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Do you have an inspiring or favorite quote to share?
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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Hi, @j0318.
Thank you for your post. You are the second person to ask about Maisha and me😊. We had a nice, albeit quiet, holiday season, and hope that you had a good holiday season, as well.
I, too, enjoy reading the quotes. There are some really profound quotes posted here that make me go “Wow!”
@j0318 with the two of us being so “wordy,” I’m convinced that somewhere in the future people will be sharing some quotes from us. They should be able to find SOMETHING quotable among the multitude of words we’ve written or spoken. ☺️
Best wishes to you and yours for 2025. Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay happy! And dance like nobody's watching💃🏼.
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2 Reactions@gingerw just mentioned the following quote on a Transplant thread. Not sure if it's ever been shared here, but I found it to be very encouraging, especially for those dealing with difficult health challenges:
"The Creator gives the hardest battles to the strongest warriors."
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3 ReactionsOne of my favorites is from Li Po, ancient Confucian philosopher. Simple, straightforward and challenging to enact:
Worrying is preposterous.
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1 ReactionParticularly when dealing with health issues, my mantra has seen me through a lot including near death from cancer surgery: NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP!
Still my favorite words to live by:
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
Maya Angelou
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2 ReactionsThis is from my Dad, Fred Whiteside:
“You can do anything you want to do, IF you want to do it bad enough!”
I experienced him living this every single day, I saw, and was involved in him moving a house so he could annex it to another house when our family was growing, I saw him draw his own house plans on a yellow legal pad, get building permits, saw down the trees, saw and plane the lumber in our family”s sawmill, and build himself, and. My brother’s houses from scratch!! Much harder than baking a cake from scratch LOL! There were too many others to mention, and this is why I tell people I’m the dumb, lazy one in the family! He was truly an amazing mentor, and dad!! Miss him so much…..
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1 ReactionI have often found that Beatles songs hold gems of wisdom if we listen closely.
Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere
Beatles- The Long and Winding Road
John - Imagine
George - All Things Must Pass, Beware of Darkness
All these were created during an era of relative quietude if one was attentive at the time. I can remember some of the hope of those times and can play these and other tunes and tear up not only for what could have been but maybe for what could be.
I firmly believe that the global inflammation of the species contributes to our individual inflammation and pain.
I used to debate with a colleague whether us folks who ponder and think alot are more prone to all kinds of mental maladies. I still believe this. Too much thinking has its downsides (neurosis, depression via neurosis.....and down the path to more mental angst contributing to existing physical discomfort). Hence, he always thought that ignorance explained the bliss of the unthinking hordes who live and wonder why things are as they are.....without much thought as to causation. I speak but I don't know.
Yes, as of late..regarding getting sucked into the negative drama of others.
"It is not my horse. It is not my rodeo!"
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