At
Hootin' Anni's this morning, I learned that
Robin challenged bloggers for Fun Monday as follows:
"... please share words that inspire and motivate you--brief or bloviatory, silly or serious, from great world leaders to last night's Comedy Central...from a Hallmark greeting card to your favorite book. Choose one, choose many; let the quotes stand on their own or tell where you first read or heard them and how they affected you. There's a lot of leeway with how this topic can be handled."
Regular readers know that I've got quotes in the sidebar of both of my blogs, have shared a few
T-13s with favorite quotes, and recently participated in a
Favorite Quotes Meme after being 'tagged' by
Grandy, and I usually end every post with a
Thought for the Day, but here I go again with ...
Quotes that Inspire Me
(Note: I'm trying not to be repetitiously redundant,
but some thoughts bear repeating)
Some of my favorite quotes come from the Dalai Lama:
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."
"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves."
"Be kind whenever possible. It's always possible." Others derive from a wide variety of sources:"It is better to ask some questions than to know all the answers." James Thurber
"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." John Powell
"If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, then we may wish to set up conditions of learning which make for uniqueness." Carl Rogers
"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true." Richard Bach
"Be curious, not judgmental." Walt Whitman
"If you're too busy to laugh, you're too busy period." Janet Meyer
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter." Mark Twain
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Henry David Thoreau
"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For indeed, that's all who ever have." Margaret Mead
"Things are only impossible until they're not." Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek" The Next Generation
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure." Helen Keller
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." Mahatma Gandhi
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Dr. Seuss
"it takes courage to become who you really are" e e cummings
"It is never too late to be who you might have been." George Eliot
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." Rumi
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Never participated in a Fun Monday carnival before? You're invited to join in this week (be sure to let
Robin know you're a first-timer and she'll make note in the listing).
Additional information from Robin
regarding Fun Monday
Fun Monday, Who can participate? ALL bloggers who want to! This is a loosely-held meme, with the host or hostess volunteering each week, simply by alerting the current host of their interest. It's never too late to join in, hosts are always generous to add you as soon as they can. Fun Monday has an international following and it's, well, FUN to meet bluddies (blog + buddies) in "far away places."
Fun Monday, What do I need to do to participate? Simply comment to or email the host for the current week. To find out who is hosting, the burden is on you...you simply follow the previous host's posts that will lead you to the current host. On the given Fun Monday, be sure to identify your post with "Fun Monday" somewhere in the title, link back to the host or hostess, and invite others to join. It's also fine to pick up either one of the Fun Monday logos.
Participants this week: Robin, Pensieve
Janet, From the Planet of Janet
Swampwitch, Anecdotes, Antidotes & Anodes
Lisa, Lisa's Chaos
Jo, This is Jo Beaufoix... - NEXT WEEK'S HOSTESS
Patience, Patience-Please
ChrisB, Ms Cellania
Ellen, The Happy Wonderer
Kaytabug, Lady K
Swampangel65, A Florida Journal
Mariposa, Mariposa's Tales
AOJ & The Lurchers
Carrie, Carrie & the Koehmstedts
Lisa, The Food Snob
Janjanmom, All in a Day's Work
Jan, The Prytz Family
Karina, Candid Karina
Celeste, Ragracers
Sandy, Myanderings
Alison, RDH Mom
Jenn, Simply Jenn
Pamela, The Dust Will Wait
Alix, DC Days
Deb, Deb's Buzz (One Crazy Stitcher)
Molly, Return of the White Robin
Junebug, God Put a Smile on My Face
Kim, Rainy Day Diamonds
Peculiar, How Do We Get There From Here ** FIRST FUN MONDAY! :)
Jenn V., Jenn's Inklings
Joy T., A Spot of T
Nikki, My Husband Calls Me Weird
Rotten Correspondent, Confessions of a Rotten Correspondent
Sauntering Soul
Jientje, Heaven in Belgium
Tiggerlane, The Neophyte Blogger
Beth, The First of Six
Rose, Rose's Garden ** FIRST FUN MONDAY, new blogger & Karina's mom!
Hootin' Anni, Hootin' Anni's
Melanie, Our Happy Happenings
Sayre, SayreSmiles
Jenn, Jenn and the City ** FIRST FUN MONDAY!! :)
Nutso, House of the Purple Worms
Gattina, Writer Cramps
Katie (Kitten), Kitten's Homeschool
Faye, Summit Musings
Hulagirlatheart, Growing Older but Not Up
Kim & Randy, Nekkid Lizard Adventures
Jennifer, Dust Bunny Hostage
IamwhoIam, Dungarees Ablaze
Arkansas Songbird, Quarter Notes
Arie 1965, Beyond My Slab
Rachel, Pink Basement Dweller
Mamalang
Dawn, Colors of Dawn
Terri, My4Kids
Kila, Momto3cubs
Stephanie, MamaDrama
Min, MamaDrama
Storyteller, Small Reflections ** FIRST FUN MONDAY!! :)
Lil Mouse, The Name was Over the Door
Baba, Night Owl
Jamie, Wisink6's Weblog ** FIRST FUN MONDAY!! :)
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