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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: 5 Amazing Hope Quotes

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Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: 5 Amazing Hope Quotes: From Denny:  Hope.  We all know what it feels like when hope blooms deep inside our hearts.  We all enjoy it when our minds turn to thoughts of hope lifting us up when we need encouragement.

Considering the tragic shooting of 20 little children and their 6 teachers in Connecticut this month right before the Christmas holiday, the economy and job worries of Americans, Hope seems to be in short supply this season.

Here are a few quotes to jump start your Hope again and pull you out of feeling blue or full blown depressed.  Sometimes, Life can get overwhelming.  Good people often wonder if all they do in the world and for the people in it is really worth it because it appears on the outside that little has changed.  That's why it's good to have a few strategies tucked away in your pocket for just those tough times when you need to pull yourself out of a negative spiral and pump yourself back up with some inspiration.


Sunday, May 13, 2012

Dennys: News Politics Comedy Science Arts & Food: Best Funny Mothers Day Quotes, Trivia, Photography, Poetry


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Dennys: News Politics Comedy Science Arts & Food: Best Funny Mothers Day Quotes, Trivia, Photography, Poetry: From Denny:  Today is the day we honor the mothers in our lives.  Sometimes, those mothering women are our fond memories of those who helped us to become better and stronger people today.

They may be our biological or adoptive mothers, grandmothers, aunts, older friends who mentored us, fabulous school teachers.  Whoever the best women are in your lives, take a moment today and this week to enjoy the best of what they gave to you.

As I've blogged over the past few years, there are now a happy pile of women inspired posts and some very funny Mother's Day quotes to enjoy:

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: 15 Best Christmas Quotes: Just What Is It About Christmas Time?




Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: 15 Best Christmas Quotes: Just What Is It About Christmas Time?: From Denny: At this time of the year, in the early winter, there slowly descends and rests upon the land a sense of spiritual calm and Peace.

Be aware not to get too caught up in the shopping sales, rushing about to finish last minute gifts and holiday preparations to miss noticing the biggest Gift. Take the time to absorb this special energy sent from Heaven.
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Monday, December 5, 2011

Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: Attitude Quote in Poem

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Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: Attitude Quote in Poem: From Denny:  Check out this clever direct poem about how our daily attitude shapes our lives.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: How Close Is God In Prayer?

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Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: How Close Is God In Prayer?: From Denny: This quote is really about All That Is larger than ourselves. Just when we think one power is so huge we discover there is a much larger Power living right inside us, ready for the asking.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: How Does Solitude Clear Our Perception?


Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: How Does Solitude Clear Our Perception?: From Denny: Meditation and deep prayer is all about first quieting the monkeys of the mind - those daily "To Do" lists that crowd out deeper consideration of the thornier issues in life. We all know how imperative it is to go to a relaxing place in Nature to quiet our emotions from stress.
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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: 12 Funny Quotes About Prayer

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Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: 12 Funny Quotes About Prayer: From Denny: Prayer is a wonderful thing. It can bring us comfort, calm our fears and inspire us. It's also quite amusing to view it in terms of the human condition called "whining." There is also "bargaining." Once you grow past those two obvious pitfalls you discover "peaceful communion."

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: What Is Your Daily Meditation Focus, How Do You Know You Succeeded In The World?


Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: What Is Your Daily Meditation Focus, How Do You Know You Succeeded In The World?: From Denny:  You awaken in the early morning.  What is your first thought?  Is it to get the coffee going so you can turn your brain on, chasing away the sleep cobwebs?  Is your first thought to start that To Do List in your head even before the sun rises?


Too often we fill our lives with "musts" and an endless stream of physical tasks all nagging for our attention.  Jumping to those demands can easily get us out of balance, stressed out and excessively tired.


Have you ever considered changing what you think about when you first open your eyes in the morning?  Know that you will get around to attending to your daily routine.  Things have to get done and they will - but are you giving yourself the gift of cherishing that first thought in your day?

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Dennys World of Quotes: Memorial Day Quotes


Dennys World of Quotes: Memorial Day Quotes: "Memorial Day

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. - Billy Graham

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. - Thucydides

Self-trust is the essence of heroism. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer. - Novalis"


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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: Mothers Day Quotes: Rose Kennedy


Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: Mothers Day Quotes: Rose Kennedy: "From Denny: When you are looking for inspiration in tough times and wondering how to get through the trials of being a mother, look no further than to Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. Her life often played out like an intense soap opera. She experienced the deaths of several of her children before their time, of which two were political assassinations. She lost her first son to war. Her husband cheated on her and yet she remained committed to the marriage.

Rose Kennedy was one tough lady you could not help but admire. She looked at her children as powerhouses that would influence others and change the world. And change the world they did. One even became president: John F. Kennedy.


No matter how dark times looked she looked up to God and kept her faith. She also kept her great sense of humor for she was a very intelligent woman greatly interested in social issues. She believed in a life of public service and remained steadfast in her beliefs and her commitments to others until the day she left this earth."

Thursday, September 16, 2010

7 Thoughtful Quotes About The Future

Enjoy these reflections upon how we think about our future.





From Denny: These quotes will lift your heart and make you laugh - and certainly make you think. The last quote is my favorite. So many times we don't quite fully realize how each moment in the present is creating our future living.


Quotes

* And in today already walks tomorrow. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

* Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future. - Ruth Benedict

* The course of life is unpredictable... no one can write his autobiography in advance. - Abraham Joshua Heschel

* A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past. - Eric Hoffer

* We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there. - Charles F. Kettering

* The future is always beginning now. - Mark Strand, Reasons for Moving

* The past can't see you, but the future is listening. - Terri Guillemets



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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Have You Ever Thought About The Process of Success?

*** Encouragement Quote From famous Award Winning Novelist





From Denny: Right now the Gulf Coast and even the rest of America needs to read some refreshing and mindful encouragement quotes to help us keep going. So much seems to be coming at us through this chaotic economy, severe job loss and underemployment causing bankruptcies and home foreclosures - and now the huge Gulf oil spill from BP who still has not found a way to slow down or stop the broken well leaks. There are over 100 million gallons of oil spilled and more arriving every day to the tune of two million gallons a day. It's an environmental disaster that has everyone in America talking and wondering about how to move ourselves to less harmful forms of energy.

Current times feel dire to million of Americans and millions more around the world as we all go through some universal adjustment of attitude and lifestyle changes. Meanwhile, it helps to focus upon wise thoughts and comforting thoughts to help us through the transition.

I thought I'd start with this quote from famous author James A. Michener. He had a lot of adversity in his life and well understood the difficulties of maintaining a good attitude and continuing to persevere. He was abandoned by his birth parents and was adopted by a woman of few means yet she had a love of books and learning with which she ignited a passion in him to write. Michener went on to work his way across America and later joined the Navy where he traveled to the South Pacific. With all his financial success he never did find out who were his birth parents.

Michener well understood how we slowly build our character into towering strength, how we pursue our dreams and how we finally succeed at achieving the kind of life we always desired. His quote here addresses mental toughness that can only be forged through trial and error on our part.


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* Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. - James A. Michener, award winning novelist, click on link to see his bio as he had a very interesting life.



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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Does Your Life Feel Like a Disaster?

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From Denny: How easy it is to get our spirits down when Life jumps up and slaps us. I ran across this quote months ago and thought it wonderful then. Today it is even more poignant as I've watched the news. For months the American economy is in turmoil, people by the millions have lost jobs and not replaced them. Terrible earthquakes in Haiti and Chile have left families split apart and destitute.

With so much negativity going on, people look at each other and wonder what is there in Life to sing about? When tough times come along and enter our lives, it is important to take stock of even the smallest things for which we can be grateful.

Why is gratitude so important? Gratitude is powerful. It has the magic strength to heal our hearts when they hurt and are disappointed. Gratitude can help restore our hope. Gratitude helps us develop a new time line, a new path in Life. As you shift your focus to what gratitude reminds you, you will find you are digging yourself out of self-absorption and fear. Gratitude will free you from despair so you can move easily into the next phase of your life.

Included are a couple of links to previous posts, one about Haiti in the news. What the news clip shows is that the Haitians are not cursing God for their misfortune, rather they are literally singing. They choose to sing their way through tough times. What a powerful statement heard around the world!


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* Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. - Voltaire


*** ALSO: 2 Months Later: Haiti Still Suffers Yet Has Faith

3 Quotes About Facing Tough Times


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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Step Out into the Unknown with Ease



Dr. Martin Luther King quote.
From Denny: This photo and quote reminds me of the ancient mystery schools where the spiritual path was taught over decades. Students did not expect to learn spiritual principles in a few months of study. Students did not expect to interact with spiritual energy on the highest levels within a few years. Students did not expect to wield spiritual power until their egos were well disciplined, honed into perfect obedience to Spirit.

A true student of the spiritual path accepts early on that Life is truly a journey. This journey involves the unexpected and the unplanned. Life is not always as orderly as our emotions and left brain sense of the world would prefer. :)

In order to maintain our balance - or regain it quickly - it's important to root ourselves in the present - the Now - and not focus upon even what happened a few moments ago or what might happen in our future.

What was it Einstein taught? When we focus upon those subatomic particles they actually move in relation to our thoughts and expectations. That observation from a mathematician and physicist should make us aware of how much our expectations affect our daily lives.

It's those expectations and emotions that get in the way of being able to see clearly down our path. Leave them on the side of the road and your journey becomes more joyful as you glide from one moment to the next with ease.

Read what Dr. Martin Luther King had to say on the subject of courage and faith.




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Quote

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Uplifting Soul Quote: What is Your Power in the World?

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From Denny: So often a person can get to feeling sad, wondering about their importance in the world. The reality is there really is a role for each and every one of us that is important. It is important to someone.

You may not have met that person yet. You may have met that person and never knew of the impact you made on their lives just by something you said, an attitude you displayed that day or how well they observed you treating another. (Like say, a server in a restaurant. You can tell a lot about a person's character - or lack of it - by how they interact with a restaurant server, and if they leave an appropriate tip.)

Stay focused upon the great goodness you can do in this world. There is so much need everywhere you look, even close to home: the grocery store clerk, the postal carrier, the neighborhood cat or dog, another customer in a store and more.

The good you do in the world does not have to be reported upon in the media or trumpeted by others to have the same impact. Life can be as good as you choose to make it every day. More people are aware of you than you think; more people appreciate you than you realize.

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In every community, there is work to do be done.

In every nation, there are wounds to heal.

In every heart, there is the power to do it.

- Marianne Williamson


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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Spiritual Energy: Can Simple Words Add to Our Quality of Life?

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From Denny: From time immemorial humanity has been given warnings about using our words with forethought and not with rash or cruel intent. There are karmic backlashes to be experienced if we go too far. In every religion or spiritual discipline - from the pagan to Christian to the Koran, even to today's movie "The Secret" - words are examined as important for our personal vision.

The current toxic, and excessive, partisan politics as recently demonstrated by Republican Senator Jim Bunning holding up unemployment checks to the needy across America just to advance his political agenda to make a Democratic President look bad, is a fine example to illustrate. Lying, as is common with the current Republican Party political style, has repercussions as well. Sure, we can not all be expected to like each other - all warm and fuzzy and kum bah yah style - but we can make the effort for self-discipline in order to create a more civil society.

Have you ever noticed, whether it's in politics on a national level, or at home with one of your spouse's family members, that an individual on a scorching words self-destruct acts like a black hole with everyone around them? They literally suck all the joy and energy out of the atmosphere, leaving everyone around them exhausted from trying to counter or avoid them. We all have destructive work bosses, family members or "friends" like that at some point in our lives.

Sure, we all get angry about a situation or politics at one time or another. The energy of anger is to be treated carefully and respectfully. It is a powerful energy that we must learn how to discipline rightly if and when we use it. The true object of well managed anger is to correct an injustice, correct an unbalanced situation or bring awareness to someone not focused in that direction.

The way to that discipline is to not involve your personal ego in the anger. Tough to do at first. Ally your ego and spirit with that of your Higher Self, God, Spirit, All That Is (whatever your favorite term) and choose to see situations from that higher level.

When you feel anger come over you, ask how to dispense it properly. When done properly the energy of anger can bring excellent benefits for others in their lives - like when a child is properly disciplined without malice, abuse or violence. That child changes course and charts a more beneficial path because of a parent who could discipline their anger in order not to be destructive with that authority and energy. Unfortunately, most people are unaware of the energy of anger as a spiritual tool that must be treated with utmost care and respect.

Returning back to words in general affecting your vision, your life path and the lives of others... Keep in mind one thought every time you begin to speak or write: What do I wish to accomplish here? Is it for the betterment of others or is it only to give glory to my ego and my need for status or attention from others? This is the first step to learning how to handle the spiritual energy as it flows more and more to you from your Higher Self, Spirit.

There is nothing wrong about choosing not to fill the air with words just for the sake of making small talk conversation. It's fine to just observe others, wishing them goodwill in their attitudes toward those to whom they are speaking.

When you feel the inner urging, knowing it is time to speak, make it words that others will have food for thought for months and years down the road. My heart has always been warmed when someone brought up to me or my husband seven years later something we spoke to them as counsel for a situation. That recounting validates to us that we were giving out spiritual energy that benefited that person.

Words. They are tiny powerful things in our lives. Words can fly upon the wings of Spirit and make a better world. Have you considered your words today?


Quote

* But words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew, upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps, millions: think. - Lord Byron


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Friday, January 29, 2010

Wonderful Serious Quotes About Time









From Denny: New Year's revelry, sudden diets, New Year's resolutions and plenty of funny quotes about the New Year have all been enjoyed the past couple of weeks. Time to settle in and take a look at some mental soul food: intriguing observations and easy advice for living Life to the fullest!







Quotes



* Today is a smooth white seashell, hold it close and listen to the beauty of the hours. - Anonymous



* Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be, rather be one. - Marcus Aurelius



* Better late than never, but never late is better. - Anonymous



* This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure. - Winston Churchill



* Time heals what reason cannot. - Seneca



* This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson



* Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. - Henry David Thoreau (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862)



* Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions. - John Randolph



* Time is equal to life; therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life. - Alan Lakein



* Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can send it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back. - Harvey Mackay



* We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves. - Alice Bloch



* To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time. - Leonard Bernstein







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* Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test then teaches the lesson. – Anonymous



* Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon. - Kahlil Gibran (Lebanese born American philosophical Essayist, Novelist and Poet. 1883-1931)



* Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go. - Josh Billings



* The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King, Jr. (American Baptist Minister and Civil-Rights Leader. 1929-1968)



* There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself. - Anthony Rapp, actor



* In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. - Albert Schweitzer (German medical Missionary, Theologian, Musician and Philosopher. 1952 Nobel Peace Prize, 1875-1965)



* Never let yesterday use up today. - Richard H. Nelson



* If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through. - Chinese Proverbs















* Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends. - William Shakespeare



* Time is the justice that examines all offenders. - William Shakespeare



* Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. - Henry Van Dyke (American short-story Writer, Poet and Essayist, 1852-1933)



* No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come. - Victor Hugo



* Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. - Georgia O'Keefe



* Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. - Auguste Rodin



* Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade! - Anthony Robbins



* One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us. - Michael Cibenko



* One realizes the full importance of time only when there is little left of it. Every man's greatest capital asset is his unexpired years of productive life. - P. W. Litchfield



* Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it. - Anonymous



* Realize that now, in this moment of time, you are creating. You are creating your next moment. That is what's real. - Sara Paddison



* Remember, you can earn more money, but when time is spent is gone forever. - Zig Ziglar













* Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it and spend it rather than invest it. - Jim Rohn



* Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time. - Denis Waitley



* Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. - Laertius Diogenes







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* Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire. - Jorge Luis Borges



* Time is the wisest counselor. - Pericles



* Time ripens all things, no man is born wise. - Miguel de Cervantes



* Those who make the worse use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. - Jean De La Bruyere



* Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted. - Denis Waitley



* Time and memory are true artists; they remold reality nearer to the heart's desire. - John Dewey



* Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving. - Henry Ford



* Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator. - Robert Orben



* Time heals what reason cannot. - Seneca



* Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away. - Ben Hecht



* Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: Time Quotations

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong as its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.











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* We always have time enough if we will but use it aright. - Goethe



* We are too busy mopping the floor to turn off the faucet. - Anonymous



* We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake. - Marie B. Ray



* We must use time as a tool, not as a couch. - John F. Kennedy



* Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have - so spend it wisely. - Kay Lyons



* What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour. - Ralph Waldo Emerson



* When the time is right, you just got to do it. - Jack Simplot



* Today, be aware of how you are spending your 1,440 beautiful moments, and spend them wisely. - Anonymous



* Until you value yourself, you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. - M. Scott Peck



* You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future. - Anonymous



* Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable... attainable. Have the patience, wait it out. It's all about timing. - Stacey Charter











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* We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams. - Jeremy Irons





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