Quote to ponder….

And Joy is Everywhere;
It is in the Earth’s green covering of grass;
In the blue serenity of the Sky;
In the reckless exuberance of Spring;
In the severe abstinence of gray Winter;
In the Living flesh that animates our bodily frame;
In the perfect poise of the Human figure, noble and upright;
In Living;
In the exercise of all our powers;
In the acquisition of Knowledge;
in fighting evils…
Joy is there Everywhere.

“Joy,” by Rabindranath Tagore
Indian Poet


Quote to ponder ….

To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent people; to earn the approbation of honest critics, and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others, and to give of oneself; to leave the world a better place whether by a healthy child, a redeemed social condition, or a garden patch; to have lived your life with enthusiasm and to have sung with exaltation; and finally to know that one life has breathed easier because you have lived, that is to have been successful.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson


Quote to ponder….

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life – happiness, freedom and peace of mind – are always attained by giving them to someone else.

~Peyton Conway March


“When I was seventeen it was a very good year It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights”


Happy 17th, granddaughter