January 2011
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two thousand and ten
There are only a few more minutes (roughly 90) left in 2010, and I can’t leave this year or this blog without listing some of my favorite memories from the last 365 days!
My sister gave birth to my nephew, Adrian! I never knew it was possible to love someone so much! ♥ Just thinking about him right now makes me so emotional because his birth was truly a miracle. I almost lost my sister this...
December 2010
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The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless unremembered acts...
– William Wordsworth
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Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high...
– W.C. Doane
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You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer...
– Dr. Seuss
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My generation’s apathy. I’m disgusted with it. I’m disgusted with my own apathy...
– Kurt Cobain
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You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
– C.S. Lewis
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So caught up in my progression, nothing else matters, looking forward but...
– Errol Jackson
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All of our fights and lies made us stronger. That’s when you can tell if...
– Edyl Patrick Victoria
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Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of...
– Leonardo Da Vinci
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farewell
It’s December 29, 2010… After doing a lot of thinking about what I want to channel my energy into in the new year, I’ve decided that the little yellow diary will remain in my past as of January 1, 2011. the little yellow diary belongs in 2010…
Why?
There is just so much I want to focus on in 2011; my obsession with discovering new quotes, love stories and pictures...
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True greatness is firmly rooted in humility.
– Ralph Marston
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Someone’s opinion of you shouldn’t change your opinion of yourself.
– Tony Gaskins
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The only people that hate on those making moves are the people standing still.
– Tony Gaskins
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I think I might give up blogging completely in the new year… Should I?
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You can follow your dream or you can lead it.
– Tony Gaskins
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You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously...
– Sarah Ban Breathnach *Another good one, eh, more like a great one. I definitely need to read this every single day, too…
words
I love words and what they mean when they’re sewn together…
Christ died for men precisely because men are not worth dying for; to make them...
– C.S. Lewis
Character is what you are in the dark.
– African Proverb
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
– Franklin D. Roosevelt
Denial is the enemy of growth.
– Tony Gaskins
Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause...
– Shakti Gawain *Wow, this is so powerful and beautiful. I need to read this every day…
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is...
– Denis Waitley
Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.
– Joseph Wood Krutch
What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it-would...
– Ralph Marston
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money; and yet for...
– Marcus Annaeus Seneca
When we become more fully aware that our success is due in large measure to the...
– Wilferd A. Peterson
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
– Cynthia Ozick
Real life isn’t always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring...
– Sarah Ban Breathnach
Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of...
– John O’Donohue
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into...
– William Arthur Ward
Bad friends will destroy you.
– 1 Corinthians 15:33
The less you know, the more you believe.
– Bono
Every friendship travels at sometime through the black valley of despair. This...
– John O’Donohue
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the...
– Thich Nhat Hanh
In your life you meet people, some you never think about again, some you wonder...
– Daniel Stern
There are many wonderful things that will never be done if you don’t do them.
– Charles D. Gill
Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
– Hans Christian Andersen