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Saturday, December 6, 2025

You Might As Well Dance

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance. - Mark Sanders and Tia Siller - performed by Lee Ann Womack When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way. - Wayne Dyer Life may not be the party we hoped for, but... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 5, 2025

The remedy for wrongs is to forget them. - Publilius Syrus Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered to forgive the one who inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness. - Marianne Williamson Forgiveness means letting go of the hope... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 4, 2025

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. - Joseph Campbell One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others. - Lewis Carroll Science investigates; religion... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

The ancient Chinese Yin-Yang symbol represents the balance of yin (peacefulness, serenity, acceptance, rest, rejuvenation, roots, tradition) with yang (activity, strength, striving, movement, change, wings, invention, progress). A meaningful and joyful life is to be found in balance. In the midst of... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

To keep the Golden Rule, we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to do that consists in and depends upon picturing ourselves in their places. - Harry Emerson Fosdick That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation. - Talmud... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, December 1, 2025

Distance cannot matter - ours is a friendship of the heart. - Mary Anne Radmacher Love is not a mere sentiment. Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation. - Rabindranath Tagore Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit, and in turn, a slavery. - Khalil Gibran A friend is... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 30, 2025

Follow Your Bliss. - Joseph Campbell You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. - Robin Williams If being good isn't working - try being outrageous. - Mary Anne Radmacher Follow Your Bliss. - Joseph Campbell Who said that life had to be serious? Imagine, Play, Sing, Turn... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 29, 2025

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. - Winston Churchill We must be the great arsenal of democracy. - Franklin D. Roosevelt This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 28, 2025

Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength. - Hasidic Proverb To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. - Robert Louis Stevenson... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 27, 2025

In a world where so many are hungry, may we eat this food with humble hearts; in a world where so many are lonely, may we share this friendship with joyful hearts. - Unknown As we join hands in fellowship around this bountiful table, we give thanks for the blessings of this food and the love of... Sign in to see full entry.

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I've collected and savored 'quotes' since I was young. Some were from 'famous' people, and some were from folks like you and me. If it caught my fancy, I saved it. Now, I'll share them with you.

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