The Ageing to Wisdom

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With age comes wisdom. How good it feels to think first and not jump into a decision feet first. How much heartache and many good jobs could be saved with informed thinking.

Honesty is the first chapter
of the Book of Wisdom.

Patience can be bitter
but the fruits of patience 
are oh so sweet!

Love Me......

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Are you showing love to EVERYONE in your life including yourself?

 

Flatter me....
I may not believe you.

 Criticize me....
I may not like you.

Ignore me....
and I may forgive you.

Encourage me....
 and I will not forget you. 

LOVE me.... 
and I may be forced to love you back

From Thought To Destiny

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Are you keeping a watch?

 

Keep a watch on your thinking, 

for thoughts may turn into words. 

Keep a watch on your words.

 Words can turn into actions.

Keep a watch on your actions.

Actions can easily become habits.

Keep a watch on your habits.

For habits may form your character.

And keep a watch on your character

for that will soon become your destiny.

  

The Power of Caring

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We have the power within to make changes for others and for ourselves

Too often 

we underestimate the power of

a touch, a genuine smile,

a kind word,

a listening and hearing ear,

 an honest compliment,

or even the smallest display of kindness and caring.

All of these acts have a potential to make changes in the lives of others.

 

Can we make time to pass on these small deeds and exert influence to cause changes for those around us? 

Echoes of Kindness

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Can you take time today to speak a kind word to someone in need?

 

Kind words can be short.

 They are so easy to speak. 

Kind words cost so little,

 but their echoes are truly endless.

A simple act of kindness.

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Kindness: being  benevolent, friendly, gentle, considerate.

 

Even when we offer the smallest and simplest acts of kindness,

 it can become something truly beautiful.

When passed on it can become the cause of positive reaction 

and brighten up another's darkest day.

 How would you react if someone passed on a simple act of kindness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Harvest from kindness

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 Ghandi said we need to be the change we want to see in the world.

We can all give something from within ourselves

to begin changing the world.

 Plant the seed of giving kindness.

It will bear much fruit.

From little things big things grow.....

 How wonderful to be part of the" ripple effect". Our small contributions

 can flow on to make an effect elsewhere.

Do unto others......

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Practice what you preach....

 

Sometimes it is easier to tell others
 how to live their life
 than  it is to follow and practice it ourselves.

 

 

The sweetness of friendship

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Turn the grey skies into blue

In the closeness of friendship

let there be laughter 

and the sharing of pleasure.

People, especially lonely ones,

appreciate a warm hug

and just a quiet friendly pat on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

The sunshine of a smile

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You are the sunshine in my smile

You are the laughter in my eyes

for you always make my life worthwhile

 With the sunshine of your smile.

 

How lovely if you are this person in somebody's day.

The very best smile,

 is a smile  that transforms the world that surrounds you

 and touches the heart of someone.

Another Ray of Sunshine

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Smiling is infectious

When you smile at someone today, your smile

 may be the only ray of sunshine that brightens

that person's day. 

Chase the shadows away

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Let the sunshine in:

Keep your face turned towards the sunshine....

and you will chase the shadows away.

Hope is.......

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HOPE......

sees what is invisible.

 it feels what is intangible

and achieves what is 

impossible.

The Magic of LOVE!

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LOVE is not selfish.
It is understanding and kind.
 It observes with the heart
and never with the mind.
Love is the purpose 
that each person seeks - 
Love is the language 
that each person speaks.
 Love can't be purchased
it is without price
and perfectly free....
Love like pure magic,
is a sweet mystery.

Helen Steiner Rice

Tale of Multiplication

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Love.....................

can be likened to the biblical tale

"the five loaves and two fishes"...

Love doesn't start to multiply

until it is given away.

Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday

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Every today well lived,

creates a dream of happiness

for every yesterday......

and for every tomorrow 

it creates a 

a beautiful vision of hope.

The Journey Through Life

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As we journey......

May there always be new roads to travel;
may there be new horizons to discover and to explore;
may there always be new dreams to which we can give ownership.
 

Today is where I am

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I cannot change the things that happened yesterday.
I can make the most of what happens today.
I can look to the future with hope.

Pass it on!

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Most smiles.........

are begun by 

Another smile.........

get yourself infected!

Matters of the heart and Soul

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The way

            To happiness_

               Keep your heart

              free from hate,

                                  your mind free from worry....

          live simply

                  expect little.....

              give much.

Double Giving

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When we sincerely help another in need

 the gift that we receive as a result

is that we can ultimately give help unto ourselves 

as well as giving the gift of ourselves.

am I Dreaming?

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Dreams are illustrations

from the book

 that your soul is writing

about you.

-Marsha Norman

Ambivalent Abundance

Peaceful pondering

Some Super Salvaging and Other Stuff

Today I watched a show on telly called "The American Pickers" I loved all the old things the picker was offered. I was particularly intrigued with history of the objects, their age, and the monetary value they have on today's market.

I also enjoy watching"The Antique Road Show" in the UK.I find the places they hold the shows as intriguing as some of the objects being valued. English history is so fascinating.

Here in Oz I keenly frequent op shops, garage sales and recycling dumps to find useful and fascinating things to decorate my garden,or to use as plant holders, though there isn't the history to the stuff I buy here as there is in the USA and the UK.

 Today we went op shopping at a Salvos shop. We found a couple of interesting things for planters. But the best part of our excursion was the interchange of conversation with the shop volunteers. They were such a jolly lot, laughing and joking and making us feel really welcome. No wonder they do such a roaring trade with such friendliness and such cheap prices and good quality items.

Our next port of call was to a plant nursery. Part of the nursery was a coffee shop where we supped on carrot cake and coffee. The coffee shop was called "Double Portion". The part that made it twice as nice to be there,apart from the welcome and the garden atmosphere, was that the whole complex was serviced by the Baptist Church. We also met the Salvo Pastor and his wife who are setting up an op shop in the same complex.The management has incorporated a community garden as part of the facility, and is looking at opening an after school service for children of working parents, and a youth centre  where young people can come to take part in activities on the weekend- a truly community project. Hope it is very successful.

What a truly rewarding and entertaining morning.

 We still have the afternoon to fill in yet.

 I'm wondering what that is going to bring forth.

 Hope that will be as exciting as this morning and I find some more stuff for my garden..... still have to get it back home on the train though.  

 

 

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Hearts are always happiest

when they beat for others.

A life of love



A rose for love



 

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Life

                   is a flower

               Of which love

                       is the honey.

On Life's Journey

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I shall journey through this life only once.

So, if there is a kindness I can show,

or a good deed that I can do a fellow traveller,

let me be able to do it now or soon,

because I shall never travel this journey again. 

The Importance of You

 Perfect Beauty

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Whoever you are,

there is somebody younger than yourself

who thinks that you are perfect.

There is some work that would not be done

if you do not do it.

There is someone who would miss you

if you were to leave.

There is a place that only you can fill.

Let the sunshine in.



A red rose for love



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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others 

cannot fail to shine with it themselves. 

Sharing Beauty

A double dose of beauty

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There is no beauty so great it cannot be shared...
but, can be even greater as a beauty, for having been shared.

A Beautiful Moment

A moment of beauty

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 The best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot always be seen with eye,
nor touched with hand.....
but are felt in the HEART!