Quiet Joy

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Whatever we expect 

with confidence 

becomes our own 

self-fulfilling prophecy.

       Brian Tracy

All things which 

greatly hurt me 

greatly teach me

                Karen Salmansohn

There is a calmness to a life 

lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. 

     Ralph Blum

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Celebrate And Share

A  L  O  H  A !

"It is only because of 

problems that we grow 

mentally and spiritually."

          M. Scott Peck

“I believe that if you don't 

derive a deep sense of purpose 

from what you do, if you don't come 

radiantly alive several times a day, 

if you don't feel deeply grateful at 

the tremendous good fortune that 

has been bestowed on you, then 

you are wasting your life. 

And life is too short to waste.” 

              Srikumar Rao

"Share our similarities, 

celebrate our differences."

                      M. Scott Peck

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Best Way To Persuade

A  L  O  H  A !

“One does not become 

enlightened by imagining 

figures of light, but by 

making the darkness conscious. 

The latter procedure, however, 

is disagreeable and therefore 

not popular.” 

                C.G. Jung

"If you have to eat crow, 

eat it while it's 

young and tender."

       Thomas Jefferson

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" The best way 

 to persuade people 

 is with your ears- 

 by listening to them. " 

                       Dean Rusk 

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A More Pleasant Experience

A  L  O  H  A !

" If we take care

 of the moments, 

the years will

 take care of 

themselves. "

                     Maria Edgeworth

"I think contentment 

the greatest wealth."

                George Shelley

"A positive attitude 

may not solve 

every problem but -

- it makes solving any 

problem a more 

pleasant experience."

               Grant Fairley

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How To Communicate With Others

A  L  O  H  A !

"Life is like a novel.

It's filled with suspense.

You have no idea what 

is going to happen -

until you turn the page.

             Sidney Sheldon

 “The whole problem of

 life is this: how to 

break out of one's 

own solitude, how to 

communicate 

with others.” 

           Cesare Pavese

 "For he will command his 

angels concerning you to 

guard you in all your ways."

              Psalm 91:11

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Sunlight Remains

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"Flowers always make 

people better, happier, 

and more helpful;

they are sunshine, food 

and medicine for the soul." 

      Luther Burbank

"When no possessions keep us
when no countries contain us
and no time detains us
man becomes a heroic wanderer
and woman, a wanderess."

           Roman Payne

"Birds sing after a storm; 

why shouldn't people feel 

as free to delight in 

whatever sunlight 

remains to them? "

                  Rose Kennedy

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This Is A Job For Poetry

A  L  O  H  A !

"Grown men can learn 

from very little children 

for the hearts of little 

children are pure. 

Therefore, 

the Great Spirit may 

show to them many things 

which older people miss."

                           Black Elk 

"Without a rich heart, 
wealth is an 
ugly beggar."
 Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is the job of poetry 

to clean up our 

word-clogged reality 

by creating silences 

around things."

                       Mallarme

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Good Fences

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In Order To See Birds

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Sky, Home to Birds

"The main dangers 

in this life are the 

people who want to 

change everything...

or nothing."

              Lady Nancy Astor

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"In order to see birds 

it is necessary to 

become a part 

of the silence."

              Robert Lynd

Double Crested Cormorant

"Never be bullied into silence. 

Never allow yourself to 

be made a victim. 

- Accept no one's definition 

of your life; 

define yourself."

               Harvey Fierstein

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How To Love Life

A  L  O  H  A !

"The secret of life 

is enjoying the 

passage of time."

        James Taylor

"I enjoy life when 

things are happening. 

I don't care if it's 

good things or bad things. 

That means you're alive."

         Joan Rivers

"Simply enjoy life 

and the great pleasures 

that come with it."    

         Karolina Kurkova

"Follow your hopes and 

 not your fears."     

 Jody Bower 

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Truth, Oxygen, Singing

A  L  O  H  A !

“In a time of deceit, 

telling the truth is 

a revolutionary act.”

            George Orwell

“Negative people need 

drama like oxygen. 

Stay positive, it'll 

take their breath away.”

                     Tony Gaskins

"If I keep a green bough 

in my heart, the singing 

bird will come."

            Chinese Proverb

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Impressions in Black and Yellow

A  L  O  H  A !

The past is passed

Illusions evaporating

Change, the order of the day 

New relations percolating

Always Improving

 Stillness Within. 

"Reality is never as bad 

as a nightmare, 

as the mental tortures 

we inflict on ourselves." 

               Sammy Davis, Jr.

"No man chooses evil 

because it is evil; 

he only mistakes 

it for happiness, 

the good he seeks."

             Mary Shelley

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California Quail

A  L  O  H  A !

"The song-birds leave us 

at the summer's close, 

Only the empty nests 

are left behind.

 And pipings of the quail 

among the sheaves."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Every new beginning 

comes from some 

other beginning's end."

                         Seneca

A Bevy of Quail!
"Deer walk upon our mountains,and quail 
Whistle about us their spontaneous cries; 
Sweet berries ripen in the wilderness; 
And, in the isolation of the sky , 
At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make 
Ambiguous undulations as they sink, 
Downward to darkness, on extended wings."
                      Wallace Stevens

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"We are very good judges 

for the mistakes of others, 

but very good defense lawyers 

for our own mistakes.

             Nicky Gumbel

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