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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 03 2013 : 10:41:28 AM
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"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."
Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007)
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
2914 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2013 : 6:22:46 PM
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"And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our feet, and learn to be at home".--Wendell Berry
Cindy
"Vast floods can't quench love, no matter what love did/ Rivers can't drown love, no matter where love's hid"--Sinead O'Connor
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers
Visit my blog at http://www.farmerinthebelle.blogspot.com/ |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 04 2013 : 7:28:58 PM
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Cindy, I especially like the Ellen Eilers quote!
"Nothing is easy to the unwilling."
Nikki Giovanni
Susan
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 05 2013 : 3:25:22 PM
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I might have shared this here before but it always makes me giggle!
"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip."
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
I found this one in a list of art quotes.
"Contrast is what makes photography interesting."
Conrad Hall
It got me thinking that a lot of other words could be substitituted for photography here. How about life?
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 06 2013 : 4:28:56 PM
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"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do."
Dale Carnegie
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2013 : 2:38:53 PM
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"There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves."
Albert Guinon (1863 - 1923)
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2013 : 07:18:20 AM
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"The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there."
George Bernard Shaw
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2013 : 07:14:08 AM
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"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
Indira Gandhi
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 11 2013 : 10:21:10 AM
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"How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days."
John Burroughs
It makes me wonder how so many of us can be blind to the beauty of the old; leaves, well worn things and wonderful people who have put their marks on our lives!
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
Edited by - Cindy Lou on Nov 12 2013 07:59:38 AM |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 12 2013 : 08:00:10 AM
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"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands."
Robert M. Pirsig
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 14 2013 : 11:48:33 AM
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"There is nothing like a newborn baby to renew your spirit - and to buttress your resolve to make the world a better place."
Virginia Kelley
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 15 2013 : 07:05:19 AM
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"I believe that [everyone] is the keeper of a dream - and by tuning into one another's secret hopes, we can become better friends, better partners, better parents, and better lovers."
Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, June 2003
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 16 2013 : 12:07:04 PM
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"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
Carl Sagan
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2013 : 10:48:21 AM
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"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone."
George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
May you see the golden moments and angels before they are gone.
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2013 : 10:49:41 AM
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"Call on God, but row away from the rocks."
Indian Proverb
This reminds me of "The Lord helps those who help themselves."
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2013 : 07:34:47 AM
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"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2013 : 12:56:30 PM
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"In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia."
Charles Lindbergh
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2013 : 08:04:15 AM
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"One of the sanest, surest and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others."
Robert A. Heinlein
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 22 2013 : 06:51:25 AM
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"My constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater good."
Oprah Winfrey (1954 - )
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 23 2013 : 07:41:27 AM
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"All the windows of my heart I open to the day."
John Greenleaf Whittier
May your day start with you being ready to accept the wonder and beauty around you.
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 24 2013 : 09:34:35 AM
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"A good laugh is sunshine in the house."
William Makepeace Thackeray
May your home be rich with laughter!
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 25 2013 : 09:17:07 AM
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"When you write things down, they sometimes take you places you hadn't planned."
Melanie Benjamin, Alice I Have Been, 2010
Hopefully for the better!
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 26 2013 : 12:32:30 PM
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"America's greatest strength, and its greatest weakness, is our belief in second chances, our belief that we can always start over, that things can be made better."
Anthony Walton
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 27 2013 : 08:34:03 AM
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"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
I'm thankful for my friends at MJF.
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
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stefffic
True Blue Farmgirl
151 Posts
Stephanie
Cherryville
NC
USA
151 Posts |
Posted - Nov 27 2013 : 09:20:25 AM
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"Brutality begins where skill ends."
Von Niendorff
This is a horse quote, but I find it applies to most things in life. When we don't have the skill to deal with a situation, many times we get loud and angry.
So good to be back home!! |
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