My Florida friend likes to send me those funnies that go around the internet. I get laughs, or even kernels of wisdom from them, and sometimes pass them on. But a lot of what gives me pause to consider comes from people I know; even a line in a book or song. So, today I’m sharing some of that in hopes that you’ll pass along what makes sense to you or brings a smile. We can all use a lot more common sense and smiles. Sometimes they’re even the same thing.
“I think being offended has become a national pastime.”
Sally Armstrong
“It doesn’t cost anything to be nice.”
Quoted in Cattle Business Weekly
“Just settle down.”
My mother
“I believe that freedom lies in the absence of self. And that more people make bad decisions based in fear than any other reason.”
“The kingdom of heaven can show up and flourish anywhere; be on the lookout.”
Bo Cox
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.”
Victor Frankel
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen
“It’s always right now.”
Karl Kemp
“What’s done is done even if it just happened a minute ago. To forgive means to let it all go—to hold onto nothing. In the realm of ego no one forgets where the hatchet is buried.”
Jon Mundy
“Our task is to allow ourselves to be changed.”
Troy Mendez
“Sometimes all we need is permission.”
Sherron Sullivan
“People don’t want new ideas. The better things are, the less people are inclined to want change.”
“You must shine a light into the dusty closet of your past and see your own brokenness as well as the brokenness of those around you.”
Kate Moorhead
“The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better, and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails.”
Bill Wilson
I would like to apologize to anyone I have not yet offended. I will get to you shortly.
So, when does this “old enough to know better” kick in?
Don’t worry about getting older. You still get to do stupid things; just slower.
Via internet, from my Florida friend.
“Do your best. Somebody might like it.”
Dorothy Parker