From the Quote of the Week Files, August 27, 2012

"What My Son's Disabilities Taught Me About 'Having It All" is the article that inspired this week's quote.  Because of her child's problems, the author will never have a tidy, peaceful life. But none of this keeps her from being happy -- as long as she asks herself the right questions. (From the Business of Life Blog)
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When I look at friends and acquaintances, many with perfectly beautiful children and wonderful lives, and see how desperately unhappy or stressed they are about balancing work and family, I think to myself that the solution to many problems is deceptively obvious. We are chasing the wrong things, asking ourselves the wrong questions. It is not, "Can we have it all?" -- with "all" being some kind of undefined marker that shall forever be moved upwards out of reach just a little bit with each new blessing. We should ask instead, "Do we have enough?"

Marie Myung-Ok Lee

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/07/what-my-sons-disabilities-taught-me-about-having-it-all/260479/
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"Don't criticize, condemn, or complain."

Dale Carnegie (His first of nine Human Relation Principles)

Here are are the other eight...

2. Give honest and sincere appreciation
3. Arouse in the other person an eager want.
4. Become genuinely interested in other people.
5. Smile.
6. Remember that a man's name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
7. Be a good listener.  Encourage others to talk about themselves.
8. Talk in terms of the other man's interests.
9. Make the other person feel important — and do it sincerely.
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!

From the Quote of the Week Files, August 20, 2012

Reciprocity, A Generous Heart and Wholesome Actions are the themes for this week's Quotes!! Enjoy!
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Zigong asked: ‘Is there any single word that could guide one's entire life?’ The Master said: ‘Should it not be reciprocity? What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others.’

Analects of Confucius
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"It is worth reminding ourselves that what brings us the greatest joy and satisfaction in life are those actions we undertake out of concern for others. Indeed we can go further. For whereas the fundamental questions of human existence, such as why we are here, where we are going, and whether the universe had a beginning, have each elicited different responses in different philosophical traditions, it is self-evident that a generous heart and wholesome actions lead to greater peace."

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Ethics for the New Millenium
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!

From the Quote of the Week Files, August 13, 2012

Welcome to the Quote of the Week. This week's quote comes from my favorite fictional character, Detective Dave Robicheaux, created by the crime writing author, James Lee Burke. It gave me pause to think. Enjoy!
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“It has been my experience that most human stories are circular rather than linear. Regardless of the path we choose, we somehow end up where we commenced - in part, I suspect, because the child who lives in us goes along for the ride.”

James Lee Burke, The Glass Rainbow
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”

T. S. Eliot 
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you.

From the Quote of the Week Files, August 6, 2012

Yes, It is the Quote of the Week!  Promoting Cosmic Wisdom at Bargain Basement Prices!
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The Bushman in the Kalahari Desert talk about two "hungers."
There is the Great Hunger and there is the Little Hunger.
The Little Hunger wants food for the belly; but the Great Hunger,
the greatest hunger of all, is the hunger for meaning...

Sir Laurens van der Post from Hasten Slowly, a film by Mickey Lemle
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"The best year of our lives is not made up of days or weeks or months. It is made up of moments. Moments when we allow our separateness to melt away so we can be truly intimate with another; moments when we take a risk and express our love in an unexpected way; moments when we choose forgiveness over resentment; moments when we appreciate the perfection of where we are and who we are with. These are the moments that bring meaning to our lives and joy to our hearts."

Debbie Ford
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Wishing you a most beautful day, wherever this may find you!!!