A Short Poem

I saw this posted on FB this morning, and it was too beautiful to forget. So I'm putting it here, to remember.

Do not judge a song by its duration
Nor by the number of its notes
Judge it by the way it touches and lifts the soul
Sometimes those unfinished are among the most beautiful…
And when something has enriched your life
And when its melody lingers on in your heart.
Is it unfinished?
Or is it endless?

~ Author unknown

My Valentine: 1992-2012 (& counting!)

Happiness is sharing all these years with the same Valentine! In celebration, here are a few quotes I've enjoyed reading lately...

Quote for the Day

I like listening to my girls have a conversation in the back seat of the car. They often forget I'm listening and talk freely. This morning, the conversation went something like this:

Morgan (to Sarah): Try to NOT look at the clock today, it will make the day go faster.
Sarah (to Morgan): No, it will not  make the day go faster, it will just make the day seem to go faster!
Me (chuckling to myself and thinking): Sarah is without a doubt her daddy's girl...so literal. It so sounded like something he would say to me, "You know, you can't make time go any faster..." Oh I love them both...and their 'literal'ness! And I'm glad Morgan talks/thinks a bit more like me, so I am not all alone! :)

Inspiration

As I've said before, I LOVE quotes. I needed a few to inspire me today. Here's what I found...

• Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. ~Wayne Dyer
• You can't discover new oceans unless you have the courage to leave the shore. Anonymous  
• If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
  Henry David Thoreau
• We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes. John F. Kennedy
• A Ship in harbor is safe - but that is not what ships are for. - John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic
• Follow your passion, and success will follow you. - Terri Guillements
• Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. - Attributed to Howard Thurman
• I know not what the future holds, but I know who holds the future. Author Unknown

Knots

I just finished a book (The Red Tent) and I have been thinking about this one paragraph over and over the past few days.  The main character is moving on to a new season in her life and she is reflecting...remember all the good of the past 20 years, and then she remarks that among the years there had been pain too, but "the painful things-seemed like the knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place."

I hope that will be true in my life...that when I look back, I will see a beautiful necklace...with beautiful beads...and knots that only enhance the beauty and keep it all in place.

Quotable Quotes

Here are a few quotes I found online tonight...

• Reach for the stars because mom and dad will catch you.
• Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
• The laughter of a child is the light of the home.
• Together is wonderful place to be.
• Faith makes things possible - not easy.
• Scatter Kindness.
• Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
• Write your worries in the sand, carve your blessings in stone.
• Be yourself - everyone else is taken.

And my favorite tonight...

• Enjoy this moment, for this moment is your life.

I'm trying to find quotes for my walls...it's so hard to choose!