On A Whim: The Makings of More

Sunday, September 4, 2011

The Makings of More

Little wren on my balcony
what a sweet face you have.
I wish I had a morsel

so you would come closer.
What friendship could be forged
over crumbs and coffee.

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Random Thoughts. . .

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground but a kind word is never wasted. ~Sir Arthur Helps
Poetry is an echo asking a shadow to dance. ~ Carl Sandburg
Music washes away from the soul, the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach
Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it. ~Dave Barry
Spare moments are the gold dust of time. ~Bishop Hail
The best way out is always through. ~Robert Frost
So let us go forward quietly, each on his own path, forever making for the light. ~ Vincent Van Gogh
Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow. ~Norman Vincent Peale
Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction. ~Unknown
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. ~David Viscott
If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything. ~Unknown
The heart that gives, gathers. ~Marianne Moore
Burn brightly, without burning out. ~Richard Biggs
In the end, only kindness matters... ~Jewel
"Come to the edge." "We can't. We're afraid." "Come to the edge." "We can't. We will fall!" "Come to the edge." And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew. ~ Guillaume Apollinaire
"Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." ~ Goethe
"Forever is composed of nows." ~ Emily Dickinson
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." ~ Mark Twain
At the timberline where the storms strike with the most fury, the sturdiest trees are found. ~Hudson Newsletter
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark. ~Anonymous
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...we need silence to be able to touch souls. ~Mother Teresa
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. ~Henry David Thoreau
You may say I'm a dreamer...but I'm not the only one... ~John Lennon
I may be changed by the things that happen to me, but i refuse to be reduced by them. ~Maya Angelou
Remember, we all stumble, everyone of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand. ~Emily Kimbrough
keep your face always toward the sunshine--and shadows will fall behind you. ~ walt whitman
scatter joy ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
She wasn't where she had been. She wasn't where she was going... but she was on her way. ~ Jodi Hill
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. ~ Dr. Seuss
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain... ~anonymous
Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work, it means to be in the middle of those things and still be calm in your heart. ~ unknown
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to ultimately be at peace with himself, what a man can be, he must be. ~ Abraham Maslow
If you put out another's candle, you also will be in the dark.~German Proverb
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. ~Anonymous
Never, never, never quit. ~ Sir Winston Churchill
When words are both true and kind, they can change the world. ~Buddha
"What are you waiting for?" ~Lope de Vega
Leap and the net will appear... zen saying
Always keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go... ~Louise Priscoll
Life is an echo; what you send out comes back. ~Chinese Proverb
Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same. ~The Fray
Do no great things, only small things with great love. ~ Mother Teresa
If you don't see the light on at the end of the tunnel, march down there and turn it on yourself...

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The Makings of More

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