Knowing which way to turn gives you self confidence.
Taking a chance and going the opposite way gives you a chance to see what you are made of.

"It's not what you know,it's what you can prove", Dr.Dre

"Pain is the privilege of having someone or something worth losing"

Wabi sabi acknowledges three things: "nothing is perfect, nothing lasts, and nothing is finished." So, at first glance, it seems to celebrate the very thing that causes suffering. Yet, Basho found that wabi sabi led to enlightenment. So what is going on here? Basho himself studied Zen for several years and traveled in disguise as a Zen priest, yet he clearly became attached to people and places, wept openly beside ancient battlegrounds and other sites of romance or valor. He suffered gladly the pains of attachment and sympathy, identified with nature and its pathos. Either he was not very disciplined in his Buddhist practice, or he understood something about attachment and loss that we could do well to learn.

Richard Powell

"Sometimes the best helping hand you can get is a good, firm push."


"A smile costs less than electricity and gives more light"

"If they can do it, you know you can."
Printed on a Dove candybar wrapper...

Go eat chocolate, I say..!

"Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment."

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"Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment."

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It is amazing how much can be learned once it's realized there are ways of thinking other than our own. Don't close your mind.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, 1942

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. ~G.K. Chesterton

"Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tries, and a touch that never hurts." -- Charles ens

"Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be attributed to stupidity." -- Robert J. Hanlon

"It is amazing how much people can get done if they don't worry about who gets the credit."


"A friend is one who knows all about you but likes you just the same"

"Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first."

Nice one Friend... gosh that is hard to live by for me;)

Too many of today's children have straight teeth and crooked morals. ~Unknown high school principal

"You aren't paid what you're worth; you're paid what you can negotiate."

How well did you negotiate:
Job Salaries-Performance Reviews-Compensation software- Salary.com

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

~~~George Bernard Shaw

Captain, ye saying me needs ta find meself a new job?

"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit , wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad"

FRIEND!! I giggled when I saw this... that should be in the dictionary. I would give you rep, but it said I couldn't yet;) GREAT one for this morning!

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FRIEND!!! I giggled when I saw this...that should be in the dictionary. I would give you rep, but it said I couldn't yet;) GREAT one for this morning!!

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Glad I could give you a giggle starty :)

It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

- Rami Belson

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."

-- John Wayne

"The fastest way to succeed is to double your failure rate."

-- Thomas J. Watson, Founder of IBM

"Apathy is a curse , but who cares"


"I have Kleptomania , but when it gets bad I just take something for it"

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Altenweg agrees: LMAO! As always, love it M! :)

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LOL... thanks alty. Maybe I could become the "Quote" EXPERT ;)

Ooooh, I like that idea.

I'm thinking relationship expert, you're always very kind, caring, helpful, supportive, blah, blah, blah! :)

Say the word, I'll do my best to make it happen. ;)

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you're always very kind, caring, helpful, supportive, blah, blah, blah! :)

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Am not... I'm tough , honest!! I... uhmm... eat crocodiles for breakfast :cool:

You're a big softie and you know it. I don't buy the tough act for one minute, you're just a great big ball of cuddly fluff! Yup, that's you, cuddle fluff! :)

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You're a big softie and you know it. I don't buy the tough act for one minute, you're just a great big ball of cuddly fluff! Yup, that's you, cuddle fluff! :)

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No , no , no , I'm mean I tell you... here bunny , want to carrot :)

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Don't mess with the bunny M.

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"The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want." -- Ben Stein

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"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit , wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad"

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Very True

One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1: She never slows down
She doesn't know why but
She knows that when
She's all alone feels
Like it's all coming down
She won't turn around
The shadows are long
And she fears if she cries
That first tear
The tears will not stop
Raining down

CHORUS:
So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain

2: She won't make a sound
Alone in this fight with herself
And the fears whispering
If she stands, she'll fall down
She wants to be found but
The only way out is through
Everything she's running from
Wants to give up and lie down

CHORUS:
So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
Stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found

So stand in the rain.

Don't EVER try to sell a meteor to a Dinosaur , it wastes your time and annoys the Dinosaur.
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You know that look women get when they want sex? Me neither!
-- Drew Carey

It isn`t premarital sex if you have no intention of getting married.
-- Drew Carey

I think I mentioned to Bob [Geldof] I could make love for eight hours. What I didn't say was that this included four hours of begging and then dinner and a movie.
-- Sting

We are all stupid, just in different subjects.

"There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves." -Jane Austen

"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato

This is not literary, but from the song I Hope You Dance "I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean."

"The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out."

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Altenweg agrees: Good one! So, what would you do M? ;)

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Well if I told you I wouldn't be able to do it ;)

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Well if I told you I wouldn't be able to do it ;)

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Darn the fine print! ;)