Sunday, February 23, 2014

Just some favorites...

Mark Twain
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.

Earl Nightingale
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

Steve Jobs
Your time is limited; don't waste it living someone elses' life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others opinion drowned your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Alfred D'Souza
For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin -- real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

Bill Cosby
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause and say, "Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."

Sunday, February 9, 2014

We feel down sometimes...



"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope."
                   ~Martin Luther King

Sing like you're dancing for nobody around caring...

Did that title make sense? No.
Do I give a crud? No.
Would a kid care? Hell no.

I miss being a kid.
I miss when it was socially acceptable to crap myself.
I miss when I was allowed to cry with out having my manliness questioned.
I miss when I didn't have to question anything.
I miss not having to care what others think.
I miss when my brain wasn't filled with depressing thoughts.
I miss when I didn't have to wear a mask.
I miss when humor was found in everything. (That never really went away actually)
I miss when friends didn't stab backs, and girls had cooties.
I miss when I didn't have to impress girls. (Not that I do that now)
I miss when I could run buck naked through the neighborhood, and people thought it was cute.
I miss when Courage the Cowardly Dog was the scariest show, and Scooby Doo helped me over come that fear.
I miss when  I could color out of the lines.
I miss when a green monkey and a purple ocean totally made sense on the coloring pages.
I miss getting booboos kissed when I got hurt.
I miss when my parents would help me bare my testimony.
I miss falling asleep on the couch, and waking up in bed.
I miss piggyback rides.
I miss wall ball during recess.
I miss double dutch.
I miss the play-sets at fast food restaurants. (Blasted weight limits)
I miss playing terrible music on the piano, but it still sounding good to everyone.
I miss discovering new scents. New sounds. New feelings.
I miss the tooth fairy.
I miss Santa Clause.
I miss believing in things without needing proof. 
When do we get to be a kid again?


"When I grow up I want to be a little boy." 
            ~Joseph Heller