Beautiful People Do Not Just Happen by Historian Roy Nichols

The most beautiful people I have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These people have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do . . . → Read More: Beautiful People Do Not Just Happen by Historian Roy Nichols

If I Should Stumble by Helen Lowrie Marshall

If I should stumble as I have and will, Oh, let me stumble going up the hill; Let the stumbling be because my eyes Are fixed upon some start high in the skies. If I should fall and I will have my share. Let me fall going up the stair; And let me not . . . → Read More: If I Should Stumble by Helen Lowrie Marshall

Happiness

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves, or rather loved in spite  of ourselves. -Victor Hugo

Wherever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with Love. -Mahatma Gandhi

My Prayer by Ellen Fagg

I guess all I really want to say is

Thank you.

I don’t want anything.

I don’t need anything.

Except to let you know that

I appreciate you.

Thank you

for creating rainbows after thunderstorms.

And for making such an essential thing

like sunlight

beautiful.

Thank you for creating a universe so immense

that . . . → Read More: My Prayer by Ellen Fagg

Do You See Yourself as a Weed when You’re Really a Flower?

Suppose that you’d known for a long time that you were a weed. When you were just a little sprout, before anyone had told you that you were a weed, you’d known something of what flowers feel like; and as you grew, you felt you’d like it better if you were a flower.  But . . . → Read More: Do You See Yourself as a Weed when You’re Really a Flower?

Healthy Marriage Discussion

This discussion must be conducted in a place of peace, with an attitude of love and concern for your partner.

In our Marriage:

I feel loved when you________________________. I feel appreciated when you _____________________. I feel happiest when _______________________. I feel saddest when _____________________. I feel angriest when ________________________. I feel uneasy when ______________________. . . . → Read More: Healthy Marriage Discussion

Without haste, without rest. -Goethe

Significance, Life Progression- Old Nike Shoe Magazine Ad

You were born a daughter.

You looked up to your mother.

You looked up to your father.

You looked up at everyone.

You wanted to be a princess.

You thought you were a princess.

You wanted to own a horse.

You wanted to be a horse.

You wanted your brother to be a horse.

. . . → Read More: Significance, Life Progression- Old Nike Shoe Magazine Ad

I Believe- Old Reebok Shoes Magazine Ad

I believe if there were more walkers there would be fewer psychiatrists.

I believe a 10 minute mile is not out of the question.

I believe high heels are a conspiracy against women.

I believe if you look at yourself and see what is right instead of what is wrong, that is the mark . . . → Read More: I Believe- Old Reebok Shoes Magazine Ad