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A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on November 12, 2023 | 8 comments

He who cannot put his thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of dispute. ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

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Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
― Robert Frost

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Patience is to wait for the ice to melt instead of breaking it. ― Munia Khan

Swiftly growing anger
Dies rapidly
As the ice melts when the fire
Comes close to it.
― Ujjal Mandal

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice. – Ethel Merman

Have a dream, chase it down, jump over every single hurdle, and run through fire and ice to get there. – Whitney Wolfe Herd

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. – Albert Schweitzer

See the world around you!

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A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on November 10, 2023 | 8 comments

A good fragrance is really a powerful cocktail of memories and emotion. ― Jeffrey Stepakoff, The Orchard

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Smell is the primordial sense, more powerful, more primitive, more intimately tied to our memories and emotions than any other. A scent can trigger spiritual, emotional or physical peace and stimulate healing and wellness. – Donna Karan

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. – Mark Twain

The sense of smell is the hair-trigger of memory. – Mary Stewart

Be a Columbus. Smell the fragrance of the new lands and discover them. ― Amit Ray, Peace Bliss Beauty and Truth: Living with Positivity

When we lift our hands in praise and worship, we break spiritual jars of perfume over Jesus. The fragrance of our praise fills the whole earth and touches the heart of God. ― Dennis Ignatius

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup. ― H.L. Mencken, A Book of Burlesques

When nothing else subsists from the past, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered…the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls…bearing resiliently, on tiny and almost impalpable drops of their essence, the immense edifice of memory. ― Marcel Proust

See the world around you!

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A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on October 4, 2022 | 16 comments

“The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.” ― Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red

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“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

“I don’t fancy colors of the face, I’m always attracted to colors of the brain.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson

“Music gives color to the air of the moment.” ― Karl Lagerfeld

“Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colours; let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow.” ― Khalil Gibran

“Love was a feeling completely bound up with color, like thousands of rainbows superimposed one on top of the other.” ― Paulo Coelho

“Life is a sea of vibrant color. Jump in.” ― A.D. Posey

“Colours are nature gone wild.” ― Raheel Farooq

“Color is the soul’s softest whisper, a tender touch in darkness, yet it reveals itself neither through fragility nor delicacy, but through a pronounced courage.” ― Jayita Bhattacharjee

“If you’re to choose to paint your life today… What will it be? Remember, you’re the artist, not the canvas.” ― Val Uchendu

“Be different. Be original. Nobody will remember a specific flower in a garden filled with thousands of the same yellow flower, but they will remember the one that managed to change its color to purple.” ― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.” ― G.K. Chesterton

Stay healthy.

Stay safe.

Keep smiling.

See the world around you!

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A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on September 10, 2022 | 8 comments

“Gratitude builds a bridge to abundance.” ― Roy Bennett

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“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” ― Anthony Robbins

“Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature.” ― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits. (January 11)” ― Sarah Breathnach, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy

“Choose joyful abundance in your heart and be unbounded, free, and relaxed. Be relentless with your choice and you’ll make your mark.” ― Amy Leigh Mercree

“I am a pauper in an abundance of wealth.” ― Anthony T. Hincks

“Abundance and joy is not something outside of you—it is not something you have to achieve—it is something that is you and which you therefore uncover.” ― Halina Goldstein, Joyful Economy

“Showing gratitude is one of the most powerful ways to create abundance. Giving thanks is one of the most beautiful ways to appreciate life.” ― Debasish Mridha

“Abundance and prosperity begin with gratitude and appreciation.” ― Anthon St. Maarten

“Just because you have an abundance of information does not mean you have wisdom.” ― Jeffrey Fry

“You can lead if you can serve. You can serve when you can love. You can love when you are graced. The truth is that God knows love will be needed in volumes, this is why he made his grace abundant. Leaders are lovers. Misleaders are haters!” ― Israelmore Ayivor

“The only barrier that’s blocking us from living an abundant life is our unwillingness to share what we have”― Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D.

Stay healthy.

Stay safe.

Keep smiling.

See the world around you!

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A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on August 26, 2022 | 6 comments

Energy and persistence conquer all things. – Benjamin Franklin

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Life is full of challenges, but I always have the Three Ps: Passion, patience and persistence. And the fourth one is pizza. – Butch Hartman

Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure. – Aisha Tyler

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. – Hal Borland

With patience and persistence, even the smallest act of discipleship or the tiniest ember of belief can become a blazing bonfire of a consecrated life. In fact, that’s how most bonfires begin – as a simple spark. – Dieter F. Uchtdorf