When your get up & go has got up & gone...

Why, when we become "adults" do we believe that we HAVE to be serious ALL the time? Too often we are serious and lose the ability to have fun. Why can't we celebrate every now & then? It seems to me that once we reach the age of adulthood (depending upon the culture, depends on the actual age), but... Sign in to see full entry.

and yet, on another level, I am also the opposite of my Mom. (ah life...go figure). Something happens...like I see my friend's child and before I know it the words are out of my mouth -- "my how you've grown since I saw you last." OMG...Mom's words. Or I see my nieces and they're talking about what... Sign in to see full entry.

Nothing can stop a man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. W. W. Ziege The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the... Sign in to see full entry.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. Buddha Life must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward. Soren Kierkegaard As far as we can discern, the... Sign in to see full entry.

gaze at the beauty of nature out my back sliding glass door. It's a lovely, sunny, dry Autumn day. It's in the upper 70's and the leaves are turning colors & falling gracefully down from the trees. Not enough of my day, week, month, year, do I take the chance to look out and admire the wonder of... Sign in to see full entry.

Every day you live is a special occasion. Admire the view from your front porch without paying attention to what needs to be fixed. Spend more time with friends & family. Eat your favorite food (without counting calories). Use your fine china. Use your favorite perfume just because you want to.... Sign in to see full entry.

"The time has come, the walrus said..." (of course I'm going to use quotes for most anything....you were expecting something different??) Anyway, I've a major/strong feeling that I must give into -- and that's to THANK all the MANY, many folks that I've been reading since I've joined Blogit.com --... Sign in to see full entry.

Only when the clamor of the outside world is silenced will you be able to hear the deeper vibration. Listen carefully. Sarah Ban Breathnach Behold the turtle. He make progress only when he sticks his neck out. James Bryant Conant One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.... Sign in to see full entry.

across the pavement like crushed diamonds. What is it about a car accident or other horrific, horrendous and/or outrageous events that strike our fancy and fascination? Why are these things so interesting to us? I am not immune to these things. I turn my head to look at the wreakage left by an... Sign in to see full entry.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingrediant in living. Dr. Seuss It is the starved imagination, not the well nourished, that is afraid. E. M. Forster The one mistake which is committed habitually by people who have the gift of half-genius, is waiting for... Sign in to see full entry.