KouBoi FE2 Lady Gwilanna's blog: "Words To Live By"

If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen? If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights? You know how most packages say "Open here". What happens if you open it somewhere else? Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM? Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways? Why isn't "palindrome" spelled the same way backwards? Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo? You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes, why can't they make the whole plane out of the same substance? Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio? If you have your finger touching the rearview mirror that says -- "objects in mirror are closer than they appear", how can that be possible? Why is it so hard to remember how to spell MNEMONIC? If someone invented instant water, what would they mix it with? Why is it called a TV "set" when you only get one? Why does your nose run and your feet smell? Why does an alarm clock "go off" when it begins ringing? If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress? Why does "cleave" mean both split apart and stick together? Why is it, whether you sit up or sit down, the result is the same? Why is it called a "building" when it is already built? Why do they call them "apartments" when they are all stuck together? Why is there an expiration date on SOUR cream? If you keep trying to prove Murphy's Law, will something keep going wrong? Why does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing? How can someone "draw a blank"?

Life's journey is NOT to arrive at the grave safely in a well perserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "HOLY SHIT... What a ride!" Just by listening deeply we alleviate pain and suffering. —Buddha— Anger is often the emotions that speaks the loudest and demands most our energy the most, it gets all of our and others attention. Peace is not the absence of problems, but a new perspective. —CH— There’s no better time to realize that you’re not a failure in life. You’ve just been delayed. —Victor— Your imperfections are what make you beautiful. —Sandra Bullock— Life is always waking up to us and saying, “Come on in, the living’s fine,” and what do we do? Back off and take its picture. —Russell Baker— For every evil under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none. If there be on, seek till you find it; If there be none, never mind it. —Mother Goose— Happiness: something to do, somebody to love, something to look forward to. —Adair Lara—

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. More important, never tell yourself that. —Robin Roberts— Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost everything. The most curative thought in the world is the thought of love. —Ruth Peale— Somewhere someone is looking for exactly what you have to offer. —Louise Hay— The difference between can and cannot are only three letters. Three letters that determine your life’s direction. —Remez Sasson— The most important thing you wear is your personality. —America Ferrera— It is impossible to hold a grudge and have peace of mind at the same time. It would be like trying to have day and night exist in the same moment. —Lee Jampolsky, phd— It is better to begin in the evening than not at all. —Ashley Judd— The simple act of stopping and looking at the beauty around us can be prayer. —Patricia Barrett— Forgiveness is the power that enlivens relationships. Forgiveness keeps life moving forward creates harmony and makes you spiritually strong. —Maoshing Ni, MD— We talk about defining moments, but I thing nothing can define you. They’re all refining moments. You’re constantly reefing yourself and refining your life. —Sheryl Crow— The distance between you and your dreams is often the length of a single idea. —Vic Conant— It’s okay to glance backward; just don’t stare. —Stephen M Pollen and Mark Levine— Never underestimate the power of simple courtesy. Your courtesy may not be returned or remembered, but discourtesy will. —Princess Jackson Smith— Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be. —Jimmy Johnson— Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. —Bill Bradley— If I don’t thing there is a way, then I need to change the way I thing. —Kathleen Miller— Give, give, give what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don’t give it away? —Isabel Allende—

William J. Bennett Marriage is a relationship based in no small part on virtues. The most basic of these is responsibility, for marriage is an arrangement held together by mutual dependence and reciprocal obligations. But successful marriages are about more than fulfilling the conditions of a contract. In good marriages, men and women seek to improve themselves for the sake of their loved one. They offer and draw moral strength by sharing compassion, courage, honesty, self-discipline and a host of other virtues. Husbands and wives complete themselves through each other, and the whole of the union becomes stronger and more wonderful than the sum of the two parts. James Q Wilson The family is not one of several alternative life-styles; it is not an arena in which rights are negotiated; it is not an old fashioned barrier to a promiscuous sex life; it is not a set of cost benefit calculations. It is a commitment for which there is no feasible substitute. No child ought to be brought into a world where that commitment from both parents is absent. There is no way to prepare for the commitment other than to make it. Living together is not a way of finding out how married life will be, because married life is shaped by the fact that the couple has made a solemn vow before their family and friends that this is for keeps and that any children will be their joint and permanent responsibility. It changes everything. William Weld There is no such thing as government money—only taxpayer money. Tad Williams Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You’ll find what you need to furnish it—memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. It will go with you wherever you journey. Ron Dentinger The difference between politics and baseball is that in baseball, when you get caught stealing, you’re out. Gene Hill Nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless he has owned a dog. He can show you more honest affection with just a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes.

So many of our dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable. —Christopher Reeve— While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize. —John Mason— My father always told me, “Find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” —Jim Fox— It is one thing to learn about the past, it is another to wallow in it. —Kenneth Auchincloss— You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. —Harper Lee— The great man is he who does not lose his child heart. —Menicus— Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury —EH Chapin— Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. —Scott Adams— There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. —Nelson Mandela— When you can’t have what you want, it’s time to start wanting what you have. —Kathleen Sutton— The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.—Dave Weinbaum Life is full of obstacle illusions. —Grant Frazier— Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching. —Jim Stovall— No one has finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. —Sam Rayburn— The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity. —Lewis Gizzard— An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed;an act of vengeance writes one of its own. —Marilyn vos Savant— A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are the portals of discovery. —James Joyce— True power is knowing that you can, but you don’t. —Juliet Alicia Jarivis— The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate. —Doug Englehart— Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.—Henry Ford Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you’re really strangers. —Mary Tyler Moore — God answers all the prayers. Sometimes he answers “yes” sometimes he answers “no,” and sometimes the answer is “you gotta be kidding.” —Jimmy Carter— Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected. —William Safire— Spilling your guts is just exactly as charming as it sounds. —Fran Lebowitz—