Do you have an inspiring or favorite quote to share?

Posted by Zebra @californiazebra, Jun 21, 2023

I'll start with three quotes from the very inspiring Helen Keller as noted in "Your Year of Healing" book by Amit Sood, MD:

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched -- they must be felt with the heart."

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

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olderdiva12345 | @olderdiva12345 | Jul 31, 2023

I understand and I am sorry to hear you are having issues today.
Do you or are you able to take a walk outdoors? The sound of Nature is soothing to the brain and body.
If not some soothing music may be of help or if you are a reader that may help. I read my kindle every day to relax and forget that my back hurts.

If you have a frend to walk with it is much more fun. I take my Cavalier King Charles, Peyton, with me or I go alone. Yesterday I walked with him at 3:30 and the heat index was 113o. Not smart. If you live in a state like Florida, please, do not walk in that kind of heat or you may have a heat stroke. Hope you will be feeling better soon.

P.S. I am extatic to have found this site quite by accident. It is a wonderful place to vent with others who may have similar issues.

artist01 | @artist01 | Jul 31, 2023

In reply to @lacy2 "ok i just did an internet search: "lyrics those were the days" have found other songs..." + (show)

Yes, I'm an internet addict, always browzin' around in search of anything and everything! Love my computer.

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JVS | @lacy2 | Jul 31, 2023

In reply to @artist01 "Yes, I'm an internet addict, always browzin' around in search of anything and everything! Love my..." + (show)

,,,,,As a Senior I am on Internet a lot to make up for the many years I live before we all had computers! I remember even checking out my symptoms of cancer of cervix in The Readers Digest Medical Book ! OK, so the Internet/web sites etc. have the good, the bad and the ugly, but could we really go back to not having information about every subject at our fingertips? I don't have a cell phone tho - inherited one and left in pocket of item put in washing machine and ended up paying for the phone and balance of contract! Hey, we wouldn't be chatting on here and helping each other without it !

Zebra | @californiazebra | Aug 1, 2023

I had this sign on my desk when I was a shy teenager:

It is better to remain silent and be though a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
(various people have been credited with this).

JVS | @lacy2 | Aug 1, 2023

In reply to @californiazebra "I had this sign on my desk when I was a shy teenager: It is better..." + (show)

...oh have not seen/read this one for a long time... I am a chatterbox so "all doubt" is removed quite quickly 🙂 Reminds me of another: "still waters run deep" J.

olderdiva12345 | @olderdiva12345 | Aug 1, 2023

In reply to @californiazebra "I had this sign on my desk when I was a shy teenager: It is better..." + (show)

I like this one and have heard it before. Another Chinese proverb I like is: Turn your tongue sever times before you speak".

JVS | @lacy2 | Aug 1, 2023

In reply to @olderdiva12345 "I like this one and have heard it before. Another Chinese proverb I like is: Turn..." + (show)

... good one: how many times over the years have we had to "bite our tongue" (ie. not say what is going through our mind/s).... but sometimes it's hard not to: sometimes deciding when to speak up and when to shut up is hard and a decision has to be made quickly 🙂

olderdiva12345 | @olderdiva12345 | Aug 1, 2023

Even though I "preach" this. I am one to think about what I WANT to say and then say it. I am a sticker for what's right and what's wrong and do not mince my words. I am mature enough to do what ever I want and to say whatever I believe...and do.

JVS | @lacy2 | Aug 1, 2023

Oh! OK. I sometimes don't say what is on my mind even though I feel my opinion is right, especially if I think ahead and it may upset the person I am chatting with .... guess it's a quick double-check - but I have been guilty of saying what "I" think is right, when really it is only MY opinion of myself and my beliefs 🙂 When I am truly convinced about something I can also speak up it's not a question for me whether at almost 80 I have yet matured!