More Mentum

A  L  O  H  A !

"If you're walking down the right path

and you're willing to keep walking

eventually you'll make progress."

                  Barack Obama

"Tell me to what 

you pay attention and I 

will tell you who you are."

         Jose' Ortega Y Gasset

"I would not waste 

my life in friction when 

it could be turned 

into momentum."

             Frances Willard

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Thankful Thursday 

Little Things Thursday

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Stillness and Torrent

A  L  O  H  A !

"A talent is formed 
in stillness, a
character in the 
world's torrent."
                            Goethe

"To think only the best,

to work only for the best,

and to expect only the best. -

- To be just as enthusiastic 

about the success of others

as you are about 

your own worth."

           Christian D. Larson

"I have never known 

any distress that an 

hour of reading 

did not relieve."

           Charles De Montesquieu

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Fenceless

A  L  O  H  A !

"Work hard, 

enrobe yourself 

in velvet hope, and 

rule your world!"

                   Terri Guillemets

"Nothing ever goes away 

until it has taught us 

what we need to know."

           Pema Chödrön

Fading Fences

"Water in a vessel is sparkling; 

water in the sea is dark.

 The small truth has 

words which are clear; 

the great truth 

has great silence"

             Tagore

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blog friend Teresa 

whose Good Fences

Thursdays will be missed.

Good luck in all you do, T!

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Close The Gate

A  L  O  H  A !

"God grant me the serenity 

to accept the people I cannot change, 

the courage to change the one I can, 

and the wisdom to know it's me."

Author unknown, 

variation of an excerpt 

from "The Serenity Prayer" 

by Reinhold Neibuhr

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Thank You, Tex

and the Good Fences Gang

for many great Thursdays!

We had a lot of fun.

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The Little Ways Forward

A  L  O  H  A !

“If you want something 

new, you have to stop 

doing something old.”  

            Peter Drucker

“Emancipate yourselves 

from mental slavery.

None but ourselves 

can free our minds.” 

                  Bob Marley

"Life is the art of 

living with uncertainty, 

without being 

paralyzed by fear."

                 Dr. W. Dillon

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Skywatch Friday

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Behold A New Earth - Old Truths Still Apply

A  L  O  H  A !

 "Show respect to people 

who don’t even deserve it; 

not as a reflection of 

their character, but as 

a reflection of yours." 

                                 Dave Willis

 "When you blame others 

you give up your 

power to change. 

Take responsibility 

for your future!"

              Chris Voss

"Despair is a tool 

of your enemies."  

               Audre Lorde

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Despair Never

Leads Anywhere

Worth Going.

Rest

Recuperate

Regenerate

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Mud Puddle Springs

A  L  O   H  A !

"I make the most 

of all that comes 

and the least of 

all that goes."

                Sara Teasdale

The Glaciers Retreated, but they left you these

"Some people could 

look at a mud puddle 

and see an ocean 

with ships."

              Zora Neale Hurston

"Inside myself is a place 
where I live all alone, 
and that's where I renew 
my springs that 
never dry up."
                 Pearl S. Buck

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Music of the World

A  L  O  H  A !

"There is a grace of kind 

listening, as well as a 

grace of kind speaking."

         Frederick William Faber

"The best cure for 

Sea Sickness, is to 

sit under a tree."

              Emo Philips

"Kind words are the 

music of the world." 

                F. W. Faber

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When They Go Low

A  L  O  H  A !

"There is no formula for 

success except, perhaps, 

an unconditional acceptance 

of life and what it brings."

             Arthur Rubinstein

"People are not disturbed 

by things, but by the 

view they take of them." 

                Epictetus

"Whenever anyone has 

offended me, I try to raise 

my soul so high that 

the offense cannot reach it."

                   Rene Descartes

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Choices

A  L  O  H  A !

Brown N. California Hills

"You've got a lot of choices. 

If getting out of bed in 

the morning is a chore and 

you're not smiling on 

a regular basis, 

try another choice."

                             Steven D. Woodhull 

"Remember, if you’re headed 

in the wrong direction, 

- God allows U-turns!"

                          Allison Gappa Bottke

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for 

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Sharing Perfect Moments

A  L  O  H  A !

Farm Fence Contentment

"You can call it 
the “Perfect Moment'”
when the universe aligns 
and the music in your head 
actually matches the 
music outside 
and all is well. "

                                Hugh Elliott

Moonlight Searcher

“moonlight disappears 
down the hills
mountains vanish 
into fog
and I vanish 
into poetry.” 

                           Sanober Khan

"I know you got 
mountains to climb 
but always stay 
humble and kind."
                     Tim McGraw

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Happiness Secret

A  L  O  H  A !

Marin Autumn

"Never be a prisoner 

of your past, 

it was just a lesson 

not a life sentence." 

                                 A. Nony Mouse

"The secret to happiness 

is freedom... 

And the secret to 

freedom is courage."

                    Thucydides

"There is no desert like 

living without friends." 

                              Baltasar Gracian

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Each Day As It Goes By

A  L  O  H  A  !

“ True wisdom lies in 

gathering the precious things 

out of each day as it goes by. ”

                              E.S. Boutons

"A 'No' uttered from the 

deepest conviction is 

better than a 'Yes' 

uttered to please, 

or worse, to 

avoid trouble." 

                     Gandhi

Always?

Old California

“Share our similarities, 

celebrate our differences.” 

                                 M. Scott Peck

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Timely

A  L  O  H  A !

Fog Belt Morn - N. Calif

"No spring nor summer beauty 

hath such grace 

As I have seen in 

one autumnal face." 

            John Donne

"Walk patiently through

 this troubled world,  and

you will find great treasure. 

Even though your house 

may be small, 

look within it!"

                        Rumi

“A word of encouragement 

during a failure is worth 

more than an hour of

 praise after success.” 

                                 Anon.

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