"Either you stay in the shallow end of the pool, or you go out in the ocean. Listen to what you know instead of what you fear." ~ Christopher Reeve

"Stop looking for your purpose, BE IT! Well done is better than well said." ~ Wayne Dyer

"It's not what we have, but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance."

"Sometimes in life things aren't always good, but we must give it our all to make things well." ~ Michelle Dukes

"Have the COURAGE to make the CHANGE, the STRENGTH to see it through, and keep the FAITH that it will turn out for the BEST."

"The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better." ~ Barbara Pletcher

"Appreciate what you have before time forces you to appreciate what you had."

'Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for that faith is to see what you believe." ~ Saint Augustine

Practice being excited....

"Vigor is contagious, and whatever makes us either think or feel strongly adds to our power and enlarges our field of action." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Photo taken by Arnie Loland, Norway

"Just because it's not what you are expecting, doesn't mean it's not everything you've been waiting for."

"Angels may not come when you call them, but they'll always be there when you need them....when you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight." ~ Kahil Gilbran

" Seeds of discouragement will not grow in a thankful heart." ~ Anaon

" I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of the telescope, which is what I do, and that enables me to laugh at life's realities." ~ Dr. Seuss

" You may not always end up where you thought you were going to be, but you will always end up where you were meant to be." ~ Jessica Taylor

" When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life you have a thousand reasons to smile."

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." ~ Maya Angelou

"An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight...the truly wise person is color blind." ~ Albert Schweitzer

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." ~ Jimmy Dean

"The optimist is the kind of person who believes the housefly is looking for a way out." ~ George Jean Nathan

"Our strengths are our tools, our personal reality, our weaknesses are only what we are not." ~ Joe Batten

He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.

"A little faith will bring your soul to heaven, but a lot faith will bring heaven to your soul."

"The more you LIKE yourself, the less you ARE LIKE anyone else, which makes you UNIQUE." ~ Walt Disney

"All of life is a journey; which paths we take, what we look back on, and what we look forward to is up to us. We determine our destination, what kind of road we will take to get there, and how happy we are when we get there."

"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." ~ Max DePree

"Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther." ~ Zig Ziglar

One nation under GOD....

"Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our ALLEGIANCE. It is also owed to JUSTICE and to HUMANITY. PATRIOTISM consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be RIGHTEOUS as well as STRONG." ` James Bryce

"He loves his country best who strives to make it best." ~ Robert G. Ingersoll

Each day is a new life. Seize it., live it....

This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it or use it for good, but what I do today is important, because I am exchanging a day of my life for it! When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place something that I have traded for it. I want it to be gain and not loss; good, and not evil; success and not failure; in order that I shall not regret the price I have paid for it.

Only a few things are important...."We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it."