Books and Life

"The books that help you most are those which make you think the most. A great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty."


Theodore Parker

Everyone of us....

"Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large."


Mahatma Gandhi

A dangerous place....

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."
Albert Einstein

Oh Happy Day....from Sister Act 2

This song just makes you feel good!!

A Great and Noble Task

"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."
Helen Keller

Obstacles....

"Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze."

Barbara Sher

Keep on the Sunny Side sung by the Whites

There's a dark and a troubled side of life
There's a bright, there's a sunny side, too
Tho' we meet with the darkness and strife
The sunny side we also may view

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life
It will help us ev'ry day, it will brighten all the way
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life

I am...

"I am happy and content because I think I am."
Alain-Rene Lesage

Life is a Cabaret!....mood music Monday

"Come taste the wine, Come hear the band.
Come blow a horn, Start celebrating;
Right this way, Your table's waiting.

What good's permitting Some prophet of doom
To wipe every smile away.
Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
So Come to the Cabaret!"

A wonderful upbeat song, sung by the fabulous Liza Minnelli

I am unwritten....

Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

from Unwritten sung by Natasha Bedingfield

"Ya Gotta Have Heart" from the musical Damn Yankees

"You've gotta have....Heart!All you really need is heart!
When the odds are sayin' you'll never win, that's when the grin should start!
You've gotta have hope!Musn't sit around and mope.
Nuthin's half as bad as it may appear, wait'll next year and hope."

Invisible Threads

We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results.

Herman Melville

Shiny Happy People

I love this song by R.E.M.! It's fun and, of course, Happy!

A Little Consideration.....

"A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”

Winnie the Pooh

"I hope you DANCE" by Lee Ann Womack

A wonderful song with beautiful lyrics! I hope you all dance!

Joy and Pain

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
Joseph Campbell

You are my Sunshine