Thoughts to live by…

The following is my post from late April 2006 published on Windows Live Spaces.

• Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.
• You can’t change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future.
• Love…and you shall be loved.
• All people smile in the same language.
• A hug is a great gift…one size fits all. It can be given for any occasion and it’s easy to exchange.
• Everyone needs to be loved…especially when they don’t deserve it.
• The real measure of a man’s wealth is what he has invested in eternity.
• Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
• It’s important for parents to live the same things they teach.
• If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have nothing today to be thankful for.
• Happy memories never wear out…relive them as often as you want.
• Home is the place where we grumble the most, but are often treated the best.
• The choice you make today will usually affect tomorrow.
• Take time to laugh for it is the music of the soul.
• If anyone speaks badly of you, live so no one will believe it.
• Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
• Love is strengthened by working through conflicts together.
• The best thing parents can do for their children is to love each other.
• Harsh words break no bones but they do break hearts.
• To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it.
• We take for granted the things we should be giving thanks for.
• Love is the only thing that can be divided without being diminished.
• Happiness is enhanced by others but does not depend upon others.
• You are richer today if you have laughed, given or forgiven.
• For every minute you are angry with someone, you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back.
• Do what you can, for who you can, with what you have, and where you are.
• The best gifts to give:

To your friends – loyalty

To your enemy – forgiveness

To a child – a good example

To all men and women – charity

This one is my favorite.  “If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have nothing today to be thankful for. “

I have so many things to be thankful for!  beth