quotes, parables and stories for the soul

 

Words of Wisdom

 

This page is dedicated, with much love, to

Ryan Kenneth Marshall, 1985 - 2005,
who already knows
every end is a new beginning

 


After a while
you learn the suble difference
between holding a hand
and chaining a soul,
And you learn
that love doesn't mean leaning
and company doesn't mean security.
And you begin
to learn that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't promises,
And you begin to accept your defeats with your
head up and your eyes open,
with the grace of an adult
not the grief of a child.
And you learn
to build all your roads on today...
because tomorrow's ground is too
uncertain for plans.
After a while
you learn that even sunshine burns
if you get too much.
So plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul,
instead of waiting for someone
to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure...
that you really are strong,
and you really do have worth.
-Anonymous

Those who dance are considered insane
by those who cannot hear the music.
-George Carlin

When you're skating on thin ice,
you might as well tap dance.
-Bryce Courtenay

This life is yours

Take the power
to choose what you want to do
and do it well
Take the power to love what you want in life
and love it honestly
Take the power
to walk in the forest
and be a part of nature
Take the power
to control your own life
No one else can do it for you

Take the power
to make your life happy
- Susan Polis Schutz

Today is the first day
of your future.
- Anonymous

Thoughts are like boomerangs.
-Eileen Caddy

Discretion is being able to raise
your eyebrow instead of your voice.
-Anonymous

If you're heading in the wrong direction,
God allows U-turns.
-Anonymous

What we are today
comes from
our thoughts of yesterday,
and our present thoughts
build our life
of tomorrow:
Our life is the creation of our mind.
-The Buddha

I know I'm not seeing things
as they are,
I'm seeing things as I am.
-Laurel Lee

The difference between
a flower and a weed
is a judgement.
-Anonymous.

Almost all our faults are more
pardonable than the methods we
think up to hide them.
-Anonymous

Every end is a new beginning.