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One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
A. Bronson Alcott
I often use quotes from famous and not so famous individuals in my writings. A question was posed recently on on another blog as to whether the utilization of quotes is symbolic of intelligence and wiseness, or is it a sign of the inability to express your own thoughts in your own words. I suppose this is a valid debate to which there is no end, nor answer. I personally enjoy reading others words, reading about others thoughts and lives. There is so much to learn from others’ experiences and words. Most of the time, I could have not said it better. So, as they say (a quote), why reinvent the wheel. I leave you with a dozen very common quotes used by many regularly in their day-to-day conversations. They are so common, we know their meanings and we don’t question the wisdom they embellish.
-Live and learn.
-Live and let live.
-What’s done is done.
-To each his own.
-The early bird gets the worm.
-Easy come, easy go.
-The end justifies the means.
-Enough is enough.
- Experience is the best teacher.
-God helps those that help themselves.
- Here today, gone tomorrow.
-With God all things are possible.
Can you add any?
What do you think?
A mother gives her daughters jade and lapis jewelry bought by their father over 25 years ago before her daughters were even born.
A 25 year old daughter gives her parents each a framed poem titled “Mom” and ” Dad” that she had written in the 8th grade. The parents had never seen the poems before; the daughter discovered them recently in an attic clean-up.
Daughters give their Dad a twelve month calendar made especially for him with pictures of his daughters and his pet cat.
A Dad gives his daughters a bag a their favorite childhood candies — Reese’s peanut butter Christmas trees, Christmas Kit Kats, Life Savers Books, Holiday M and M’s among the candy.
Does this sound wonderful? It was. It was my Christmas this year. We decided to give gifts from the heart instead all the expensive gifts avoiding the holiday on slaught and hype. We were worried it wouldn’t work. But it did. It was the most wonderful Christmas we have had. God Blessed us!
What do you think?
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I started reading Rick Warren’s bestseller “The Purpose Driven Life”. This is the second time for my reading this book; I had read it previously in 2005. The point of the book is you must have a to drive your life. Drive is defined as “to guide, to control, or to direct.” According to the author life without purpose is meaningless. And life driven by something other than purpose (i.e., guilt, resentment, anger, fear, materialism, need for approval) is a life in motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason. Trivial, petty and pointless — life without purpose. I’m only to Chapter 3 of the book. (You read a chapter a day over a 40 day period. Do you know the significance of 40? A topic for another “Thought”.) But I am already thinking about my purpose. Given that I only read the book and became a subscriber to it’s philosophy a short three years ago, why do I need to think about my purpose? Why do I want/need to read the book again? Do I need to discover my purpose again? Renew it? Change it? Maybe I do; maybe I don’t. We’ll see as I progress over the next 37 chapters and days. Regardless, I do believe that purpose provides a purpose. Huh? That is clear to me. Does purpose drive you? Does purpose direct you? What do you think? More later from me as I progress through “The Purpose Driven Life.”
