shall walk better with
our eyes before us
than with them ever cast behind.

quote by Carol Burnett

used with the artist permission
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You have to have faith that there is a reason you go through certain things.  I can't say I am glad to go through pain, but in a way one must, in order to gain courage and really feel joy.

Sharing

In this entry I just wanted to share some beautiful artwork.  I think you will enjoy it as much, if not more that any quote I could put here. Check out the artist site and see the painting the way it should be seen.

The title is "A Place To Begin"

used with the artist permission
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