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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/18/2007 6:22:25 AM

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In keeping with the theme here is another quote to consider:

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions -- the little soon forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment, and the countless infinitesimal of pleasurable and genial feeling.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/18/2007 3:12:16 PM

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Solomon, I'm sure that must be the one. It isn't exactly as I remember it, I think it was from a Buddhist perspective, but it must be from the same source. thank you so much for that. Jude

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/19/2007 1:46:37 PM

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quote:

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~Frederick Keonig [/quote

I particularly like this one. Jude

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/19/2007 2:33:13 PM

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Thank you all for this broad selection of valuable quotes. Sheila from Oregon, who is spending a year here in Austria and with whom I shared them, appreciated them very much. She especially liked "Jumping for joy is good exercise". (She is 78!) My favorite is Mark Twain´s "The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up". It is in the same vein as Peter Rosegger´s "When you are so unhappy that you think nobody can comfort you, do something good, and you will instantly feel better". I have always found this to be true.

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/19/2007 3:14:57 PM

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Thank you all for these wonderful quotes. I especially identify with the one by Abraham Lincoln. I believe happiness is a choice not somethng given to us by someone or something. I can choose to be content with and grateful for what I have knowing that everything is gift.

Edda

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/20/2007 2:33:19 PM

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Thanks for more wonderful quotes. I really like the first one.

We take things for granted and seldom value them until they are not there anymore. Enjoy that ice cream while you have it, I say.

Jude

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/20/2007 9:12:01 PM

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Tonight my quote is....
"Minds are like parachutes, they work best when open" Lord Thomas Dewer

"If a pickpocket meets a Holy Man he will see only his pockets" Hari Dass

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/21/2007 5:46:28 AM

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Dearest all of you, there are so many "thank you's" to write but Juliana, dearest, I just laughed out loud when I read this "

quote:

We dream of doing great things, when all the time we are called to brighten one little spot."
(Author unknown)

I am grateful for all quotes which show how much we can do if we only put all our love and energy into our everday chores, however humble they may appear to be.

How absolutely, totally, "oneish" of you! You know I mean that only with much Love especially since being more "oneish" is a "redemption point" for me.

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/22/2007 2:01:32 PM

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Betty, I think I understand perfectly what you mean! Having had experience with a (rather "unredeemed") 4 as well as with the snares of my own stress point, I feel ready for any exchange of ideas, feelings, needs...

for the benefit of both of us, and possibly of others as well....

Juliana
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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/23/2007 2:22:54 PM

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Juliana, dear, I am so pleased that you took that comment as it was meant. Your posts are a good reminder to me about moving toward a Redeemed "4".

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/23/2007 3:43:41 PM

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“It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.”

Leo F. Buscaglia
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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/23/2007 3:57:59 PM

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Welcome, Liz!

Thank you for the quote - very true indeed. It sums up nicely what we are here for, I think.

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/23/2007 4:26:18 PM

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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

and

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.

- James Thurber

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/23/2007 4:34:15 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: bookdragon

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you dream it, you can become it.

I don't know who wrote that, but I love it, because I know it to be true. Especially the "dream it" part. Many of my dreams, the realistic ones, have come true in my life. They include a loving husband, work I love and a chance to maybe make a difference in someone's life. Now, not all my dreams are realistic or altruistic-I would love to win the lottery and have the home of my dreams and it would be wonderful to write the great American novel, we all need a fantasy or two.

My dream for this year is that everyone have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Love ya'll, Lyla

R Kelly sings a song called "I Believe I Can Fly" from an animated movie I forget the name of, but that had Michael Jordan in it. It has similar words in it: "If I can see it, then I can be it. If I just believe it, there's nothing to it". That song has got me through some pretty rough times, and now things are feeling and being better, it's still a boost.

My love to all my Gratefullness family at this special time of year (doesn't matter if you're not a Christian, it's still special).

Joe

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/23/2007 10:24:11 PM

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Joe,
The song is the theme of the movie Space Jam and is one of my favorites as well. The song "I Believe I Can Fly" is on both YouTube video links below. The first one is watching R. Kelly singing. The second is watching Michael Jordan's greatest basketball moves. To view, hold down the Control button and then click the link.

YouTube - I Believe I Can Fly

Michael Jordan - I Believe I Can Fly
A friend just told me a quote from Thich Nhat Hahn:

"Generosity takes a lot of time. Generosity is also the best use of your
time."

Thankful one

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Gratitude is the acknowledgement of goodness in one's life. In gratitude we say yes to life... from Thanks - How the new science of gratitude can make you happier by Robert Emmons, Ph.D.

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/24/2007 6:42:45 AM

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Thank you, Thankful One, for the links, which I appreciate. My son, a PC- specialist, will help me, the PC greenhorn, to follow the instructions that you have kindly given

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The quote is well worth being put into practice immediately - so I am going to take a bottle of some good Austrian wine and some home-made cookies over to my neighbors right now.

Juliana
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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/24/2007 1:31:10 PM

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A great quote. We need reminding constantly.

Jude

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/25/2007 11:09:14 AM

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"Now may every living thing, young or old, weak or strong, living near or far, known or unknown, living or departed or yet unborn, may every living thing be full of bliss."

--The Buddha

Merry Christmas and love to all.

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/27/2007 12:10:13 AM

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Lori
I love the Buddha quote here are a couple that came to me today
Man Loves becaus he is love. He seeks joy, for he is joy.
He thirsts for God, for he is composed of God and cannot exist
without him. Sathya Sai Baba

The root of joy is gratefulness. David Steindl-Rast

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RE: Inspiring quotes - 12/27/2007 9:11:25 AM

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Lori and Barbara,
Thanks for sharing the Buddha quotes.

Here's a quote I came across this morning from Henry James:

Three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

I hope everyone who reads this will not only be kind to others today, but will also be kind to themselves. Take the time today to something especially kind to yourself.

Thankful one

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