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“There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.”

~ C.S. Lewis

 

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“Good timber does not grow under comfortable circumstances, the stronger the wind, the stronger the tree.”

- J. Willard Marriott.

 

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“Solitude is bearable only with God”

- Andre Gide

 

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“For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.”

- unknown

 

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“Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit.”

- Ralph Marston

 

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“We meet on the broad pathway of good faith and good will; no advantage shall be taken on either side, but all shall be openness and love.”

- William Penn

 

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“Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.”

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

 

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“All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!”

- Lucy, Peanuts

 

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“The more compassionate you are, the more generous you can be. The more generous you are, the more loving-friendliness you cultivate to help the world.”

- Thich Nhat Hanh

 

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“Learning must be sought; it will not come of itself.”

- Simeon b. Lakish

 

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“Love is the way messengers from the mystery tell us things.”

~Rumi

 

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“If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't follow. I'd be at the bottom to catch them when they fall.”

- unknown

 

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It's easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is much better at the top.

- Arnold Bennet

 

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Fill the land with gladness and the city with joy and cause the light of redemption to dawn for all humanity!

- a Yom Kippur prayer

 

Yesterday evening began Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement.  For more information, please consider the following sources:

www.jewfaq.org/holiday4.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur

 

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“If friends were flowers, I'd pick you”

- unknown

 

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“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.”

~ George Bernard Shaw

 

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“No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything.”

- unknown

 

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“Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.”

- Richard M. DeVos

 

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“What appears to be the end may really be a new beginning.”

- unknown

 

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“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”

- Anne Bradstreet

 

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May your home and heart always find blessing.

- an Eid ul Fitr blessing

 

Today marks the end of Ramadan with the festival of Eid ul Fitr.  For more information of this Muslim holiday, please consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_ul-Fitr and http://islam.about.com/od/ramadan/f/eid_fitr.htm

 

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“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

~ Zig Ziglar

 

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May you find goodness and sweetness in your heart and path now and throughout the year!

- A Rosh Hashanah Blessing

 

We are currently in the midst of the Jewish observance of Rosh Hashanah, commonly called Jewish New Year.  For more information on this holiday, please consider: http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday2.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah

 

 

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“When we have Love in our midst we are not being fearless, but rather courageous.”

~ Eva M. Selhub, MD

 

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“How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”

- Trina Paulus

 

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“Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.”

- Michael Caine

 

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“Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow before children.”

- Kahlil Gibran

 

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“If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.”

- Brennan Manning

 

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“[One] who sees the truth, let [them] proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.”

- Henry George

 

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“Share in beauty, pause in peace, and live with love for all that is around!”

- Anonymous