A Memorial Day Quote; From the Quote of the Week Files, May 30, 2016

It's Memorial Day in America

Originally called Decoration Day, from the early tradition of decorating graves with flowers, 

wreaths and flags, Memorial Day in America is a day for remembrance of those who have died in service to our country.

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Go ye to the graves and decorate,

Place flags for boys who have died;

Kneel down and say prayers for your loved ones,

But know they're still by your side!

Gertrude Tooley Buckingham, "Memorial Day—1945"

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!​

On Perseverace; From the Quote of the Week Files; May 23, 2016

On Perseverance

“I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that’s what I did. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail. And now, here I am. I’m back. In Memphis, talking to you. I have ice in my glass… And I’ve lost her all over again. I’m so sad that I don’t have Kelly. But I’m so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what I have to do now.

I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring? ”

From the end of the Tom Hanks movie, Cast Away,

explaining how he stayed alive and got off the island

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRuh-35RSQI

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

Turbulence's that we all Face in Life; From the Quote of the Week Files; May 16, 2016

On the 

​T

urbulence

​(s)​

 that we 

​all f

ace in 

​Life

"And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about”

Haruki Murakami

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"Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?"

Hunter S. Thompson

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!​

What Lies Within; From the Quote of the Week Files; May 9, 2016

What lies Within

​“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you.

If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”

Gospel of Thomas

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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

Acceptance; From the Quote of the Week Files; May 2, 2016

“I am my own biggest critic. Before anyone else has criticized me, I have already criticized myself. But for the rest of my life, I am going to be with me and I don't want to spend my life with someone who is always critical. So I am going to stop being my own critic. It's high time that I accept all the great things about me.” 

C.JoyBell C  

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

A Remarkable Young Man; Inspirational