“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you….

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ~ Confucius   I am grateful for: Great Fall colors shared with good friends

“In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?” ~ Jack Kornfield I am grateful for:…

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” ~ Mark Twain I am grateful for: Catching up with an old friend

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt I…

“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.” ~ Lois McMaster Bujold I am grateful for: The sound of the heat coming on…

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” ~ Alice Walker I am grateful for A beautiful weekend in the ADK’s

“You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” Thanks ~ Denise Murray / Sonoma, Ca. I am grateful for: Hearing from an old…

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?” ~ Jalaluddin Rumi I am grateful for: Seeing old friends  

“Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn’t exist and never shall. There is only now.” ~ Christopher Paolini I am grateful for:…