“I think one of the finest gifts I can give my friends in the holiday season is to pause with a long enough quality to actually SEE them. My calm, unhurried presence communicates this gift of a message, "I see you. I recognize you. I remember our times of together and am contributing right now to another quality memory. I value you and honor and take the time, right this moment to pause long enough to truly notice you."” ThinkingGivingLongI CanEnoughMomentsTogetherRememberValuesMemoriesQualityHonorRight NowMessagesMy FriendsSeasonsCalmCommunicateChristmasOur TimeHolidayFinestPausesContributingGood MemoriesHoliday Season Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“Life was not intended to be simply a round of work, no matter how interesting and important that work may be. A moment’s pause to watch the glory of a sunrise or a sunset is soul-satisfying, while a bird's song will set the steps to music all day long.” MayLongImportantSoulMatterMomentsSongInterestingStepsWatchesGloryBirdRoundsSunsetSatisfyingSunrisePauses Book:Little house in the Ozarks: a Laura Ingalls Wilder sampler : the rediscovered writings Source: Little house in the Ozarks: a Laura Ingalls Wilder sampler : the rediscovered writings
“Speech as known to us was unnecessary. A fragment of a sentence amounted almost to a long-winded redundancy. A gesture, a grunt, the curve of a facial line--even a significantly timed pause yielded informational juice.” LongLinesKnownSpeechSentencesGesturesUnnecessaryPausesCurvesFragmentsJuiceFacialGruntRedundancy Book:Second foundation Source: Second foundation