“Nothing else has the power to calm, comfort, and care for you better than home.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Your body and spirit, subconscious and conscious—every portion of you recognizes home. That is why on the moment of arrival, your entire being relaxes into a contented puddle of joy.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“You cannot appreciate what you have never experienced. Sadly, full appreciation tends to come only after the experience is past.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“When an individual changes for the better, the world changes for the better. It happens one person at a time.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“The elixir of life is a bubbling stream of laughter.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Superman’s scourge is kryptonite. Fear’s kryptonite is laughter.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Laughter can deflate almost any problem down to its proper size.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“The best bubbly I ever tasted was laughter.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Quit acting like everything is so serious. Most situations aren’t as bad as you fear, and those that are might benefit from a little laughter.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“It is in the midst of laughter that our perspective alters and we realize this trying life can still be enjoyed.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Ha ha ha ha!
Tee-hee-hee!
Mwa-ha mwa-ha!
Kee kee kee!
Ho ho ho ho!
Haw-hee-haw!
Heh heh heh heh!
Gah guffaw!
Hoo hoo hoo hoo!
Hoi hoi-eee!
Ba ha ha ha!
Tsee tsee tsee!
Giggle, titter,
snicker, crow,
laughter makes
my 'happy' grow!”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Beauty may catch the eye, but a jolly laugh will lasso the heart.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Sometimes the craziest laugh in the world is the only one that will save your sanity.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Take time to laugh, to talk, to hug, and to cry. These are the human relief valves.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“I laugh for sheer medicinal purposes; because I feel I might die otherwise.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Laughter isn't a sign of insanity but a shield against it.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“I believe the main purpose of life is to accept with gratitude what you've been blessed with so that you may use those gifts to mold yourself into the best person you can possibly be. Learning to discern things of true value from those of little or no worth is part of the process.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“The key to valuing something is to lose it and then realize how rare it was—after which you pray like mad to regain what you foolishly lost. The value of an item often depends upon how hard it is to attain.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“What's the point of changing who you are in order to impress a woman, when your intention is to return to who you were, a person she was never attracted to in the first place?”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“We forget that the sweetest joys are found in the simplest acts: hugs, laughter, quiet observation, basic movements, holding hands, pleasant music, shared stories, a listening ear, an unhurried visit, and selfless service. It is sad we forget a truth so elementary.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“You stand a better chance of bringing pretend to life through the power of belief than you stand any chance of erasing what's real by refusing to believe.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Walk with me for a while, my friend—you in my shoes, I in yours—and then let us talk.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“There are these amazing little seeds called compassion. You should grow some.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Lying is wrong. When you tell a lie for the sake of sparing someone's feelings it is not suddenly right, but it is compassionate. And is not compassion a form of love? Love—the greatest of all virtues! So, my darling, I do wrong for you. I lie that you might feel loved.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“I lowered my hands and stared at the tiny horse, considering his question. I couldn’t think of anyone I’d ever felt sorry for. There were plenty of kids I envied. There were others I achingly admired, but that might simply be another form of jealousy. Then there were those I feared, dreaded. And the worst of them, the man who shamed me. I could see my father’s angry features looming over my mother. I could clearly picture her beside him in his truck, cowering against the door while he belittled and assaulted her.
I guess I did know someone I felt sorry for.”
Source: Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher
“Yes, of course we could all use some help. There isn't a person alive without a need. So don't ask the silly question, just figure out how you're going to help and do it!”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“What kind of person is void of compassion? A heartless one. But alas, compassion cannot exist without the endurance of afflictions.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“If we simply imagined that everyone who crossed our path was living out his or her very last day on Earth, we might treat people as kindly as we ought to each day they lived.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“The soft heart is not a thing to harden but a treasure to protect. For soft hearts extend mercy, compassion, refuge, and God’s redemption to the world.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Sadness is like sandpaper; it rubs at our sharper edges, softening and humbling us, making us ready for a coat of compassion.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“To be a rainbow in someone’s cloud is commendable, but I prefer to be the rain because it dampens cheeks and washes away tears.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Sympathy is imagining the pain. Empathy is having suffered through it first.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Empathy is a hand thick with scars offering you a bandage.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Kindness is going out of your way to perform favors regarded as wonderful by the recipient.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“If you dream your problems at night and live your problems by day, you are suffering the effects of paralyzing toxins delivered by the sting of worry, stress, and fear. You must detach yourself from these leeches if you do not wish to be irreversibly poisoned.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Take a step back. Draw in a deep breath. Now ask yourself 'so what?' Then, after answering, ask yourself again 'so what?' And then a third time—'so what?' Chances are you'll come to realize that the issue at hand is not as dire, detrimental, or important as you first thought.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“I have always felt that fear possesses such great power, enough to paralyze and quake an individual. Pondering this, I realized that the source of fear's power comes from within me. So, I ask myself, does that not make me the powerful one?”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“A finger beckons.
My choice is to turn away.
It is a mistake.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“It's a waste of time worrying about something that worry won't fix. It's about as useful as trying to feed your pet rock.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Be loved for who you are, for everything that constitutes you. Be loved for your core beliefs, your strengths and weaknesses, your admirable traits and troublesome baggage. Be loved for you, because anything less is not love at all.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“At the core of love is validation. It is what gives love power.
For when love is given away, validation seeps in and expands in the heart of the recipient, filling up every empty, dark corner. It is a wonderful, light, consuming feeling we long for, and once found, we hope—even expect—it will forever remain. But there are times when that most precious love is revoked, and a hard scab forms over the empty hole. Though this scab is both healing and protective, it is the reason why validation from future love may not seep in so easily, no matter how wanting the heart.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Just because a person successfully steers a voyage through hell doesn't mean he ever wants to sail that route again.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Some live for their own joy and pleasure.
Some live to ease the burdens of others.
Then there are those who seem to exist for pain's sake only, that in the end the wrathful fire sent to consume their oppressors will be justified."
~ In loving memory of Miss Annabelle Fancher”
Source: Secrets of a Noble Keykeeper
“One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“There are times you find yourself standing by the wayside, watching as someone struggles to dig a well with a spoon, and you wish with all your heart you had arms and a shovel.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“The greatest gift you can give is your time. Not money, not items, not food, not pretty cards with handwritten sentiment, but time. People need your presence. The way you can help a soul the most is to simply be there.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“It's impossible to be involved in all situations, but there's no excuse not to be involved in something, somewhere, somehow, with someone. Make an ounce of difference.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“To love is to accept a soul entirely, not wishing that the person was otherwise, nor hoping for change, nor clinging to some ideal past. To love is to cherish the individual standing before you presently―charms, quirks, and all. To love is to give someone a piece of your heart that you will never, ever reclaim.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Beauty exists, even in unlikely places. The key isn't to open your eyes but to open your heart.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Truly there are different kinds of pain. But the most agonizing is the pain of regret, for which there is no lasting relief and no remedy.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year